HOW ROTATIONS HELP OUT I9 



plow deep. This is not true of all soils; but old, 

 dead, hard clay lands or loams will be improved 

 greatly in texture, in water-holding capacity, and in 

 feeding area for roots if the plow be sent into the 

 soil. He must cultivate shallow. The cultivator is 

 to kill weeds, to conserve moisture, to aerate the 

 soil. If the cultivator be run deeper than two or 

 three inches for most crops, the roots are likely to 

 be injured; and to injure the roots is to lessen the 

 feeding capacity of the plants. 



THE GROWING OF GRASSES 



Under usual conditions the farmer should grow 

 live stock ; and to do this successfully and econom- 

 ically he should have either a part of his farm in 

 permanent pasture or he should practice some sys- 

 tem of crop rotation that will enable him to get 

 both pasture grass and mowing. If a permanent 

 meadow or pasture is desired, it is wise to sow dif- 

 ferent varieties of grass seeds. 



Nature mixes her seeds when she does her plant 

 ing, and Nature is always a trustworthy teacher. It 

 is a good plan in so'^ving seeds to have in mind a 

 pasture that will give green grass from early spring 

 to latest fall. In those sections of the country 

 where it grows sparingly, and where it is easily 

 crowded out, red clover should be mixed with all 

 gfrasses sowed, for it leaves in the soil a wealth of 

 plant food for the grasses coming after it 'to feed 

 on; and we know, too, that red clover grows 

 abundantly in many parts of our country. We 

 should study the clover plant carefully so as to 

 mix it with the seed. 



Now, there is a reason for mixing clover and 

 grass. The true grasses, so far as science now 



