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seed sown at the same time as the oats) ; second year, com- 

 mon red clover ; third year, potatoes (winter rye sown after 

 the removal of tlie potatoes) ; fourth year, winter rye, fol- 

 lowed by Ilubl)ard squashes ; fifth year, early peas, followed 

 by Swedish turnips. 



The winter rye is usually cut at about the time it is in 

 bloom, and it may be used as a soiling crop or be cured for 

 sale for beddino- if desired. 



The rotation was designed to meet the needs for one of 

 the rotations upon a farm near a city or village where both 

 milk and vegetables could be sold to adv^antage. 



Below are given the formulas now in use for the several 



crops, and comments relating to the way in which they are 



applied. 



Formula for Oals. 



(Varied slightly from year to year, so as to furnish like amounts of the 

 manurial elements as necessitated by irregularities in tlie composi- 

 tion of the manures used.) 



Pounds per Acre. 



Nitrate of soda, ....... 200 



Acid phosphate, ....... 250 



Fine-ground bone, ...... 155 



Mi;riate of potash, . . . . . .160 



The common red clover receives no manure except such 

 residues as are left in the soil by the oat crop. 



Formtda for Potatoes. 



(Varied slightly from year to year, as in tlie case of the oat formula. 

 At first the formula for potatoes given on page 157 was employed.) ' 



Pounds per Acre. 



Nitrate of soda, ....... 200 



Dried blood, . . . . . . . . 330 



Acid phosphate, ....... 812 



Muriate of potash, . . . . . .300 



The winter rye received at the outset a dressing of about 

 120 pounds of nitrate of soda per acre in the early spring. 

 This has now been omitted. In this instance, where grain 

 is not the object, but a large (juantity of bedding or feed is 

 sought, and where grass seed is not sown with the rye, it is 

 preferable to top-dress the r3'e Avith nitrate of soda before 



