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good condition for the growing of the succeeding grain 

 crop. 



(2) The winter pasture, with the seeds and sainfoin 

 pasture in the eighth year, provides more outside room 

 for the stock, and this room, if practically all the crops 

 are home fed, as they should be, will be wanted on most 

 holdings. This again means the carrying of a greater 

 proportion of dry stock (which can be wintered out) 

 than in the previous rotation. 



THE ADVANTAGE OF PASTURING 



The seeds and sainfoin pasture will be grazed in sum- 

 mer and on it will be fed a large amount of the soiling 

 crops grown in the third and fourth years' breaks. 

 Needless to say this feeding on the pasture will make 

 the land very fertile, being in practice the same as 

 though the land were heavily top-dressed with manure. 



Wherever this system of soiling on pasture is 

 followed, the grass-harrow should be run over the land 

 at least once a week to spread the droppings. Then as 

 soon as there is a good bite on the winter pasture, say, 

 by August 1st, if sown in June, the grazing and soiHng 

 should be alternated week by week between the winter 

 pasture and the seeds and sainfoin pasture. 



In wet weather during winter the cattle should not 

 be allowed on the winter pasture at all, but kept on the 

 seeds and sainfoin pasture. A little poaching of this 

 does not matter, but should, nevertheless, be avoided 

 as much as possible by feeding the stock in a movable 

 shed during very wet weather. 



