TOO MUCH CULTIVATION
OVERDOING THE WORK Dr. B. A. Keen, of Rothamsted, has again raised the question whether cultivations are overdone. He suggests that an unnecessarily high standard is in- I stinctively followed as a legacy of the i days when horse and man labour was ! cheap and abundant. Although it is refreshing to hear farmers criticised for farming too well,j there appears to be some justification for the :uggestion (says a writer in the “Farmers’ Weekly,” London). But is it due to tradition or to the desire for finish, for spit and polish, or perhaps, I should say. the artistic instinct? But whatever it is due to, there is ■ little doubt that, rightly or wrongly, a ! great deal of homage is paid in some quarters to a high standard of cultiva- j tion, lots of harrowinfi to get the field looking level, match ploughing, etc. l am all in favour of ploughing; i matches for very many reasons, but I j wonder whether there is any evidence after a ploughing match that the prizewinning plots grew better crops than the others.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 18 January 1939, Page 5
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182TOO MUCH CULTIVATION Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 18 January 1939, Page 5
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