The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1918-06-07
BRITlSHIER HAS
CROP IMUBlER
T armer Proposes New Method to
Increase the Yield OF the
Soil.
CLAIMS MANY ADVANTAGES
Proves Successful In the Experiment
al staae--sritish Government Ex-
ports Are Much impressed
With Possibilities.


London.---In these days Of cereal and
fodder shortage the farmer Who suc-
eeells In growing two blades where
one grew heiure would be looked upon
as II public beneflcter, bur an English
farmer has succeeded In going one
hetter and writes to the Times to give
"details of the new method.
i suggests that II his plan is adopt
I'd there will be more grnzlng this
year. more beef next Mlater, more oats,
wheat and hay In 1919. and more graz
In 1919. II the neW method is as sue
ceSsful oyer 4 large acreage us Ii has
proved to BIZ In the experimental stage
I Ii may rightly he termed discovery
In agriculture.
The new method Is us follows:
In July, by the use OF Il specially
! devised drlll, winter cereal and an
artificial fertilizer are simultaneously
/ drilled through any grass land intend
ed for haylng the following year. BY
September Of October the cereal will
have made top growth OF from eight
| to ten inches. This ii then grazed off
| with the grass by whatever live stock
Is turned ont upon II, aud the grnin,
nominuliy an annual, II thus turned
into biennial by virtue Of It's yield
of valuable grazing in the autumn pre-
cedlng the year of the normal grain
/ harvest.
Double Crop.
The autumn grazing encourages and
strengthens the roots of the cereal.
owing To the protection from frost
/ given by the covering Of turf, normal
] spring growth begins earlier, more
/ heads aru thrown up, development ia
more rapid, and the grain ripens ut the
same time as The has, both being har-
vested together. The harvesting Is
done BY menus of an ordinary moving
machine fitted With un extra knife ut
/ the proper height above the grass to
cut the heads of the grain. The low
er knife cuts the hay MS usual aud the
1 upper knife acts MS i header.
] A carrier behind the 'header" knife
deposits tie grain IN separate
sWatl.
Many Advantages.
The advantages claimed for this
/ method are many, among them being
1 the following:
The productive capacity Of the land
In doubled. Old and valuable grass
lands are not only not destroyed, but
3 nre improved. laeonamy OF labor
throughout; pIowlng and narrowing
are not needed; both crops are gath
erred together, planting and rolling are
done al the same time, and the grain
crop is gathered With ease and GER
talnty, MS there Is no green growth
with The grain 10 be stood III the sun
to dry. Economy Of fertilizers. a
saving OF .half Of the seed usually
needed. The autumn grazing Is OF a
fresh nisrogenous character The pas.
sage of tlla drills through The turf lin.
proves the surface drainage Tile
equal mixing ~ straw with the hay fot
fodder The great convenience of July
planting for The farmer.
Saves Permanent Pasture,
It Is asserted that under thts nethof
no permanent pasture Neea be broken
II uHif inAliAt EtlNi tiAf fNttsttt lfdib w ltlV
/. arabic land lniaht be put down Ia per
manent posture, The permanent pas
tules are III hay aud corn one year und
graaea the next, In the spring 0f tbs
grazing year seeds Of annual legunee
can be planted through the pastures
with the same machine as II used
To drIil Ia the grain. not only on ac
count OK their feeding value, but nisc
10 Increase the nitrogen IN the soil foi
D the following cereal crop.
The drilling of the seed through tht
turf Is accomplished by Il small knife
blnded fool that can he attached x
my drill III place Of the disk.
Government experts have been 81
impressed with the possibilities of thu
method ilint priority certificates hilys
been granted for the manufacture o.
the fittings or The import Of any part.
8 which may he necessary IL they can
not be obtained here In time for thi'
seasons planting.
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