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FARM MANAGEMENT 



near the barns, that is independent of the main farm ro- 

 tation. This may be to provide pasture for hogs or 

 sheep, to grow root crops, or other minor crops. (See 

 Figure 105.) 



252. Fixed cropping systems with irregular acreages. 



- It is not always desirable to grow exactly the same area 



of each crop year after year, because prices and other 



conditions are too changeable. On the other hand, the 



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FIG. 105. A Minnesota farm and proposed rearrangement. Two 

 rotations are given. One near the barn for hog pastures and one for 

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variations in areas on many farms are without any definite 

 reason. 



If one wishes fixed areas, it is not necessary that the 

 same area of each crop be grown. A fixed rotation can 

 usually be arranged with any area desired. Suppose that 

 a farmer desires to raise 46 acres of hay, 35 of oats, 12 of 

 corn, and 15 of potatoes, he would proceed as follows in 

 order to see what his best field arrangement and rotation 

 would be : 



1 U. S. Dept. Agr., Bureau of Plant Industry, Bulletin 236. 



