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grass pasture of Missouri will be greatly improved for sheep by 

 the addition of white clover, which may be sown in the spring on 

 the blue grass pasture, and will be more apt to catch well if the 

 pasture is harrowed with a spike tooth harrow. Four of the 20- 

 acre fields are to be used in a primary rotation as follows : 



PRIMARY ROTATION— (120 ACRES.) 

 (20 Acres in each field.) 



No. of field. 



First Year. 



Second Year. 



Third Year. 



Fourth Year. 



1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 



Corn and cowpeas. . 



Corn and rye 



Rye 



Clover 



Permanent pasture. 

 Accessory rotation, 



Corn and rye 



Rye 



Clover 



Corn and cowpeas. 



Rye seeded to clover 



Clover 



Corn and cowpeas . . 

 Corn and rye 



Clover. 



Corn and cowpeas. 



Corn and rye. 



Rye.. 



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By following the above rotation there will be each year, 40 

 acres of corn, 20 acres of rye and 20 acres of clover to be harvested 

 for winter and fall feeding. The cowpeas are to be planted in the 

 corn with a one-horse drill at the time of the last cultivation, at the 

 about the 15th of September, also by means of a one-horse drill, or 

 it may be broadcasted at the rate of two bushels per acre, and 

 harrowed in with some implement which will go between the corn 

 rows. The clover is to be seeded on the rye in February each year, 

 except in certain districts where the clover may better be sown on 

 the rye in the fall at the time of seeding. One objection to the 

 above rotation is that it does not provide sufficient summer feed 

 for the ewe flock, and to provide for this we have prepared the 

 accessory rotation, which follows : 



ACCESSORY ROTATION (20 ACRES.) 



(Five acres in each field.) 



The lot divisions in field No. 6 may be all temporary fences, or 

 if more convenient, the fences may be permanently constructed. 



