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Clover, alsike, crimson, mammoth red 60 pounds. 



Cowpea 56 to 60 pounds. 



Millet, barnyard 30 to 60 pounds. 



Millet, common, German, Hungarian 48 to 50 pounds. 



MiUet, Pearl 48 to 56 pounds. 



Pea, field 60 pounds. 



Rape 50 to 60 pounds. 



Soybean 58 to 60 pounds. 



Sweet clover, hulled 60 pounds. 



Velvet bean 60 pounds. 



Vetch, hairy or winter 50 to 60 pounds. 



Vetch, spring 60 pounds. 



ROTATION OF PLANTATIONS 



It is accepted that the rotation or at least the diver- 

 sification of crops in orchards and other fruit-plantations 

 is a desirable practice as a means of conserving produc- 

 tivity of the land. It is also accepted that strawberries 

 would better not follow strawberries or cane-fruits follow 

 cane-fruits; but there is little real planning for the rotation 

 of plantations of the longer-lived fruits, and yet such 

 rotation must be very important. The following discus- 

 sion may be suggestive (Bailey, Cyclo. Amer. Agric. II). 



The grower usually does not not lay out a plan of land 

 management, one item in which is the growing of orchards. 

 In the case of apples, the life of the orchard is so great, 

 that the grower feels that he is planting for a lifetime, and 

 he leaves succeeding questions to those who may come after 

 him. Even apple orchards may be retained too long for 

 profit, however; and peaches, plums and some other fruits 

 are not too long-lived to form part of a rotation plan. The 

 rotation farmer may lay out a course that is not expected 

 to mature within twenty years. Small-fruits are well 

 adapted to rotationing. In fact, careful rotation is the 

 very best means of keeping in check certain difficult dis- 



