ROTATION OF CROPS. 



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G. TABLE V. 



SOILING CROPS.* 



The above table of plants used for soiling 

 may be helpful in selecting short crops in a 

 rotation. 



J?. 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- 

 tility than one which lies idle aud loses its sub- 

 stance by exposure to the weather, or gives it up 

 to weeds. 



Henry's Feeds and Feeding, p. 233. 



