ROTATION OF CROPS 



when the ground is changed once in two or three 

 seasons. 



There is considerable truth in the suggestion 

 that a good rotation can only be had when con- 

 ducted by competent management, as hinted in 

 the following extract from Wilmer Atkinson: 

 "The rotation that is wanted is the one that will 

 rotate most fertility into the farm and most cash 

 into the pocket. Differing soils, differing advan- 

 tages or disadvantages of markets, differing de- 

 grees of knowledge and experience in the growing 

 and handling of certain crops are among the many 

 elements that enter into the question. In any 

 case, it must be the one that will yield the largest 

 amount of sale product, with which to meet cur- 

 rent expenses of business and living, and at the 

 same time store increase of fertility in the land for 

 future use." 



Just what this is appears to him a doubtful ques- 

 tion, quite too intricate to be discussed, and on 

 which it would be quite impracticable for one far- 

 mer to advise another. On the contrary, we hold 

 that accumulated experience has settled many 

 points in a way not likely to be reversed, and 

 affords much valuable aid in promoting the objects 



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