208 FARMING ON FACTORY LINES 



to graze the rye, or it may be fed off by these animals 

 by the assistance of a moveable fence. As the grazing 

 or soiling of the different sections proceeds, the rye, 

 stubble is ripped up, and sown with different types of 

 " winter greens," the early sown portion with kales, 

 then follows a section of giant rape, and the last 

 section sown is put down under hardy greens. 



MORE WET WEATHER TILLAGE 



The cultivation and sowing of these crops, again let 

 it be particularly noted, is done during wet summer 

 weather when hay making is suspended, and when, 

 lacking such work, horses and men might otherwise 

 be idle. 



The " winter greens " provide food from September 

 to the end of March or mid- April. The " winter 

 greens " grazed in September and early October yield 

 a second crop in spring. This second crop is usually 

 grazed by ewes, with lambs, in spring for which pur- 

 pose it answers admirably. 



In spring, as the different sections are cleared the 

 cereals are sown, generally black Tartary oats, which 

 are a quick ripening variety, and therefore stand late 

 sowing, and may even be sown up to the middle of 

 May. The tares intended for hay in the fourth year 

 may either be put down after the cereals or may be 

 inter-cropped with the cereals or part may be inter- 

 cropped and part sown when the cereal crop is re- 

 moved. 



As will be seen, in a five years' rotations, two crops, 

 mainly for human food, are grown — a crop of potatoes 

 and a crop of grain. Everything else, as well as the 

 straw from the cereals, is consumed on the farm. 



