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4th Year. — Cowpeas (kaffir beans), or velvet beans 

 ploughed down as green manure. 

 The stock farmer might have recourse to : — 



3. 1st Year. — Maize. 



'2nd Year. — Maize fertilised with bone dust or super- 

 phosphate. 

 3rd Year. — Hay crop— Sudan grass, teff or Boer manna. 

 4th Y^ear. — Cowpeas cut for hay or to increase the pro- 

 tein content of the maize silage. 

 All kraal manure in this case must be returned to the soil, 

 chiefly to maintain the humus content. 



4. For the stock farmer in areas of good rainfall : — 

 Maize planted in rows four feet apart with a light dressing 



of phosphatic fertihsers each year. When cultivation has been 

 carried on sufficiently long to control early weeds, cowpeas 

 (kaffir beans) are planted in between the rows, either by stradd- 

 ling the maize rows before the plants are too high or by use of 

 a single row planter. The maize may either be harvested and 

 the animals turned into the field, or the American plan followed, 

 in which the animals arc turned in without harvesting the 

 maize. This is recommended particularly where cattle and 

 pigs are to be fattened and also for dairy cows. Some farmers 

 mix the cowpea-seed with the fertiliser, in which case the cow- 

 peas grow in the same row as the maize. 



5. For the maize and potato farmer : — 

 1st Year. — Maize. 



•2nd Year. — Maize fertilised with bone dust or super- 

 phosphate. 

 3rd Y'ear. — Cowpeas ploughed down as green manure. 

 4th Year. — Potatoes heavily manured with kraal 

 manure, plus superphosphate. 



6. For the cotton farmer : — 



1st year. — Maize fertilised with bone dust or super- 

 phosphate. 



2nd Year. — Cotton. 



3rd Year.— Kaffir beans (cowpeas), peanuts or velvet 

 beans. 



Lastly, for those growing maize and peanuts the following 

 five-year rotation : — 



1st Year. — Maize fertilised with bone dust or super- 

 phosphate. 



