ROTATION OF CROPS. 



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t;.— TABLE V. 



SOIL,ING CROPS.* 



CROPS. 



Rj'C 



Wheat 



Red clover .... 



Gra.ss and clover . 



Vetch and oats . . 

 Vetch and oats . . 

 Peas and oats . . 



Peas and oats . . 



Barnj-ard millet 

 Barnyard millet 

 Soja bean . . . 



Corn 



Corn 



Hungarian . . . 



Barley and peas . 



Seed per Acre. 



2 bushels 



2 bushels 



20 lbs. 



1 y. bu. red top 



- y^ bu. timothy 



( lo lbs. r. clover 



j 3 bu. oats 



I 50 lbs. vetch 



50 lbs. vetch 



i i!4 bu. Canada 



1 I'i bu. oats . . 



\ i!-i bu. Canada 



\ I "4 bu. oats 



I peck 



I peck 



iS quarts 



Time of 

 Seeding. 



I bushel 

 \ I >/< bu. peas 

 'wVz bu. barley 



Sept. 10-15 



Sept. 10-15 



July 15-Aug. I 



|- September 



- April 20 



April 30 



\ April 20 



|- April 30 



May 10 

 May 25 

 May 20 

 May 20 

 May 30 



July 15 



( 



Aug. 5 



Time of Culling. 



May 20- May 30 

 June i-June 15 

 June I5-June 25 



June 15-June 30 



June 25-July 10 

 July lo-July 20 

 June 25-July 10 



July 10 



July 25-Aug. 10 

 Aug. 10-Aug. 20 

 Aug. Z5-Sept. 15 

 Aug. 25 Sept. 10 

 Sept. lo-Sept. 20 

 Sept. 20-Sept. 30 



Oct. i-Oct. 20 



The above table of plants iLscd for soiling 

 may be helpful in .selecting short crops in a 

 rotation. 



^.— CATCH, OR COVER, CROPS. 



Catch, or cover crops — as, crimson clover, cow- 

 peas, rye, Kaffir-corn, teosinte, and vetch — may 

 often be grown in the time intervening between 

 the principal crops of the year with very little 

 labor and often with much profit. A field which 

 is used in short rotations loses no more of its fer- 

 tilitv than one which lies idle aud loses its sub- 

 stance by exposure to the weather, or gives it up 

 to weeds. 



Henry's Feeds aud Feeding, p. 233. 



