WHEAT 15 



Friend, Mealy, Gold Coin, Winter King, Michigan Amber, 

 Red Wave, Grains o' Gold, Tennessee Fultz, Blue Stem, and 

 Turkey Red. 



Places of wheat in the rotation. Wheat should never be 

 grown on the same land continuously. Some kind of crop 

 rotation must be practiced in order to get the best results. 

 What the other crops should be and how many different 

 ones should be included in the rotation, will depend upon 

 a number of factors. One thing, however, is well estab- 

 lished; that is, that some kind of a legume, usually clover, 

 should have a place in the rotation. In a system of grain 

 farming, the following rotations are good: 



1. Wheat 1. Corn 



2. Corn 2. Oats 



3. Oats 3. Wheat 



4. Clover 4. Clover 



Sell only the grain, or better, feed it to the stock on the 

 farm, and return all the rest to the soil, using limestone and 

 rock phosphate as mineral foods where needed. 



Many state experiment stations have shown beyond ques- 

 tion, that rotation of crops has brought higher yields of 

 wheat than annual cropping. It must be said here, however, 

 that crop rotation alone, even though a legume be Included 

 in the system, will not maintain permanent soil fertility. 

 That, however, is another question, and will be taken up 

 again under soils. 



Preparing the soil. Preparation of wheat ground will 

 depend upon the nature of the soil and upon the previous 

 crop. Some farmers sow wheat in standing corn in Septem- 



