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For example, in the East Central States a standard rotation consists of 

 Maize (com) 

 Wheat 



Clover and timothy (one or two years). 

 The Cornell rotation is 

 Wheat 



Clover and timothy (one year) 

 Maize (corn) 

 Oats. 



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Fig. 14. — The hill lands of southern New York are especially well adapted to the growth 



of potatoes 



For the eradication of weeds a good rotation in New York is 

 Sod 

 Maize 



Potatoes or other tilled crop 

 Oats or barley, seeded to grass. 



h. Crop adaptation. — Not everything in crop production can be accom- 

 plished by modification of the soil, however. The soil can be stretched, 

 so to speak, to a certain extent, but that extent is limited. Then attention 

 must be given tO the other end of the dilemma: the crop must be taken 

 in hand. We have many crops developed under and suited to particular 

 soil conditions. The wise farmer will adapt his crops to his natural soil 

 conditions. He will not attempt to grow rice on a hill or radishes in a 

 swamp. He will put truck crops on truck soil, celery on muck, grass 

 and wheat on clay, corn on loam, potatoes on sandy loam, peaches and 



