24 CONTINUOUS CROPPING 



twenty cows, or their equivalent, during the winter 

 period. 



It will be necessary later to discuss in detail the 

 cultivation and management of each of the crops 

 mentioned in the rotation. Before doing so, however, 

 it is necessary to point out that the methods here 

 recommended for the handling and growing of the 

 various crops are not of necessity the most economical 

 or the most up-to-date for the large farmer. 



The reason for this is very simple. These articles 

 are written primarily for the small man on the land, 

 and in these circumstances there is little use in recom- 

 mending a method of soil cultivation or crop harvesting 

 which calls for the use of equipment entirely beyond 

 the means of the smallholder. 



Later it may be found that by the adoption of co- 

 operative principles implements at present beyond 

 their power of purchase may be made available to our 

 small farmers. For the time being, we must deal with 

 things as they are, not as they may be when those 

 who rule, or misrule, the agricultural destinies of these 

 countries awaken from their lethargy. 



We are assuming, then, that on our twenty-acre 

 holding as manual labourers there are a man and a 

 boy, and a woman to help in the dairy work ; and as 

 horse labour, a horse and a pony, or, better still, two 

 strong cobs. 



