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their character than rotations "E" and "D". Manure is 

 applied on the pasture and plowed in, 



"These rotations have been more profitable than "E" 

 and "D", but not so profitable as "F" and "G". On the 

 other hand, the absence of corn makes the labor problem 

 more easily handled than where corn is largely grown. 

 Taking "E" as the standard again, rotation "H" has 

 beaten its profits on a five-year average by 49 per cent,, 

 and rotation "I" has done a little better. 



158, "A Rotation for a Dairy or Stock Farm, — 

 Rotation "W" :— 



1st year — Wheat, 



2nd year — Wheat, 



3rd year — Corn, 



4th year — Oats, 



5th year — Barley, 



6th year — Alfalfa (sown alone). 



7th year— -Alfalfa, 



8th year — Alfalfa, 



9th year — Alfalfa, 



10th year — Alfalfa plowed up after 

 first cutting, 

 "This rotation is not intended for the ordinary mixed 

 farm but for a dairy or pure-bred stock farm where the 

 production of a large amount of high class fodder is 

 more important than wheat. It includes all the require- 

 ments of a permanent rotation and should build up the 

 fertility of the land more than any of the others. Man- 

 ure is applied twice in the circuit, for corn, and as a 

 top dressing on alfalfa, 



"Being so long, it has not got a proper start as com- 

 pared to the other rotations. Its profit per acre for the 



