INDEX 



259 



Corn — 



As an Annual which can 



be made biennial 

 Be early with the sowing 



and harvesting of 

 Birds' ravages on, and 



how to combat 

 Demand for as great a 

 supply as possible ... 

 Disc-drills for sowing ... 

 Extending the harvest 

 by method of grazing 

 the crops 

 Inter-cropping with win- 

 ter greens ... 

 Knowledge that has to 

 be acquired for grow- 

 ing 

 Manures to apply to land 



for 

 Manurial dressing effect 



on the 

 Modified method of wide 



drilling, A ... 

 Necessary conditions for 

 Summer and Autumn 

 sowing of ... 

 Safer and more progres- 

 sive means of raising 

 and harvesting crops 

 needed 

 Second growth, Advan- 

 tages of 

 Should be followed by 



Tares 

 Sowing at various 

 periods, and harvest- 

 ing over six to eight 

 weeks 

 Subsequent treatment of 

 Summer and Autumn 

 sown crops ... 

 Summer-grown, Grazing 

 down a second time ... 

 Summer-grown, Treat- 

 ment for 

 Summer-sown requires a 



hardy variety 

 Tare-mixture as an inter- 

 crop for 



Page. 



94 

 90 



192 



177 



178 



76 



85 



84 



184-5 



80 



78 

 79 

 98 



79 



88 



177 

 177 



85 

 178 



Fodder produc- 



Page. 



Theory as to why it re- 

 quires artificial manur- 

 ing 



Versus 

 tion 



Wider rows of grain 

 better filled ... 



" Winter-proud " 

 Crops — 



Corn crop and forage 

 crop from one seeding, 

 Obtaining ... 



Forage crops allow 

 liberal manuring 



Making hay if weather is 

 good and ensilage 

 when it is not 



Manurial values of 



That cannot be handled 

 by machinery 



Dairy Cows — 

 Basal ration for 

 Importance of keeping 



well fed 

 Milk producing rations 



for ... 233-238 



Ration experiments and 



their results 240-241 



Ration without foreign 



feeding stuffs 

 Treacle a great appetiser 



for 



Value of green food for 

 Wibberley feeding stan- 

 dard for in winter ... 

 Dairy farmers' high milk 



prices, Cause of 

 Decadent agriculture the 



result of past policy 

 Dry Farming — 



But little understood ... 

 Methods ... J 37-i38 



Dry weather effect on sec- 

 tional sowing ... 



Eastern counties climate 

 favourable for ripening 

 and harvesting corn 



England and Wales, Agri- 

 cultural man-power in ... 44 



84 



192 



184 

 92 



107 



114 



243 



97 

 236 

 231 



236 



251 

 238 



235 



190 



18 



140 



139 



63 



