22 FARM MANAGEMENT 



is a good manurial dressing. For barley i cwt. 

 sulphate of ammonia, 2 cwt. super and i cwt. 

 kainit produces good results. About 33 bushels 

 per acre is the average yield of barley and 

 about 42 bushels for oats. Oats prefer the 

 cooler and moister climates and so are seen at 

 their best in the north ; lack of moisture is 

 more detrimental to oats than either of the 

 other cereals. Barley prefers light, sandy or 

 calcareous soils and warm climates. 



As a forage crop usually has to follow 

 spring-sown corn the seeds are sown in amongst 

 it, as already stated, but care must be taken 

 that they are not sown too early or they may 

 smother the corn. There is the further dis- 

 advantage that when the corn is harvested 

 there is too big a bulk of green stuff in the 

 butts of the sheaves, which necessitates the 

 crop being left in the field a longer time 

 to dry this green stuff than is good for the 

 corn. 



Harvesting. — Wheat should not be al- 

 lowed to get fully ripe before cutting, but 

 should be severed when the straw immediately 

 below the ear begins to assume a yellow tinge. 

 Barley, on the other hand, requires to be 



