A 1-year-old stand of alfalfa planted by the interseeding method. oe 
(Courtesy of University of Wisconsin) 
EROSION CONTROL 
Interseeding legumes in corn per- 
mits the use of a corn-hay rotation. 
At the La Crosse Soil and Water 
Conservation Station, Wis., a rota- 
tion of corn-hay was much more ef- 
fective in controlling erosion than a 
rotation of corn-grain-hay. In a 
~corn-hay rotation, the land is open 
only from the time of plowing for 
_corn until the seeding has become 
The 
land is well protected during the 
well established in the corn. 
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late summer, winter, and spring 
months. ae 
Erosion control is even better — 
when interseeding is combined with a i 
wheel-track planting of corn. This | 
system protects the land with a 
meadow crop right up until corn 
planting time. The plowed land 1 is 
in a rough, highly absorptive. con- 
dition until the first cultivation of = 
corn. Interseedings give the land. _ 
a good protective cover after th 
first of August. This system pro-_ 
tects the land with a dense cover ex: 
cept during June and July. — 
