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148 FARMING ON FACTORY LINES 



should be understood that in any district of heavy 

 rainfall and heavy soil, marrow stem kale grows most 

 luxuriantly. 



THOUSAND HEADED AND CURLY KALE. 



These varieties of kale seem able to stand the 

 severest winter, and for this reason a good breadth of 

 these crops should be sown in the colder districts to 

 provide food in the early spring months, say from 

 February onwards. Like marrow stem kale they may 

 be sown at any time of the year from March onwards. 



They are slower in their growth than the marrow 

 stem varieties, but if sown early and cut in late 

 autumn, provided the land is rich or well manured, 

 the kales will give a second growth in the following 

 spring. In fact, on this point it is useful to note that 

 any of these cruciferous crops, if cut before reaching 

 the flowering stage, will give a second and even a 

 third growth. 



Like marrow stem kale, the crop can be grown by 

 transplanting the plant, but transplanting, except on 

 a small area, is seldom possible because of the labour 

 involved. 



GIANT RAPE 



With the possible exception of white mustard, giant 

 rape is the quickest growing of all cruciferous fodder 

 crops. With well-tilled, well-manured land, in a 

 moist summer, the writer has often grown it four feet 

 high in the space of twelve weeks, getting a yield of 

 from 30 to 40 tons per statute acre. 



Growing so quickly, this crop, as well as hardy 

 green turnips, completely smothers out every weed, 

 except charlock, and leaves the land in a beautifully 



