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There is one point requiring great attention. It is 

 this. When it is intended to allow the tare crop to 

 grow a second or third time, the crop must be cut 

 with a high stubble about 6" high. If cut too low, only 

 a poor successional growth will result, and if the 

 weather is droughty, the bare surface, such as results 

 from low cutting, quickly becomes parched. Again, 

 low cuttings favour the growth of weeds, whereas on 

 the other hand high cutting smothers weeds. 



LABOUR ECONOMIES 



In connection with summer soiling, it may be of 

 interest to describe the system of feeding the crops, 

 with the object of economising labour. A portion of 

 Plot 1, say, 1 acre, is cut green and fed to the stock 

 either in the yards or on the pasture. 



Directly this acre is cleared a movable fence is 

 erected separating the growing crop from the part 

 which has been cut, and every morning the stockman 

 cuts two or three swathes of the growing crop with a 

 one-horse mowing machine, fitted with a corn reaping 

 attachment. This greatly facilitates the labour of 

 gathering the crop. The "sheaves " are thrown 

 over the movable fence. 



As the distance from the growing crop to the 

 movable fence increases, the heaps are carted to the 

 cattle on an ordinary hay bogie which is fitted with 

 " creel " sides. There is a great economy in this 

 system of soiling. The carting of the green fodder is 

 reduced to a minimum, but a still greater saving is 

 effected by avoiding the necessity of carting out 

 manure from the houses. In order to distribute the 

 manure properly, the soiling heaps should be spread 

 over the area as evenly as possible. 



