76 CONTINUOUS CROPPING 



Where the hardy green crop is cut, care should be 

 taken to leave an inch or two of the stem above the 

 bulb, as it is from this stem that the second growth 

 springs. In like manner, when fed off the grazing should 

 be stopped before the stems have been eaten too low. 



It may also be mentioned that any of the varieties 

 of kale, also the rye, and mixed rye and rape will, if 

 consumed in late autumn or early winter, reach a 

 second growth by the following spring, assuming that 

 the land is rich enough and well manured. 



CONTINUOUS CROPS FOR SPRING CALVERS AND 

 WINTER DAIRYING 



Another point, which has often been raised by small 

 farmers in a creamery district, is that the cows usually 

 do not calve until spring-time, and, under these con- 

 ditions, the question is asked, is it better to defer sowing 

 so as not to have the winter-green crops ready for 

 consumption before calving time ? 



Sowing should not under any conditions be deferred. 

 If the crops are ready before calving time, then one can 

 arrange to have more of the cows calving in winter 

 instead of spring. 



The business of a dairy farmer is not to keep a cow, 

 but to see to it that the cow keeps him. It is bad 

 enough to have the land idle all winter, without 

 having the cows on the pension list also. 



A cow calving in winter will always give about 

 100 gallons per annum more milk than one calving 

 in the spring. Furthermore, even in-calf cows that 

 have gone dry before winter need feeding. 



A cow is no cleverer than a man, and, therefore, 

 cannot make something out of nothing. That is, she 

 cannot keep her condition and produce a good healthy 

 calf on a diet of bad hay, or straw, and cold water. 



