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are good and the manure saved and applied back on the land or plowed 

 directly into the soil after maturity. The application of rock phos- 

 phate and lime should be made every four to five years. Live-stock 

 farming in connection with this rotation might help in improving the 

 productivity of these soils if the manure is properly saved and applied 

 back on the soil. 



FOUK-TEAK KOTATIONS 



A good four-year rotation is the same as above, with oats and soy 

 beans or cowpeas following the corn the second year. 



Other four-year rotations which could be adopted in this county are : 



First Year — Corn, crimson clover. 



Second Year — Crimson clover and cowpeas or soy beans. 



Third Year — Wheat and oats, red clover. 



Fourth Year — Red clover. 



Or, for sections of the county in which cotton is grown, one similar 

 to this might be used : 



First Year — Corn, wheat or oats. 



Second Year — Wheat or oats, red clover. 



Third Year — Red clover. 



Fourth Year — Cotton, rye. 



A similar method of fertilization should be adopted with these four- 

 year rotations as is given for the three-year rotation. 



FIVE- OR SIX-YEAR ROTATIONS 



Any of these rotations with two years of pasture added would make 

 them even better adapted to live-stock farming. Where it is desired to 

 grow cotton, the following six-year rotation should, under an intelligent 

 supplemental system of fertilization and proper cultivation, give good 

 results : 



First Year — Corn, with cowpeas in the row or sown just before the 

 last cultivation. 



Second Year — Cotton, with rye sown broadcast in the cotton after 

 the first picking and covered with a harrow or light cultivator. 



Third Year — Rye plowed under, cowpeas, wheat or oats. 



Fourth Year — Wheat or oats, red clover. 



Fifth Year — Red clover. 



The fertilizer, here, too, would be similar to that indicated above for 

 a three-year rotation. 



