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FARM MANAGEMENT AND CROP ROTATION 



Application and Illustrations. — ^A few typical illustrations are 

 here given in the form of problems to show how rotations may be 

 established and how certain soil and crop problems can best be 

 solved through rotation. 



{3) 



w acre^ 

 O^Ts (seeded/ 



1^) 



/o acres 



Timothy 



(5} 



/o acres 

 Corn 



(6) 

 /o acres 



Oofs (seeded/ 



/o acres 



T//vothy and 

 C/ci/er 



8 acres 

 Corr 



Orc/?ara 

 6arafer 



4a acres 



Per/rrare/it 

 Pasfi/re 



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Fig. 215. — Conditions when rotation was first considered. 



Problem I. — ^Plan a fixed rotation for a dairy farm which is 

 already stocked. 



Size of farm — 120 acres, all silt loam. 



Corn, oats and clover are to be grown. 



About 100 to 125 tons of silage, about 500 bushels of corn, at 

 least thirty tons of clover, and about 800 to 1,000 bushels of oats 

 are necessary to meet the feeding requirements. 



