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of necessity, be made on land which has been left 

 idle throughout the winter. It is also very difficult 

 to include successional sowings in a rotation. 



The writer has found it much better to sow in the 

 autumn all the tares required for summer soiling, 

 and to arrange for a continuous supply of green soiling 

 crops throughout the spring, summer and autumn by 

 what may be termed M sectional grazing." 



SECTIONAL GRAZING 



The advantages of " sectional grazing " may be 

 briefly described as follows: — 



All the vetches required for summer soiling are 

 sown in the previous autumn, and generally as 

 indicated after a crop of roots or potatoes. They 

 may also under certain rotations be sown on lea or 

 stubble land. 



During the first week in May the " break " is 

 divided into two sections by means of a quickly- 

 erected movable fence (which will be described later), 

 one section being one-fourth of the " break " and the 

 other three-fourths. The smaller section, which is 

 left un grazed, is kept for soiling in May and June. 



When the crop on the larger section is about 9' 

 high, cattle or sheep (preferably the latter) are allowed 

 to graze it. After the entire section has been grazed 

 for about a fortnight the movable fence is moved on, 

 cutting off another quarter from the grazing stock, 

 and a similar course is adopted about a fortnight later, 

 while finally, after a further two weeks, the animals 

 are turned off the remaining quarter. 



The object of this sectional " grazing " is to arrange 

 for the second growth of tares to come in for use at 

 different times .through the summer and autumn. 



