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Rotation 4 is suggested for growers who have plenty of corn land 

 and do not wish to grow corn on any of their tohacco land. In Rotation 

 5, cotton precedes tobacco as cotton matures so late in the fall that the 

 grass mixture can not be seeded early enough to insure a good stand. 



A grass sod is one of the best crops to precede a tobacco crop, as it 

 adds organic matter to the soil. It is necessary to keep the weeds down 

 on this sod by running the mower over the grass two or three times 

 during the summer, even if it is not tall enough to yield much hay. 



The clover added in this grass mixture will not cause any serious 

 trouble to the tobacco, as a large percentage of it will die out after 

 the first year and even if the clover is present, the tobacco can be planted 

 closer, topped higher and harvested by priming, thereby preventing to 

 a large extent, the rough, coarse tobacco that usually follows a legume 

 crop. 



The grass mixture suggested will make fair yields on tobacco soils 

 in the wilt section provided lime and fertilizer are used. 



Rotation 6. 



First year — Tobacco, followed by wheat or oats. 



Second year — Cowpeas or soybeans as summer crop, rye for cover crop. 



Third year — Cotton, rye or clover iu fall. 



Fourth year — Cotton, followed by rye. 



Fifth year — Tobacco. 



In rotation C, corn can be substituted in the third year for cotton 

 but it is doubtful if the crop of cotton in the fourth year Avill be as good 

 as it would be by having cotton on the land both years. 



Rotation 7. 



First year — Tobacco, crimson clover as cover crop. 



Second year — Sweet potatoes, fall-sown wheat or Abruzzi rye for seed. 



Third year — Soybeans for seed, rye in fall to be plowed under. 



Fourth year — Cotton, rye in fall. 



Fifth year — Tobacco. 



Rotation 7 would be an excellent one to follow especially in the Creed- 

 moor section where wilt is most serious, provided community potato 

 houses could be built for storing the potatoes in order to market them 

 after Christmas. It is not unusual -for farmers to grow two or three 

 hundred bushels of marketable sweet potatoes per acre in that section, 

 and there is always a good demand for potatoes after the holidays. The 

 increased planting of the crops suggested in this rotation would give 

 four money crops, all of which can be grown profitably. In addition, 

 hogs can be employed in utilizing the sweet potatoes left after digging 

 and in harvesting the soy beans. 



