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1st Year — \A'lieat, fertilised with phosphates. 



•2nd Year — Wheat. 



3rd Year — Cowpeas ploughed under. 



4th Y^ear — Potatoes. 



(3) Eastern Orange Free State : — 



1st Year — Summer crop — Sudan grass or teff. 



Winter crop — wheat fertihsed with phosphates. 

 2nd Y'ear — Summer crop — cowpeas ploughed under. 



Winter croj^ — w^heat fertilised with phosphates, 

 or — 



1st Year — Wheat fertilised with phosphates. Teff cut for 



hay. 

 2nd Y^ear — Cowpeas ploughed under. 

 3rd Year — Maize, with a light dressing of phosphates. 



(4) South Western Cape : — 



1st Year — July-August. Fallow. Field peas ploughed 

 down end of November, followed by summer 

 cultivation. 

 2nd Y^ear — Wheat, planted in May, fertilised with com- 

 plete fertiliser. 

 3rd Year — Oats and vetches for hay, sown together in April 



and May, with a light dressing of fertiliser. 

 4th Year — Oats for grain, planted in April and May, with 

 a light dressing of fertiliser ; 

 or — 



1st Y^ear — Fallow. 

 2nd Year— Wheat fertilised 40 lbs. Na NO3 100 lbs. basic 



slag, and 20 lbs. muriate of potash. 

 3rd Year — Field peas ploughed under. 

 4th Y^ear — Oats for grain. 

 5th Year — Oats for hay or grazing. 



The poor soils of this area are initially poor, and in many 

 cases by a system of continuous cropping have become very 

 unproductive. The remedy would seem to lie in frequent 

 green-manuring, dairy-farming, where the stable manure 

 would be applied to the fields, and the use of artificial 

 fertilisers. 



Grazing. — Earlv sown crops which have reached too 

 advanced a stage, and which are likely to be injured by frost at 

 the time of flowering, may be grazed down. Late varieties 

 are often planted early with the intention to supply grazing 



