lOS CONTINUOUS CROPPING 



and other crops, and pay more attention to the raismg 

 and feeding of dry stock, for which suitable housing 

 accommodation, if needed, is more easily obtainable 

 than is the case where milking cows are concerned. 



Even the twenty-acre man need not aim at keeping 

 nothing but milking cows. As previously indicated, 

 calf-rearing, the feeding of a few yearlings and in-calf 

 heifers to replenish his dairy herd, should receive 

 attention. This, however, will be fully dealt with when 

 we come to discuss the stocking of the farm. 



For convenience of reference our standard rotation 

 (hereafter referred to as Rotation A), intended for the 

 twenty-acre farmer who is going to concentrate on 

 tillage dairy farming, is here restated : — 



First year's *' break " : 4 acres. — Tares for summer 

 soiling. 



Second year's *' break " : 4 acres. — Tares for hay 

 followed by 4 acres winter greens. 



Third years *' break " : 2 acres mangolds, 2 acres 

 potatoes. 



Fourth year's " break '* : 4 acres. — Tares for hay with 

 seeds, the latter for autumn cutting. 



Fifth year's " break " : 4 acres. — Seeds for soiling. 



This makes a total area cropped of 20 acres. No 

 litter or corn for horse feeding is provided, the intention 

 being to buy litter, corn, and other foodstuffs, the 

 money obtained from the sale of potatoes helping in 

 this direction. 



THE THIRTY-ACRE FARM 



On a holding of 30 acres, or thereabouts, in extent, 

 the rotation might be extended one year, making a six 

 instead of a five year rotation, as in Rotation A, there 

 being also five instead of four acres in each *' break." 

 The first " break " of the rotation will be lea corn. 



