INTERCROPPIiNG 



give • two crops on the same land at the 

 same time. 



Sometimes it is possible to grow early 

 cabbage between late corn, planting the 

 cabbage halfway between the rows of corn 

 and treating it as the crop. The cabbage 

 is off the ground before the corn has 

 reached the height of 1 foot, and therefore 

 gives over the land for the growing of corn. 

 There are many other combinations which 

 could be used for companion cropping. 



SUCCESSION CROPPING 



An early variety of sweet corn and a 

 late variety of celery can be used. The 

 early corn may be of the transplanted 

 sweet corn, or may be grown from an early 

 variety of seeds. When mature, the corn 

 is removed and the celery is placed in the 

 rows between the corn rows. The same 

 way, late cabbage may follow corn, also 

 turnips, beans, spinach, lettuce, kohl-rabi, 

 radishes, dandelion, kale, endive, late peas; 

 or some of these crops or some others may 

 be grown previous to the corn crop and 



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