Here again our forefathers showed their skill in balancing their farming operations. For not only were the marigolds a valuable cleansing crops: they were also a form of insurance against a bad year for hay, for the kind of season unfavourable to the harvesting of a good hay crop is the season in which marigolds would give a bumper yield. War time conditions are likely to re-emphasize the usefulness of such a balance and give special value to d crop grown on the farm.
It should be noted that the County War Committees may, at their discretion, approve a root crop for land ploughed up and otherwise eligible for the £2 per acre grant.
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