CROPPING SYSTEMS FOR STOCK FARMS 29 1 



Cropping Systems with Alfalfa. Wing 1 suggests the following 

 rotations using alfalfa in Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois : 



First year, corn 



Second year, corn 



Third year, alfalfa and barley 



Fourth year, alfalfa 



Fifth year, alfalfa 



Sixth year, alfalfa 



The alfalfa may be sown in the fall on barley stubble or in 

 the spring with barley as a nurse crop. Permanent pasture is 

 kept for cows, work horses, and pigs. 



A shorter rotation is suggested by the same authority as fol- 

 lows : 



First year, corn 

 Second year, wheat 

 Third year, alfalfa 

 Fourth year, alfalfa 



The alfalfa may be sown on the plowed wheat stubble. Per- 

 manent pasture is provided for live-stock. 



Cropping Systems for North Central States. The following 

 cropping system is popular in these states : 



First year, corn 



Second year, oats 



Third year, clover and timothy 



Fourth year, clover and timothy 



It is possible to plant Irish potatoes or oats after the corn. 

 Rye may be planted in the fall after the corn, oats or potatoes 

 and this crop will be off by July ist. The clover may be sowed 

 at the last snowfall or early in the spring, and a crop of hay 

 should be secured from this by early fall. The mammoth red 

 clover is popular. 



Cropping Systems for the Gulf States. In the Gulf states it is 

 possible to raise many crops during the summer and winter, and 

 so the stock farmer is not always limited in his choice of crops. 

 The following are a few crops that are successful for this region : 



1 Alfalfa in America. 



