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in different localities; but in order to give an 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 RoraTion oF Sortine Crops WHicH SUPPLIED FirTy ANIMALS 
Six Monras 
Seed used Date of Period of cutting Yield, 
Kind (bushels) seeding and feeding tons 
Rye, 2 acres..... women aaa evOOpt: 27 vasa 9.4 
Rye, 2 acres ......seeneeee Oct. 3.. 19.2 
Alfalfa, lacre, first cutting + May 14 - 1L1 
Wheat, 2 acres.........006 4 Sept. 26 May 25-June 1.... 10.4 
Crimson clover, 6 acres... ...duly 16 . dune 1-21......... 42.8 
Mixed grasses, 1 acre. ...... cs ceeeeeeeceeee -.dune 21-26........ 8.3 
Oats-and-peas, 2 acres. = eA DET Bic peens June 26-July 4.... 12.4 
Oats-and-peas, 2 acres.. { eoAPTl Tiswens July 4-9 ........68 8.2 
Alfalfa, second cutting ...............6 sabe ete wee July 9-11......... 2.1 
Oats-and-peas, 5 acres.. + . April 19...... July 11-22 ........ 16.4 
Southern white corn, 
2 BCTEB os ces i cae es ce cvas Me sue MAY 23 eae was July 22-Aug. 3.... 17.7 
Barnyard millet, 2 acres.. 1%...,.June 19...... Aig. 3-19 cyew wen 23.2 
Soybeans, 1 acre.......... 2 ....JdJunel....... Aug. 19-25........ 8.8 
Cowpeas, I acre........... 2 axa ed U6 10 scare Aug. 25-Sept. 1... 10.5 
spe toe Cael conned x } ..July 10....... Sept. 1-16......... 24.4 
Pearl millet, 2 acres ...... Meso dtly Uses bee 16-Oct. 1.. 20.2 
Cowpeas, 1 acre........... 1%....JSuly 24....... Ot. TB awesww seine 8.0 
Mixed grasses, 5 acres 
PPacly GUC) serine cncsaesseeerae er sami bane Oct, 5-87 canvnasne 20.0 
Barley, 2 acresieavs seen vx 334.... Sept. 2....... Oct. 27-Nov.1.... 5.2 
Total srosicajspeisarsis scpewiss tao jal teyaloiuieeal Sra Rw lal sia she Sinlel aiwidiela g ieoaner es 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 
