Lucerne 



the other," when it is really clear that it 

 could and should be both ! 



Dairy farming on arable land, properly 

 cropped, is most profitable. The farmer 

 need not fear a continued drought ; he can 

 keep his cow to every two acres, which is well 

 above the English average, and yet steadily 

 increase his output of cereals. The more 

 cows, the more manure ; the more manure, 

 the more straw and mangolds ; and the more 

 straw and mangolds, the more cows — any- 

 thing but a vicious circle ! 



In Denmark there are many cases of the 

 ratio of one cow to 2 acres being exceeded, 

 the record being fifty cows on 50 acres. 



The crop of next importance to wheat is 

 lucerne. If the development advocated here 

 is to be carried out, a much larger portion of 

 arable land than in the past will have to be 

 under this crop. It is one of the mysteries of 

 agriculture why this crop is not more ex- 

 tensively grown. It is not a new crop — it 

 was grown in Great Britain by the Romans — 

 and most farmers admit that it is a good 

 crop, yet only a few thousand acres are 

 under lucerne in the whole of the United 



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