MODIFIED CROPPING PvOTATIONS 109 



The winter variety of oats or wheat should be sown on 

 the lea in the autumn, instead of spring-sown varieties. 

 The harvest in consequence will be about three weeks 

 earUer, and an earUer harvest means in average years 

 better weather conditions for saving, and in every 

 year longer days, Hghter dewfall, and a better oppor- 

 tunity for the sowing of the succeeding crop of tares 

 than is experienced when the oat-crop is spring-sown. 

 Rotation B i will therefore be : — 



First year. — Autumn-sown lea corn. 

 Second year. — As in Standard Rotation A. 

 Third year. ,, ,, „ 



Fourth year. ,, „ „ 



Fifth year. 

 Sixth year. „ „ „ 



Rotation B i will provide more than sufficient litter 

 for the stock, corn for the feeding of horses and other 

 stock, including pigs and poultry. There have been 

 times when maize was so cheap that it would have 

 been more economical for the smallholder to sell the 

 oats and buy maize and other foodstuffs to replace 

 them. It is very doubtful, however, whether we shall 

 see such times again for a few years. In short, as a 

 general principle, the small farmer should aim at 

 consuming all he growls. 



KEEP THE MONEY AT HOME 



The main object of the big farmer who sells corn is 

 to buy foreign feeding-stuffs containing a substance 

 called albuminoids, in which corn and all ordinary 

 farm crops are by comparison very deficient, but 

 with a food supply of vetch hay and winter greens on 

 the farm, it is no longer necessary to buy albuminous 

 foods for the sake of making balanced rations. 



Pon't run away with the i4e?i that there need be any 



