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FARMING ON FACTORY LINES 



Page. 

 Wage sheet for the three 

 years on ... ... 27 



Working of the Model 24-37 

 Irish Farms, Winter 1916- 



17, Severity of, on ... 153 

 Irish Farmers' better re- 

 sults from farming live 

 stock than corn ... 77 



Irish farming output can 



be greatly increased ... 44 

 Irish Labour — 



Efficiency of, given a 

 proper chance and 

 wage ... ... 23 



Value of, when treated 

 properly ... ... 24 



July Rainfall Chart ... 58 



Kale, Varieties of ... 146 



Kellner's standard of feed- 

 ing for animals ... 230 



Land — 



After potato crop, seldom 

 requires ploughing ... 102 



Cold and exposed, sow 

 rye in place of winter 

 oats on ... ••• i°4 



Dual management of, 

 bad ... - 2 3 



Reduction of fertility 

 very small in grazed ... 22 

 Lea Land — 



Ploughing flat with a 

 motor plough ... 183 



Tillage of, for lea oat 

 crop ... ••• lSl 



Tillage of, for potatoes 206 



Wibberley system of til- 

 lage for ... ••• 182 

 Liquid v. Farmyard manure 113 

 Live-Stock — 



Cost of store bullock per 

 live cwt., and selling 

 price of ditto ••• 2 5 



Fodder crops will feed a 

 larger number than 

 pasture ... ••• 1 3° 



Profit margin small on 

 selling ... ••• 2 5 



Page. 



Machinery v. Hand Labour 

 on farms ... ... 45 



Man in the street demands 

 cheap food ... ... 51 



Man-power for agriculture 

 in Ireland ... ... 43 



Manure, Liquid, and its 

 value ... ... 112 



Mangels — 



After cultivation of ... 173 

 Artificial manures for ... 172 

 Cultivating the land for 168 

 Planting ... ... 170 



Preferable to turnips ... 168 

 Transplanting 170-171 



Marrow stem kale, sow for 

 dairy cattle ... ... 147 



Milk production, Cost of, 

 under Rations 1 and 2, 

 and under Continuous 

 Cropping system ... 241 



More home-grown food es- 

 sential for our country 48 



Movable fences on " winter 

 greens " land 254-256 



Movable sheds for cattle in 

 forage fields ... ... 253 



Norfolk System of Tillage — 

 Climatic influences on 

 the ... ... 60 



Explanation of ... 54"57 



Four-years' Rotation, A 65 

 Started in Eastern coun- 

 ties, Rainfall influence 

 on ... ... 60 



Northern Districts Sep- 

 tember sowings on a 

 large scale are imprac- 

 ticable ... ••• 109 



Oats, August sown, very 

 successful ... ♦•• 86 



66 



Plants, Little Botany les- 

 son on 



Ploughs, double and triple- 

 furrow, work done by ... 99 



Plunkett, Sir Horace — 

 On Co-operative imple- 



