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and timothy; 3. Clover and timothy meadow; 4. Pasture. 



If the manure is carefully saved and returned to the pas- 

 ture before plowing under for the next crop of corn, lands 

 under this rotation should increase in fertility from year to 

 year. 



In latitudes where spring wheat is a failure and barley 

 unprofitable on account of climatic conditions, the following 

 rotation may be used to great advantage: 



i. Corn; 2. Oats; 3. Winter wheat sown to timothy in 

 the fall and clover the following spring; 4. Clover and timo- 

 thy for meadow; 5. Pasture. 



This can readily be changed on strong lands to a six-crop 

 rotation by taking two successive crops of corn. In this rota- 

 tion the land is plowed but twice, once for corn and once for 

 winter wheat, if the six-year course is not adopted. 



Some Missouri farmers have adopted the following ro- 

 tation: 



i. Corn; 2. Oats sown with clover; 3. Clover meadow; 4. 

 Wheat sown with timothy; 5. Timothy meadow: 6. Pasture, 

 upon which 'manure is applied. 



This rotation would be improved by sowing the wheat to 

 clover as well as timothy. Here again we have but two plow- 

 ings in the rotation, or one in three years. The clover mead- 

 ow, it the conditions of the ground admit of early plowing, 

 furnishes one of the best possible preparations for wheat, 

 while the wheat furnishes the best opportunity for securing a 

 stand of timothy, and the pasture following the timothy gives 

 an excellent opportunity for the application of manure to be 

 plowed under in the fall as a preparation for corn the first 

 course in the succeeding period of the rotation. 



In sections west of the Missouri where the tame grasses 

 can not be grown successfully with a nurse crop, we venture 

 to suggest the following rotation: 



i. Corn; 2. Mammoth clover; 3. Wheat; 4. Mixed clo- 

 vers and orchard grass; 5. Meadow; 6. Pasture; 7. Pasture. 



The objections to this rotation are that two years out of 

 seven there is no money crop. The objection has much force, 

 and yet we believe that the increased returns from the other 

 five years will much more than make up for the apparent loss 

 of the crops of the two years in which the grasses are being 

 established. We suggest that the mammoth clover be sown 

 on corn stalks as early in the spring as practicable. When a 

 stand is obtained, the crop could be turned under in August 

 in time to prepare the ground thoroughly fora wheat crop; 



