132 Misso^iri Agricultural Report. 



UeparLmciit of AyriciilluiM; i'rol". 1). II. Doaue, U. S. llMrrinuiii and 

 Miss llena Bailey, tlie latter of the State Board of Agriculture. 



Prof. Spillman, who had been expected, was ill at the time and un- 

 able to be present. 



"At the noon hour a dinner, not only fit for kings but fit for farm- 

 ers, was enjoyed, after which Mr. Doane explained the work of the 

 farm, using large diagrams showing the different fields. One diagram 

 showed the farm as it was when the work was started. The other showed 

 how the farm had been re-planned, every bit of the ground utilized in 

 some way and the fields so divided as to fit the rotations. The rotation 

 scheme is for four fields of from twelve to fifteen acres each. Three 



The cowpea field caused no little comment, for here between three and four tons 

 of hay was harvested per acre. It was cured and stacked in a curing i-ack, which makes 

 it possible to stack the vines when green and thus save all the leaves. 



fields are used for a primary rotation and one field is subdivided into 

 three equal parts, or three small fields used instead. 



' ' The primary rotation on twelve-acre fields was as follows : First 

 year, corn; cowpeas planted in one-half the corn and rape sown in the 

 other half. Second year, oats, to be cut for hay or threshed, and 

 clover sown in oats in spring. Third year, clover. 



' ' Secondary rotation, fields four acres each : First year, corn ; cow 

 peas hogged down. Second year, soy beans, rye pastured. Third year, 

 rape pastured. It was explained that the rotation was not in ' full swing, ' 

 as the work had not been carried on long enough to get each field to 

 producing just the crop desired. 



' ' At the conclusion of Mr. Doane 's talk, the trip over the farm was 



