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IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



on this well established principle in farm management. Often, however, 

 it is not possible for the owner of a small farm to work into his own sys- 

 tem of management 



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CORN 

 ARTICHOKES 



CORN 



80 BU PER ACRE 



OATS SOWN WITH CLOVER 

 I BU.SEEO YIELD 40 BU 

 LOST CLOVER 



RYE SOWN WITH 

 RAPE PASTURED 

 WITH HOGS 



o 



OATS 50WN WITH 



CLOVER 



36 BUSHELS PER ACRE 



FROM I BUSHEL SEED 



SOY BEANS 

 COw PEAS 

 SEED CORN 

 ARTICHOKES 



CORN 



CORN 36 BU.PER ACRE 

 HOT WINDS X DROUTH 



OATS SOWN WITH 

 CLOVER 



ORCHARh 

 & GAR )EN 



LAWN 

 IO ACRES 



20 ACRES 



CORN 



68bu.per.acre: 



OATS SOWN WITH CLOVER 



BU- SEED PER ACRE 

 YIELDS IZ'li BU PER ACRE 



CLOVER PASTURE 

 36GLB5. PORK PER. ACRE 

 H0GSFEDTHROUGH THE 

 HOT SEASON 



13 ACRES SOY BEANS 

 4 ACRES ARTICHOKES 

 I ACRE SEED CORN 

 Z. ACRES LISTED CORN 



OATS /2 BUSHEL SEED 



PER AC RE YIELD 



50 BUSHELS 



FIELD SOWN TO CLOVER 



CLOVER PASTURE 

 t( 465 LBS. PORK 

 PER ACRE 



i 6 ACRES SOY BEANS 22iBU 

 PER A. 647 LBSPORKPER 

 A 4 A. ARTICHOKES 50O 

 )bu. PER ACRE 10 ACRE 

 ' CORN 33 BU PER ACRE 

 POOR ON ACCOUNT Of 

 HOT WIND5 AND DROUTH. 



PERMANENT 

 PASTURE 



Diagram of the Rowe farm showing plan of crop rotation. 



many of the features 

 which are potent factors 

 in bringing success to 

 the extensive grain 

 grower and stock feed- 

 er. It is therefore inter- 

 esting to study the plans 

 which are successfully 

 worked out on a 100 

 acre farm of William H. 

 Rowe and son Charles, 

 in central Illinois. After 

 long years of diligent 

 study and experimental 

 work, covering many 

 branches of grain and 

 live stock farming, they 

 have adopted on their 

 farm a system of rotation 

 of crops and li"e-stock 

 management w .ich is at 

 once so practical and 

 profitable that it cannot 

 fail to prove int resting 

 to every farmer who 

 would stand for the best 

 in agricultural endeavor 

 Their system is not the 

 result of chance nor of 

 an unbridled desire to 

 test every new fad and 

 passing scheme. Far 

 from it. Methods full 

 of promise are tried but 

 rejected if found want- 

 ing An abiding interest 

 in their work, a thought- 

 ful study of the multi- 

 tude of problems which 

 ever confront the farmer 

 and unceasing attention 

 to every detail are the 

 forces which have en- 

 abled them to establish 

 their business upon a 

 rational and paying 

 basis On any farm, 



