MINISTRY or AGRICULTURE $ FISHERIES 



ALLOTMENT CHART 



NOTF. — The system shown on this Chart can be successfully follow 

 the Southern and Midland Counties by making due allowance in th 

 planting dates. In parts of the Northern Counties it may not be poss 

 the autumn-sown crops. Special local conditions should, in all cases, 

 and the plan modified accordingly. The cropping is arranged to | 



proportion of each crop for the average household, and to give, as far as possible, a 

 continuous supply of produce. A three-year rotation is combined in order that 

 similar crops are not grown on the same soil for more than one year in any three. 

 The sowing and harvesting times are so arranged that the major portion of one section 

 each year becomes vacant in order that it may be "double dug." 



DIMENSIONS OF PLOT 30 FT X90FT 9 IN ■> 10 SQUARE UOOS, POLES.OR PERCHES' 302'4 SQ.VO 



SPRING $ SUMMER CROPPING 



SCASOIV OF use 



WHERE SOWN 







CROP 





SEPT to MARCH 



_ 



PURCHASED 



EARLYHARCH 



ONIONS. AUTUMN SOWH 



2 



SUMMER 



WHERE GROWN 



EARLY MARCH 





ONIONS, SPRING SOWN 



5 



SEPT toMARCH 



WHERE GROW 



EARL/APRIL 





CAR ROTS, Main Crop 



5 



OCT toM ARCH 



WHERE GROWN 



FEB gfMAR 





PARSNIPS 



3 



SEPT ToMARCH 



WHERE GROWN 



END of 'APRIL 





BEET MamCnlfs 



3 



JULY to SEPT. 



tlHCRE GROWN 



EARLY APRIL 





BEET, Summer 



/ 



OCT. to MARCH 



SEED BED 

 SEED BED 



EARLY MARCH 

 £N0 of FEB. 



APRIL-MAY 



lettuce, on ridge 

 LEEKS, in trench 



i 

 2 



JULY - AUGUST 



WE/tE BROWN 



MIDDLE APRIL 





dwarf BEANS,onridie 



1 



OCT. to JAN 

 APRIL - MAY 



WERE GROWN 



PURCHASED PlAHTi 

 MARCH 



JUNE 



CELERY, intrench 

 RADISH, on ridqe 



2 











BROAD BEANS, double nn 



} 



JUL Y to FEB 



'PURCHASED or 



SAVED SETS) 



FEB. or MAR. 



SHALLOTS 



2 



OCT to JUNE 







MIDDLE APRIL 



POTATOES,mainCiop 



7 



AUGUST- SEPT. 







EARLYAPRIL 



P0TAT0ES,and early 



3 



LATE JULY 



WHEREGROrVN 



HI DOLE APRIL 





PEAS, mid-season 



I 



JULY ONWARDS 



SEED BED 



EARLY MARCH 



APRIL 



CABBAGE, Summer 



2 



EARLY JULY 



WHERE GROWN 



END MARCH 





PEAS, mid season 



/ 



JULY -AUGUST 







WDLE MARCH 



POTATOES, early 



4 



JUNE 



WHERE GROWN 



EARLY MARCH 





PEAS, early 



1 



November onwards 



JUNE -JULY 



SEED BED 

 WHERE GROWN 



MARCH 

 MARCH 



MAY- JUNE 



BRUSSELS SPROUTSow 

 EARLY TURNIPS or CARROTS 



2 



JULY OHWAROS 



WHERE GROHN 

 SEED BED 



EARLY MAY 

 PREVIOUS SEP! 



MARCH 



RUNNER BEANS with 

 EARLY LETTUCE heUrien 



/ 



NOTE:- POSITION OE RUNNER BEANS AT EAST END OF PLOT IS PERMANENT TO PROVIDE SHELTER 



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AUTUMN | WINTER CROPPING 



SPRING CABBAGE 



KALE or BORECOLE 



AUTUMN % WINTER 



Cultivation, Manuring, etc.— The period covered is from November 1st to Octob 

 Suction I.— Double-dig all vacant ground during November, incorporating all : 

 decaying vegetable matter, burnt garden refuse, ...he-, anj rubbish. Dress with 12 

 Slag, and 3 lb ot S„lph.ile of Potash (or I, lb. of Kaimti Plant and crop as shown 

 (If desired, the Sulphate of Potash may be applied in February just before sowing.) 

 Section II. - Dig deeply all vacant ground in November. In March dig lightly and i; 

 ate I j i barrow-loads parti) -decayed farmyard or stable manure. 3 lb. of Sulphate ol 

 (or 6 lb. Kainit., 6 lb. Superphosphate, and any available burnt garden refuse. At , 

 time dress potatoes with j lb. Sulphate of Ammonia (On heavy soils farmyard man 

 be applied during the November digging.) 



fa barrow'l'oads''^ ek^'Vl" '^'"d ^"""u NoV " nber or December and ' nc ' 

 Kainit), and b lb. Superphosphate. In February i,,ke n a 'dressing of 40 lb. lime.' 



ROTATION 



SECTION I 



SECTION n 



SECTIONM 



ISl YEAR 



Z" d YEAR 

 3 rd YEAR 



AS SHOWN 

 ON CHART 

 AS SECT.m 

 AS SECT.H 



AS SHOWN 

 ON CHART 

 AS SECT. I 

 AS- SECT.m 



AS SHOWN 

 ON CHART 

 AS SECT.JT 

 AS SECT.I 



;stern end or" the plot a portion is reserved for Seed beds, 

 1 heap. A hut, if needed, could also be placed here. If a 

 vs can be sawn in April and planted out in May. Sow 



an partly be maintained by gn 

 in place of the autumn crjps. The mustard should be ! 

 ear, and dug in green before the frost comes. Rye ma 

 ber as the ground becomes vacant, and dug in about the c 



