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from the silo). As to the sowing of millet, put in 

 all the ground you can of this, and plow under (what 

 is not consumed in the autumn by soiling) for rye 

 next spring ; and the land that was devoted to corn 

 and cut off in August is all put into rye for next 

 spring. This completes the year. 



It seems as if a great many words had been used in 

 describing this simple rotation. If I am at fault in 

 this, I hope the reader will attribute it to my desire 

 to be clearly understood. The whole thing may be 

 stated in a nutshell as follows : In the fall sow rye 

 to plow under for soiling crops until barley or oats 

 and peas are ready. In the spring sow early as 

 ground is fit to work, four or five sowings, a week 

 apart, of oats and peas. The first sowing of barley 

 if the spring is cold and backward. With the next 

 to the last, and the last sowings of oats and peas, 

 sow corn and sorghum, four or five sowings, to carry 

 until middle of September, to be followed by millet 

 and barley for late autumn. 



Oats and peas are sowed on rye plowed under in 

 April, corn sown on rye plowed under in May, corn 

 and sorghum sown on land soiled from during June, 

 millet sown on land that rye, oats, and peas were cut 

 from in July, rye sown on all corn ground cut over, 

 for soiling in August and September. October ist, 

 sow the balance of the land not already into rye 

 for next spring, either to cut or plow under for 

 soiling. 



So far a rotation has been shown independently of 

 clover, lucern, or crimson clover. These were pur- 



