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CROPS GROWN IN ROTATION 



The diagram, Fig. 44, shows graphically the effect that 

 feeding off the root crop on the land has on the succeeding 



6000 lb. 



5000 



4000 



3000 



Wheat 



Roots Crops Carted off 

 the Land. 



Wheat 



Roots Crops Fed on 

 the Land. 



Fig. 44.— Effect of Feeding or Carting the Root Crop on the succeeding Crops in 

 the Rotation. Total Produce— Averages over five courses (1884-1903). Roots 

 completely Manured. 



crops under the ordinary conditions of farming when clover 

 forms parts of the rotation. 



