SOILING ROTA'lION d5 



in different localities ; but in order to give an idea 

 of how rotations work out, the record of one year's 

 soiling crops at the New Jersey Experiment Sta- 

 tion is here presented: 



A Rotation of Soiling Crops Which Supplied Fifty Animals 

 Six Months 



Kind 



Seed used Date of Period of cutting Yield, 



(busliels) seeding and feeding tons 



..Sept. 27 May 1-7 9.4 



..Oct. 3 May 7-19 19.2 



..May 14 May 19-25 11.1 



. . Sept. 26 May 25-June 1 10.4 



..Julv 1() June 1-21 42.8 



". June 21-26 8.3 



Rye, 2 acres 4 



Rye, 2 acres 4 



Alfalfa, 1 acre, first cutting j-g 



Wheat, 2 acres 4 



Crimson clover, 6 acres... \\ 

 Mixed grasses, 1 acre 



Oats-and-peas, 2 acres.. -| „ [-..April 2 June 26-July 4 12.4 



Oats-and-peas, 2 acres.. I * |.. April 11 July 4-9 8.2 



Alfalfa, second cutting July 9-11 2.1 



Oats-and-peas, 5 acres. .-[ ^2i^ | . .April 19 July 11-22 16.4 



Southern white corn, 



2 acres 3^.... May 2 July 22-Aug. 3.... 17.7 



Barnyard millet, 2 acres. . 1%.... June 19 Aug. 3-19 23.2 



Soybeans, 1 acre 2 ....Junel Aug. 19-25 8.8 



Cowpeas, 1 acre 2 June 10 Aug. 25-Sept. 1 . .. 10.5 



^'"T^'^r/"'^''''^'' "''"'• 111- -July 10 Sept. 1-16 24.4 



Ct aCrcS 1^ 1 J 



Pearl millet, 2 acres M....JuIy 11 Sept. 10-Oct. 1.... 20.2 



Cowpeas, 1 acre Wi. July 24 Oct. 1-5 8.0 



Mixed grasses, 5 acres 



(partly dried) Oct. 5-27 20.0 



Barley, 2 acres 3K....Sept. 2 Oct. 27-Nov. 1.... 5.2 



Total 



The above crops supplied sufficient green for- 

 age for an equivalent of fifty full-grown animals 

 from May 1 to November 1, fine feeds being used 

 in addition as the animals seemed to require them. 

 It will be observed that the average quantity of 

 food consumed daily by each animal was 60.4 



