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541. Bearing the above general principle in mind, one 

 should determine the system of farming he is to follow even- 

 tually which must be governed very much by local circum- 

 stances. 



542. The principal systems of farming may be enumerat- 

 ed as follows : 



(i) The one-crop system. Growing the same crop year 

 after year on the same land without manure is the common 

 system of this country. The Jothro Tull system is only a 

 slight departure from this, the land being cultivated deep and 

 well. Deep cultivation and hoeing are not however in vogue 

 in India. The one-crop system suits only a new tract of 

 country. But sooner or later the land gets exhausted. In 

 settling in the Sunderbans, one finds the one-crop system (of 

 growing rice only) pays best. But as time goes on the system 

 will have to be altered. 



(2) Bare-fallowing system. According to this system no 

 manure is used, and no crop is grown on a particular field 

 once in 3, 4, 5, or 6 years. The Lois Weedon system is an 

 ingenious variation of the bare-fallow system, according to 

 which 3 rows of wheat are drilled 12" apart and 3 ft. of space 

 left fallow along side the drilled strip, and this succession of 

 cropped and fallowed strips is repeated. The fallow strips 

 are kept cultivated deep and exposed to the action of air. 

 Keeping land cultivated and exposed without crop should not 

 be done in the rainy season. The Jewish system of giving 

 rest to all land every yth year, also comes under the bare- 

 fallow system. 



(3) Grecn-crop-f allowing system. This is where a green 

 or root crop is substituted for fallow. The land is well 

 cleaned and thoroughly manured first by direct manuring 

 for the root-crops, and secondly by tethering cattle on the 

 land and giving them oil-cake in addition. 



(4) Front's Plaii.*k\\ things are grown by artificial 

 manures. No live-stock is kept and all the crops are sold off 



