214 FARMING ON FACTORY LINES 



Section 2. — Sown with Italian rye grass and a little 



red clover as a nurse crop; corn and 



seeds sown in the ordinary manner. 



Section 3. — Corn sown ordinary manner and the 



stubble ploughed up and cultivated 



after the harvest and sown with 



mixed tares. 



In the following spring the rye would be first ready 



for grazing and could be folded off with sheep. The 



rye grass would follow next and then the tares. As 



each section was folded off, cultivation for the 



subsequent crops could be undertaken, the ploughing 



following on the heels of the sheep, and so on with 



each of the remaining sections. 



By careful management, the " winter greens " sown 

 after the first plot of rye, which is consumed, would 

 be ready for folding by the time the last strip of the 

 tares was finished, and by the time the first section 

 of " winter greens " was ready, the second sown 

 section would be ready for folding, and so on. The 

 early folded sections would again give feeding in the 

 following spring, and could be eaten off in plenty of 

 time for the sowing of the spring corn. 



Each of the sections would, in their respective order, 

 be cultivated and sown during the months of May, 

 June, and July. In like manner, the scarlet clover or 

 trifolium sown on the third year's corn stubble could 

 be varied by dividing the stubble again into three 

 sections and sowing each section with the early, 

 medium, and late varieties of this forage crop. 



As to the type of "winter greens" suitable for sowing 

 at the different times, general information under this 

 head can be obtained from the chapter on this subject, 

 but in this as in many other respects, it is for each 

 individual farmer to ascertain by trial what particular 

 type or types will give the most satisfactory results. 



