SOILING ROTATION 35 



in. different localities ; but in order to give ah idea 

 of how rotations work out, the record of one year's 

 soiling crops at the New Jersey Experiment Sta- 

 tion is here presented: 



A EoTATioN OF Soiling Crops Which Supplied Fifty Animals 

 Six Months 



Tfij, J Seed used Date of Period of cutting Yield, 



(busliels) seeding and feeding tons 



Rye, 2 acres 4 Sept. 27 May 1-7 9.4 



Eye, 2 acres 4 Oct. 3 May 7-19 19.2 



Alfalfa, 1 acre, first cutting i-g- May 14 May 19-25 11.1 



Wheat, i acres 4 Sept. 26 May 2o-Juue 1 10.4 



Crimson clover, 6 acres .. . It July 16 June 1-21 42.8 



Mixed grasses, 1 acre June 21-2G 8.8 



Oats-and-peas, 2 acres..-! ., >-..April2 June 26-July 4 12.4 



Oats-and-peas, 2 acres.. -I „ >..Aprilll July 4-9 8.2 



Alfalfa, second cutting July 9-11 2.1 



Oats-and-peas, 5 acres .. | ■'^j/ | .. Aprill9 July 11-22 16.4 



Southern white corn, 



2 acres J^....May2 July 22-Aug. 3 . . . . 17.7 



Barnyard millet, 2 acres.. Wa June 19 Aug. 3-19 23.2 



Soybeans, 1 acre 2 June 1 ..*.... Aug. 19-25 8.8 



Cowpeas, 1 acre 2 June 10 Aug. 25-Sept. 1 . . . 10.5 



^°2 acres^."^;"^.".^.' ."""'j { 1 } " ■'^"''' " ^^P*' ^"^^ ^*-* 



Pearl millet, 2 acres ^ July 1] Sept. 16-Oot. 1 . . . . 20.2 



Cowpeas, 1 acre 13^. ...July 24 Oct. 1-5 8.0 



Mixed grasses, 5 acres 



(partly dried) Oct. 5-27 20.0 



Barley, 2 acres 3K . . . . Sept. 2 Oct. 27-Nov. 1 . . . . 5.2 



Total 278.3 



The above crops supplied sufficient green for- 

 age for an equivalent of fifty full-grown animals 

 from May 1 to November 1, fine feeds being used 

 in addition as the animals seemed to require them. 

 It will be observed that the average quantity of 

 food consumed daily by each animal was 60.4 



