lOe CONTINUOUS CROPPING 



aside a field of seeds (chiefly rye grass and clover) that 

 portion of the field may become dead ripe before he 

 could consume it, and then he is compelled to cut it for 

 hay. 



The haying of a portion of the crop can be under- 

 taken if desired, but, generally speaking, it will be found 

 in practice that the best thing to do is to soil the 

 whole lot. On the portion left for soiling a lot of the 

 liquid manure produced during the winter should be 

 applied whenever weather conditions permit. 



There is nothing that will push on seeds or any green 

 forage crop like liquid manure, and rye grass sown 

 under the conditions which we have mentioned and 

 top-dressed with liquid manure should give at least 

 three good cuttings, and sometimes four, of soiling 

 during the year. 



In practice, this will mean that we shall commence 

 to cut the rye grass for soiling about the ist of May, 

 and plan out the cutting of the plot so that the 4 acres 

 will last the cattle about six or eight weeks. Then, as 

 a patch of the rye grass ground is cleared, we can put 

 on more liquid manure, and by the end of the six or 

 eight weeks* period the part cut first will be ready 

 a^gain, and so on during the summer and autumn. 



A useful seeds and sainfoin mixture is as follows : — 



Italian Rye grass, 14 lbs. 



Perennial 10 „ 



Red clover 2 „ \ Statute acre. 



Alsike 2 „ 



Sainfoin 10 „ 



