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FARMING ON FACTORY LINES 



3rd Year. — Half winter tares, sown in autumn, and 

 half winter oats for horse feeding, with 

 " seeds " sown in the following spring and 

 grazed the following autumn. 



4th Year. — " Seeds " mown once and then grazed. 



Another rotation, where again the object is the pro- 

 duction of food for animal consumption, is as follows: 



Period and Crop. 



1st period. Lea corn sown 

 early autumn 



2nd period. Tares for hay 

 and ensilage followed 

 by winter greens. 



Time Crop 

 Occupies Land. 



No. of 

 Monthc. 



August to July 12 months. 



August to June 

 July to April 



11 months. 

 10 months. 



3rd period. Tares with seeds May to August 



4th period. Seeds for hay 

 5th and 6th periods. Seeds 

 for pasture. 



September to 



next July but 

 one. 



Total . . 



4 months. 

 23 months. 



6 years. 



CHEAP LABOUR ROTATION 



This rotation is an admirable one for an outlying 

 farm, or where fields are very remote from the farm 

 buildings or for other reasons not easily accessible. 

 Under the conditions mentioned, it serves as a very 

 Fine example of what great labour economies can be 

 effected by consuming crops where grown, instead of 

 carting the crops home and the manure back. This is 

 accomplished by the assistance of moveable fences and 



