CROPS FOR PLOUGHING IN.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 25 April 1914, Page 10

CROPS FOR PLOUGHING IN.

Tares is a good crop for this purpose and is better in this respect, especially on a light, sandy soil, than mustard; the tares are a bulky crop and open up the soil admirably. A great deal, however, depends on the conditions of soil mixture. While mustard is no doubt an excellent preparation tor wheat, but it should be ploughed m at the end of six or seven weeks as, soon as the flowers have made their appearance and before* the plants have reached the seeding stage. White mustard can be used as a green manure within two months of its being sown • ° jf J? used ' ft is simply turned m and left to rot, when in about six weeks time the ground will be ready to receive the cultivation necessary to fit it for a succeeding crop. Ra pe . sometimes shows a superiority over spring or autumn-sown tares, and lupins peas ana vetches can, also be used for the purpose of green manuring.