MORE PoruLous FIELDS.
Travellers about England during the latter half of April may have been struck, if they were observant, by the unusual population of the fields. Quite a large number of farmers, in accordance with the newer system of grass cultivation, tried the experiment of turning out their cows a month earlier than usual. But views vary. For example, in one number of the excellent Journal of the Ministry of Agriculture, where reference is made to farmers' experiments in turning out cows earlier, farmers are urged on the outer cover " not to wait for grass. . . . The cow that goes down in milk now is not going to come back to her proper yield." Can April grass do in place of " cake " ? is a question to which all farmers would like to know the answer. It may depend on the weather, but this April, as the Aprils of 1926 and 1927, have all three proved the value of spring grass and saved the experimenters a good part of their cake bill. A great discussion on this and kindred themes among the more learned professors is arranged for the second week in May, partly in London, partly at Rothaznsted. * * * *
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