1 9-2*2. ] Croppinc of a Derelict Estate i\ Sussex. LSI 



Continuous cropping with wheat must of course be regarded 

 purely as war-time farming and as an endeavour to produce 

 the greatest quantity of wheat possible. 



The success of the crops was undoubtedly due to the recogni- 

 tion of the fact that this land, like so much other land on the 

 lulls in Sussex is. or was. almost deficient in available phos- 

 phates, and that the fertility could only be restored by the 

 liberal application of phosphates in conjunction with a 

 nitrogenous fertiliser. 



Although the value of basic slag on grassland has been 

 widely appreciated locally, very few realise its importance on 

 cereal crops on this hill land which is so markedly deficient in 

 phosphates. 



During the three years that this land was farmed by the 

 East Sussex Agricultural Executive Committee, the receipts 

 from sales of crops grown exceeded £22,000. The crops con- 

 sisted chiefly of wheat and potatoes, so essential during that 

 critical time as producing the greatest amount of human food 

 per acre. 



