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the sod. In table CXII is shown the crops as they are being 
grown upon these eight fields, and the crops which were 
growu in 1900 and 1901 to bring the fields into proper ro- 
tation. The crops not in the rotation, but necessary at first 
to prepare for the proper crop, are in brackets. The field in 
1899 was clover meadow and the crops of 1900 were plant- 
ed ona fall plowed second crop of clover. Were a farm of 
80 acres put into this rotation, 30 acres would each year be 
in meadow, of which 20 acres would be in clover, and 10 
acres timothy. There would be 20 acres of second cropclover, 
half of which would be plowed under, and the other half cut 
or pastured. Thirty acres would be in grain, 20 of oats, 10 
of wheat. Ten acres would raise cornfodder, and this 
amount would be manured each year, and 10 acres would 
be for potatoes. Had the crops actually harvested on the 
tenth acre plots in the experiment in 1902, been gathered 
on sucha farm it would have yielded in 1902, 867 bushels 
cf oats, 303 bushels of wheat, 39.2 tons cornfodder, 55.8 
tons of first crop and 5 tons second crop clover, with 10 
acres plowed under, 17.3 tons timothy, and 2925 bushels 
potatoes. At 30 cents, the oats would be worth $260.10, 
the wheat at 60 cents, $181.80. Clover at $8.00 per ton, 
$486.40; cornfodder at $4.00, $156.80; timothy at $10.00, 
$173.00, and potatoes at 25 cents $731.25, or a total of 
$1,989.35. Neither the yields quoted, nor the prices, are ex- 
cessive for ideal conditions. But the average yield for any 
farm of 80 acres would nccessarily fall below the yields ob- 
tained on these small tenth acre plots. 
This does not diminish the force of the illustration, for 
on as much of the land as is of equal value, crops as good 
can be grown, if the sod is plowed and the crops rotated 
under a similar system. Not even on the experiment farm is 
it possible to bring the fields into a fixed rotation like the 
above, and neither is it necessary. But the general plan can 
be adhered to, and the details modified to meet the circum- 
stances. A single, general rotation may be best. Sucha 
one, of four years, is practiced on the farm. Grain crops are 
all classed alike and make up one year. Meadow is given 
two years and cultivated crops including corn, cornfodder, 
potatoes and roots makes the fourth. The fields, which are 
