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LESSON FOR THE FARM 



Published semi-monthly throughout the year by the New York State College of 

 Agriculture at Cornell University. Entered as second-class matter October 13, 191 1, 

 at the post office at Ithaca, N. Y., under the Act of Congress of July 16, 1894 



L. H. Bailey, Director 

 Course for the Farm, Royal Gilkey, Supervisor 



VOL. I. No. 24 



ITHACA, N. Y. 

 SEPTEMBER 15, 1 91 2 



FARM CROPS SERIES No. 2 



THE ROTATION OF FARM CROPS 



Edward R. Minns 



The practice of rotating fann crops is many centuries old. The necessity 

 for rotation is not so apparent on new lands as it is where the soil has 





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Fig. 252. — Good ploiving is important for the successful rotation of farm crops 



been farmed for a generation or longer. In the older civilized countries 

 of the world the benefits derived from a succession of crops have been 

 recognized since the days of Vergil; in our country there are sections 



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