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moveable sheds. The only crop, or rather part of a 

 crop, which needs be carted, is the grain from the corn 

 which can be threshed on the field. The straw, except 

 a small portion to be used as litter for horses, can be 

 used for either litter or food on the field where grown. 



The types of fodder and forage crops grown under 

 this rotation is specially suitable for feeding dry 

 cattle, either stores or beef, along with a few sheep, or 

 where it is not possible to keep sheep (if such con- 

 ditions exist anywhere), young cattle, suckling or 

 weaned calves, can be kept instead. The lea corn can 

 be sown as already stated in the chapter on corn 

 growing, in late summer or early autumn, say in early 

 August. This means ploughing up the lea land in 

 July, and this in turn necessitates a fair amount of 

 summer moisture. The corn can be grazed with sheep 

 in late autumn and early winter, and again, at least, 

 after a mild winter, in early spring time. 



Half the corn area can be sown in wide rows and 

 inter-cropped with tares, the balance of the corn being 

 sown at the ordinary distance, this half of the corn 

 area being sown when the corn is removed. The inter- 

 cropped tares can in turn be inter-cropped with 

 ' winter greens " and the other portion tilled, culti- 

 vated and sown with V winter greens " when the 

 tares are removed. About half the area under tares 

 should, if weather permits, be made into hay. If the 

 weather is not suitable when the crop is ready for 

 cutting, it can be made into ensilage. 



. Under any weather conditions half the tare crop | 

 area should be made into ensilage, which can be used 

 during frosty and wet weather, when the ■■'' winter 

 greens " are not available. As to the '* winter 

 greens," the crop, whenever weather conditions are 

 suitable, can be consumed by cattle and sectional 

 grazing resorted to during the winter. During wet 



