CONTINUOUS CROPPING ROTATIONS 205 



sheds entail a certain amount of labour, this labour 

 is very evenly distributed throughout the year, and is 

 of such a nature that it can be undertaken by the 

 shepherds and his assistants during their spare time. 

 One is familiar with the great improvement which has 

 been made in mountain pasture by the application of 

 slag, but such improvement compared with that which 

 can be effected by Continuous Cropping tillage bears 

 about as much relationship as does the light of a 

 tallow candle to an electric light. 



It should also be noted that in this rotation, as com- 

 pared with the preceding one, that before the 

 " winter greens " are sown, a crop of summer rye has 

 been consumed on the land. This means that, prior 

 to putting down the former crop, the land has been 

 enriched physically and chemically because of the ad- 

 dition of humus, resulting from the growing and con- 

 sumption of the preceding crop. Again, it is necessary 

 to emphasise the importance of being very liberal 

 with artificial manures in the first one or two years 

 of the rotation. 



Although we speak of the preceding rotation as a 

 mountain farm rotation, yet it is equally suitable for 

 carrying out on lowland farms where climatic and soil 

 conditions are suitable. 



