VEtCHES AND "SlEfiDS^^ SAINFOIN 105 



the land is dirty. The answer is that land which has 

 first grown a winter-green crop and then a drilled crop 

 like potatoes ought to be as clean as a whistle, and if 

 it isn't, the man responsible for foul land cropped on 

 these conditions is not likely to benefit from any advice. 



The autumn-sown vetches, where such are got in, 

 should be grazed down in spring, say, in late April or 

 early May, and on this land as well as the spring-sown 

 portion grasses and clovers should be sown after the 

 grazing. These are broadcasted, and can be covered in 

 with the chain-harrow and roller. 



When grazed down in spring the vetch crop will not 

 be ready for haying or ensiling until about mid- July, 

 that is, about a month later than the seeds-hay and 

 the vetch crop sown in the second year's " break." 



This, in practice, will be found a very useful feature, 

 as by dividing out the work of haying over two months 

 we shall be better able to get the work done — an even 

 distribution of horse and manual labour is everything 

 on a farm. 



No manure will be required for the vetch crop sown 

 after the root break. The land will be rich enough. 



The seeds sown with the vetch crop will give very 

 nice feeding in the late autumn of the same year as 

 sown. Sometimes they may be fit to cut, but it 

 is better to graze them and give them a good chance 

 to thicken out and fill up the bottom. The tramping 

 of the animals and the animal droppings will help a lot 

 in this direction. 



THE FIFTH YEAR's BREAK. Sccds 



The seeds grown in the fifth year of the rota- 

 tion are primarily intended to provide green soiling 

 during the summer ; but no hard and fast rule can be 

 laid down. It often happens that when a man has laid 



