The Bulletin. 



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A Five-year Rotation Used on a Grain and Stock Farm. 



Tho third sample rotation here given is one used on tobacco lands, by W. A. 

 Petree, a successful tobacco-grower of Stokes County. 



A Four- year Rotation fob Tobacco. 



These rotations are merely given as samples that have proved of value on the 

 farms where followed, and it is hoped they may serve as a basis for others to 

 work on in arranging a suitable rotation for their own farms. Furthermore, we 

 do not wish to be understood as ignoring the fact that in many instances a 

 single crop has been gro\vn on land, year after year, and the yield gradually 

 increased; but such a system of farming requires more care and intelligence 

 than is given to the average farm, and there is no question but some sort of a 

 rotation is essential to the best success on a vast majority of North Carolina 

 farms. In determining what that rotation shall be the farmer must be guided 

 by the character of his soil, market conditions, and his own individual tastes, 

 for in all cases where there is a crop or crops which any of these considerations 

 magnify into first importance as the chief money crop, then the rotation should 

 be especially planned to increase the yield and profits from that crop. 



