WHAT ARIC GREEN CROPS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1770, 8 November 1883, Page 4

WHAT ARIC GREEN CROPS.

\ix ?11 t!ic loading liuthoiitios on agiicultnr.il mutters those crops are considered ,iiid designated gieen eiops which liave loi tlii'ii obiucfc the cleansing nn<l lestor'iig ot hnd necessitated fiom the previous growth of giain. Turnips and siinil.i! >% ii»its have been almost always regarded as the \eiy best kind of crops to .ic'eosniilfli tlie object of restoring the exhausted fertility of the soil, and fiom the fac-litios olloled by the nvuiuer of tlieir cultivation to use the lioiae and hand hoes during their growth, they anjustly esteemed elennsmg eiops. llieie .ue othei iilti'i native eiops, such asbeans, mas, potatoes, &c , wli wli income degiee .ue ci|iially suited for ele.insiim loul sods, bul, these in a system of rotation ate not u cognised ,is gieen crops, as it is supposed tiie> t.ul in the point ot being ustoratneof teitility. It would therefoie.ippcar fiom tin- nomenelaturo employed by faimeis and wiitcis onagiicultuio that tm nips, mangels, canots, paisnips, cabbages, Sec, aie, in the intci pi elation 01 the woids as they occur, in leases, the only crops that can legally In- cilhd gieen eiop*. Uutltake exception to this aibitiaiy and narrow icnueiing ot the woids, an lam disposed to hold .i w uler and, a? I think, a jusfcer \ uw ot what constitutes a green crop, in so t.n as the ciop it intended to piomote good, clean, and rational agiicultine. . . . (-Jiass, in the colonies, is mstly thought .i good and economical method of lestomig the teitility ot soil worn out orexhanbtcd by constant ciopping with eeioals, .aid from superficial and ineflieient cultivation ; but in many c,u>es the kind of glasses used, and tliuii tieotinenl, arc quite the icvei.se of useful in biiii»ing the laud into fit older and uniilition loi futuic cioppinic. Jk lune the lm.iss i-> used foi the depasturage ot stock, the liinuiance oi giied of tlie faniß'i uiges Jinn to take a mop of glass iced, ;i u<»p m no wav loss exhaustive lii.in fh.it of giain. The sii l)sci|Ufiit past'no milui>> fidin this lobbeiy, much It^s, > t(j( 1 (.iubi'k(pt, and mlilii tlie time ■iiuvei -.ill too blioit gencially -ior buakiiiL' up ioi .i ci dli. the t.iinui is disinpointtd at the ie-.iilt. If moie clo\ er ,iiid X i>(i.m.iss woe n^dl in laying ilown tlte i.iud to p.isii.ie, 1 .tin pui Minded theie would l)i mote lieliohci.il results tiom tlh' i« j «t. and less necessity to plough ,i[) „"■ mi tioin tlie l.uluie of the plants> to ma!v(. .i ijnod suaid toi the (jasluie. [ should leel inclined to l.iy down a broad Liciuiiil i u le that all intci mi diate ciopi — w Inch weie not pel nutted to bear seed, •uul wuu not laUcn oil tlit turn, but eou-■-•lincii tliLieon by lne stoi k-- should l>e icckoind gULii nops. Take ioi example tin 1 li i ( ot a jitld unsiiit.iljlo )iom any cause toi a ctoj) of turnip-., with taiLs, ;>e, piauic ni.i-fj mai/e, or other loiiigo plants mt ,in«l Used fm soiling, ddiiyriu, <>i lattcninir cattle, and icino\(dtio'n the licld, in tune to allow ol its beiiiL, iill'jwi'd piepniatorv to flic howni'i ot wlie.it, o.its, oi b.uley. Ko out vill cue to a^sei t that tint, would be w oi-c iai mini; thin if tuniips, i^ l . h.'d liei n son ii instead 1 am prep.ned to aiL'ue, on the contMiy, th.it MuhiKipb u-ul in tlie w.iy 1 (Ic-crihc would in nine e.iscs out ot lei., If butter f'n the land thon a t'unip eiop caielcssly put in ,u\<\ totally neeleeted by the hoe at Sim- on s win n the weeds aio leit lampaut, and all'twed to shod theii seeds on the g'oiind, as is too otten witnessed m tliis colony y<> in.m, howcvei, would c\(i ilii.ik ot piupo-ely sowing wheat % i th 'io oLiu 1 ! ob|eit than to depasture. I'l i o - 1 n ill nuinbei ot stock it would Keep to the a i>', as co npaied with glasses and clou is, mAcs it nidi fensible on the seoicof economy, and the piactice can only be iu-~ ( i!ic(l when necessity pi esses tlie f.iiinei to utilise it as ])iistuie w hen tlicioi* no pio'pcct of its attaining successful mifcmity. The soiling ot cattle on toi age plants is a wide and inteiesting subjccL toi the f.umer, and has many thing- to i econin.end ito adoption in thib colony ; but I cannot icter to it fiuthcr at ]'iescut than to remaik that I would most ceitaiuly include .'ll siilli .uiiMial toiagc plants as .no used Jor <-oiling amongst green ciops. They i.uinot bo (.on-ulued cxli.uistne, as they di aw most of then nutiinient tlnougli tlun 1( ,i\ ( s fiom thoair; they clean the giound ll tut at an eaily stage, and after being cut theic is ample time foi <i kind of b'ue l;il!owing. They thciefoie supply all the lefjui-situs of a gieeu ciop ])iopei. hcing altei native, cleansing, and le.-tciative JL has been pioved that both tui nips and mnngels aie, wheiesold oil the lain!, exhaustive, and it is only when they aie consumed on the giound by shoei- oi )< dto eattlu for miuuireinakini', tli.it t.lic,\ cm be teimcd lcstoratnc ciops. In like pi.mnci it may be illumed that ioiage plants are not exhaustive when they are used for soiling cattle, but lather that they are eminently suited to keep land in good order and condition. JMy opinion may appear smgulai to those who are wedded to the nauow i.uige to which hitherto green ciops have been confined. It would be flcsnablu if your ngn cultural readers would give their reasons tor adhering to the old nomenclature, it they object to the arguments 1 have advanced m favour of including fodder plants used for soilnitr in the designation ofgiccn eiops. — " Old Kiimei, ' in the N Z. Pastoral and Amicultui.il Now is.

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