SOILS AND CROPS. 



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rotation farthest removed from the 

 manures. When a meadow is brok- 

 en up, a wood lot cleared off, a low 

 lying field brought into cultivation, 

 the oat stands ready to come on the 

 land. Yet, in spite of it being given 

 the poor place, no crop responds to 

 genial soil conditions better than 

 oats, no crop rewards with greater 

 yields. 



The best place for oats is following 

 manured hoed crops. Oats do splen- 

 didly after clorer, though on rich 

 land there is danger of lodging. Flax 

 may be shoved in between the clover 

 and oats. 



When the price of oats Is not re- 

 duced proportionately with the price 

 of wheat, they should be given a bet- 

 ter place in the rotation. 



Potatoes: The best soils for pota- 

 toes are mild loam and sandy loam 

 and loamy sand soils. Potatoes do 

 well on sandy soils when the soil is 

 well supplied with moisture, but they 

 are not a sure crop on the very light 

 sand soils. They love well aired soil, 

 which means that all moist, fine tex- 

 tured and poorly ventilated soils are 

 vinsuitable. 



While the potato can be grown for 

 cattle feed on sandy soil, this does 

 not mean that potatoes can be grown 

 often on these soils. 



'^'ae potato stands in the rotation 

 bet-«^een two cereal crops. The po- 

 tato, like corn, can follow itself, 

 hence can be grown repeatedly on 

 ♦^he same soil, though this is only 

 possible by handling the field like a 

 garden. The potato also does well 

 on new breaking. 



Rye: The rye soil is the dry, sandy 

 loam and the loamy sand. Rye can 

 be grown to advantage on pure sand. 

 Reclaimed swamp lands and sanded 

 alluvial soil lands grow fine crops of 

 rye. 



Rye cannot stand backwater. 

 Heavy sticky clay soil heavily ma- 

 nured with stable manure and lime 

 and well worked, can be made suit- 

 able for rye. 



Rye, on light land dressed well 

 with manure, can follow itself year in 

 and year out. It does well after 

 black fallow. Next to fallow the best 

 fore-crop is a good stand of legumes, 

 cut early to give the necessary time 

 to prepare the soil. Rye and wheat 



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