The immense advantages of crop-drying, if feasible, need not be
elaborated. They are admirably stated under six heads in a Government pamphlet on the subject, issued from the Clarendon Press, though some strong points are there omitted. Colonel Lyon is sowing this season crops of mixed rye, rye-grass, and vetches. H?, hopes to cut the rye and vetches in May next, and later to cut the rye-grass, which is less early than the other two as a second crop. The crop-drier may thus greatly affect farming methods. A farmer equipped with a crop-drier can make plans forbidden to others. He can, for example, mow much later and feel sure of securing these late aftermaths. Again, the crop-drier should be a most effective co-operator with the new discoveries (most ardently preached by Mr. Christopher Tumor, Sir Alfred Mond, Professor Keeble and others) of the high feeding value of autumnal grasses if they are newly grown and rightly manured. They can be substituted for high-priced, imported " cake."
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