i8 FARM MANAGEMENT 



growing forage crop, such as trifolium, between 

 two main crops of a rotation, say between roots 

 and spring corn. It is chiefly of advantage on 

 light land that is apt to have a lot of plant food 

 washed out of it if left bare through the winter, 

 and the catch crop grown provides useful sheep 

 food early in the year. It must be got off 

 early, however, or it will interfere with the 

 cultivation of the spring corn, and, in any 

 case, the crop following a catch crop is usually 

 somewhat inferior than it would otherwise be. 

 Catch crops are to be regarded as occasional 

 crops, and should not be allowed to interfere 

 with main crops. Their greatest utility is after 

 a hot, dry summer, when the yields of hay, 

 straw and roots for winter food have been 

 small, consequently a catch crop giving sheep 

 food early in the new year will be a useful 

 supplement to the rapidly diminishing stores of 

 winter food. 



