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fertility of the soil and leave it in the required 

 condition for barley. 



As regards the second method of altering 

 a rotation, we have seen that a large number of 

 crops come under the headings corn, root and 

 forage crops, and the crops to be selected for 

 each year of the rotation will vary according to 

 the climate and soil. For example, mangels 

 and wheat are at their best in the warm south, 

 but in the cool north oats and turnips are more 

 prominent. On reclaimed peat, potatoes, oats, 

 rye and cabbages should be grown. For heavy 

 and clayey soils, wheat, beans, mangels and 

 cabbages are best suited. For light loams, 

 barley, potatoes and turnips should be grown. 

 Chalky soils like leguminous crops, such as 

 peas, lucerne, clover and vetches. Market 

 prices, of course, greatly influence the crop to 

 be grown, e.g., if wheat is selling well one would 

 naturally put as much as possible of the corn 

 land under wheat ; again, if mutton is fetching 

 good prices it would be advisable to keep as 

 many sheep as possible, and one's rotation 

 would have to be modified accordingly, on the 

 lines to be indicated later. 



There are a number of advantages to be 



