Present Methods 



cause of failing crops. Cereal crops of 2 

 and 3 quarters to the acre do not pay the 

 grower, yet such are to be found in most 

 districts in close proximity to fields growing 

 excellent crops. With proper cultivation 

 and the right use of artificials no cereal crop 

 in an ordinary year should be less than 

 4 quarters to the acre. 



Waste in such directions often causes 25 

 per cent., if not more, of the area of a farm 

 to be virtually unproductive, not paying the 

 farmer for even the limited amount of 

 cultivation he has bestowed upon it. 



G. Rotation of Crops. 



The average farmer still sticks too closely 

 to the four-year rotation, which certainly 

 played a great part in developing English 

 agriculture a hundred years ago, but scientific 

 discovery during the past fifty years has 

 rendered the skilful farmer to a great extent 

 independent of that time-honoured process. 

 There is no reason why three or four white 

 crops should not be grown in succession on 

 the same land, provided that the land is 

 clean, and that the farmer uses his artificials 



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