THE PRACTICAL COUNTRY GENTLEMAN 



tation ; and under this plan one-half the ground 

 would be annually in grass. The potatoes are 

 raised largely on fertilizers, as barnyard man- 

 ure has a tendency to make them scaly, particu- 

 larly if applied in the spring. The barnyard 

 manure is applied to the corn crops; and the 

 grass and clover are sown in the standing corn 

 at the time of the last cultivation. 



While the principle of crop rotation applies 

 to all farms, yet every owner of a country place 

 must be prepared to a large extent to meet con- 

 ditions not found perhaps on any other place. 

 Possibly he will not wish to go in for dairying, 

 but rather to have a few cows and sheep, and 

 raise a fine colt or two. In that case more oats, 

 grass, and corn will be needed, and only a small 

 area will be devoted to potatoes. In any event 

 it will be found that the general rules of 

 deep-rooted crops followed by shallow-rooted 

 ones, and cultivated crops by uncultivated ones, 

 will always prove applicable. 



How much fertilizer to use on a given crop 

 depends in a large measure on the money value 

 of the crop. For example, if an acre of oats 

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