U8 CONTINUOUS CROPPING 



inore liberal we are in the first year' s manuring the less 

 we shall need to spend in subsequent years. 



The manuring must also be varied according to the 

 different types of winter pasture sown. The most 

 suitable type for average mountain conditions will be a 

 rye pasture, with a Httle scarlet clover or vetches. 

 These two latter crops belong to the order of legumes, 

 and have the remarkable power of absorbing nitrogen 

 from the atmosphere for their own sustenance and for 

 the benefit of succeeding crops. 



The standard manurial dressing for such a pasture 

 will be : — 



3 cwt. of 35 % superphosphate \ 



3 cwt. of kainit > per statute acre. 



I cwt. of sulphate of ammonia ) 



MODIFICATIONS 



If the land is deficient in lime, the apphcation of 

 from I ton of ground or any other form of lime per acre 

 should also be applied, and worked into the soil after 

 ploughing. 



If lime is not easily procurable, about 4-5 cwt. 

 of good basic slag should be applied in place of super- 

 phosphate. Even though the slag supplies a certain 

 amount of hme, however, it would pay to give | ton 

 of lime in addition. 



Now, if the annual rainfall is over 40 inches, or 

 if less than this, and the land is loose by nature, then 



3 to 4 cwt. of bone ash or bone meal should be used in 

 preference to either slag or superphosphate. If bone 

 meal is used, containing, say, 2 per cent, nitrogen, 



4 cwt. will supply to the soil about 9 lbs. of nitrogen, 

 or as much as will be contained in three stones of 

 sulphate of ammonia, so that the dressing q| this 

 manure may be reduced by this amount. 



