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FARM AND SCHOOL PROBLEMS. 



Potatoes 

 Potatoes 



POTATOES. 

 Three Year Rotation. 

 Wheat or Oats 



or 

 Corn 



Clover 

 Clover 



Cotton 



COTTON. 



Three Year Rotation. 

 Corn with Cowpeas 



Oats and Cowpeas 



Timothy 



TIMOTHY. 

 Five Year Rotation. 

 Corn manured Oats Wheat 



Clover and timothv 



Tobacco 



TOBACCO. 



Three Year Rotation. 

 Wheat 



Clover 



A catch crop may be grown between two regular crops. 

 Rye may be seeded at the time of the last cultivation of a field 

 of corn. It may serve for pasture, for a cover crop or for 

 green manuring. Cowpeas, soy beans, clover and vetch are 

 often sown in this way for plowing under the following spring. 



Plans for Special Methods of Farming. 



Dairy Farms Grain and seeding, clover hay, pasture, corn. 

 Hog Farms Grain and seeding, clover or alfalfa, pasture, corn. 

 Sheep Farms Grain, clover and timothy, pasture, corn. 

 Grain Farm Grain and seeding, clover, corn. 

 Fruit Farm Cover crop, grass, mulch. 

 General Stock Farm Grain, hay, pasture. 



The following table shows methods of farming from the 

 poorest to one of the best conducted systems ; the letters to the 

 left represents different farmers and the explanation to the right 

 shows the methods employed : 



