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before the second cultivation. Then when the tares 

 have got about a foot high, the inter-crop of V winter 

 greens " may be sown. 



The tares may be cut for hay, ensilage, or soiling, 

 and immediately after the tare crop is removed, inter- 

 cultivation may be proceeded with between the rows 

 of winter greens. 



INTER-CROPPING CORN WITH WINTER GREENS 



Where it is desirable to follow corn with any of the 

 various types of winter greens — kales, giant rape, 

 hardy green turnips, rye, etc. — the latter may be sown 

 as an inter-crop with the corn crop. An instance 

 of this is given in the case of the rotation mentioned 

 earlier, where the intention is to sow two corn crops 

 in two successive years, the winter green crop being 

 consumed on the land before the sowing of the second 

 corn crop. 



With the exception of kales, winter green crops are 

 comparatively rapid in growth when sown in summer; 

 Therefore, i\! is especially necessary to allow the corn 

 crop to get well advanced in growth — from 9" to 12" 

 high — before the winter greens (with the exception 

 of kales, which are best sown when the corn is from 

 6" to 9V high) are sown, otherwise the harvesting 

 difficulties previously referred to may occur. 



As to the actual sowing of the inter-crop, the disc 

 seed drill, in the case of tares and rye, is the very 

 best implement to use for this purpose. Kales are 

 best sown with the little Planet Junior single row 

 seeder, but they may also be sown with a grass seed 

 harrow, fitted so that the seed apertures are a foot 

 apart at an even distance between the rows of the 

 " nurse crop." 



