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is red clover, which is also one of the most adaptable for swine feeding- 

 purposes. For average conditions the following rotation will perhaps 

 be the most nearly ideal: 



ROTATION NO. 1. 



It is intended that a part or all of the com shall be hogged off in 

 the fall. At the last cultivation plenty of rye should be sown. The 

 rye will add to the pasturage somewhat in the fall, while the com is 

 being hogged off, and should be allowed to ripen in 1910, and fed off 

 without cutting. The clover seed should be sown in the fall, and if a 

 good stand is not obtained a second seeding should be made in the 

 spring. This will give considerable clover forage in the fall of 1910 and 

 clover for forage in 1911. This rotation may be varied in a great 

 variety of ways. For example : 



ROTATION NO. 2. 



This is essentially the same as the first rotation given, except that 

 instead of clover, soybeans is introduced into the system. Rape is 

 sown with the rye in the spring and lightly harrowed in, and the hogs 

 are rung and turned in when rye is ripe. 



ROTATION NO. 3. 



Rotation number three is again quite similar to rotation number 

 one, with the exception that sorghum is used in place of corn. This 

 rotation is perhaps more adaptable to the southern portions of the 



