SOILING ROTATIONS 37 



Annual Yield of Rotating Soiling Crops per Acre— Continued 



< Approximate 



No. of Crops in Time of Time of Yield per 



acre one-year rotation seeding cutting acre — tons 



f Rye October May 7-19 9.60 



(j\ Soybeans June 10 Aug. 19-25 8.80 



[Barley Sept. 2 Oct. 27-Nov. 1. ... 2.60 



Total 21.00 



7 J Crimson clover July May 20-June 1 8.00 



'\Corn June 1 July 20-Aug. 1.... 9.56 



Total 17.56 



8 /Mixed grasses September June 20-30 7.00 



8 \ Corn June 20 Aug. 20-Sept. 1... 12.24 



Total 19.24 



Q fRye-and-vetch Sept. 10 May 10-19 8 



J \Corn May 27 July 20-29 11 



Total 20.40 



in fRye August May 1-10 8.50 



1U \ Pearl millet May 18 Aug. 8-15 15.10 



Total 23.60 



,, fOats-and-peas April 10 June 26-July 4.... 10.20 



x 1 \ Cowpeas Aug. 1 Sept. 16-22 8.00 



fOa 

 1Z \ Fli 



Total 18.20 



Oats-and-peas April 21 June 29-July 6 10.20 



rn July 10 Sept. 22-30 11.00 



Total 21.20 



13 f Oat 



and -peas April 2 June 16-23 6.20 



Cowpeas-and-kaflr corn July 10 Sept. 1-16 12.20 



Total 18.40 



^ Alfalfa — First year, two cuttings 8.00 



,.1 Alfalfa— Second year, four cuttings 20.21 



1 Alfalfa-Third year, five cuttings 26.60 



*■ Alfalfa-Fourth year, four cuttings 21.70 



In these schemes, when one crop is removed 

 another is put in immediately. As the time of 



