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land should be rolled, the seed broadcasted, and then 

 the land run over with a light seed or chain harrow. 

 This latter operation is a dual one, covering the seed, 

 and at the same time roughening the surface of the 

 soil, which minimises the evaporation of moisture. 

 It is very important to sow the seed of winter 

 greens very evenly and, above all, thinly. If sown 

 too thick the crops come up very crowded with a 

 weak, " spindley growth " which is unable to with- 

 stand even a mild frost. The quantities of seed for the 

 different crops are as follows: — 



Marrow stem, — thousand-headed and other forms 

 of Kale — 5 to 6 lbs. per statute acre. 



Giant Rape — 4 to 5 lbs. per statute acre. 



Hardy Green Turnips — 4 to 5 lbs. per statute acre. 



Giant Essex Rye and Rape mixed — 8 to 9 stone 

 Rye, 2 to 3 lbs. Rape per statute acre. 



Italian Rye Grass, Rape and Kale mixed for Rape 

 Pasture — 2 to 21 stone Italian Rve Grass, 

 2 lbs. Rape, 1 lb. of thousand-headed Kale. 



Where it is desirable to sow a mixed crop of winter 



,' greens, the same weight of seed per statute acre 



should be sown as indicated in the table above — that 



is to say, 3 lbs. of g iant ra pe can be mixed with 2 



or 3 lbs. of kale for a^mlxeu kale and rape crop, or 



j giant rape and hardy green turnips may be mixed 



| together in equal parts of from 2 to 2\ lbs. of each 



*kind of seed per acre. 



If very dry weather obtains at the time that the 

 land is ready for seeding, the sowing should be 





