340 FARM MANAGEMENT AND CROP ROTATIONS 



Field I Field E Field M 



r 



Year I < 



> 



Corn 

 (35 acres) 



Peos and oofs 



Year 2 < 



> 



Year 3 < 



Oatsiseeded) 

 (25 acres) 



Peas and oofs 

 ^^-^/pjz.bQy. 



Clover andf/mofhy 



Clover 



and 

 timothy 



Timothy ond clover 



Oats (seeded) 

 (25 acres) 



Peas and oafs 

 (10 ocre5)^__ 



Clover and timofhy 



Clover 



and 

 fimothy 



Timothy and clover 



Peas and oafs 



Corn 

 (35 acres) 



Clover 



and 



fimofhy 



Timothy and clover 



Peos and oofs 



Corn 

 (35 acres) 



Clover ond timothy^ 

 Peas and oofs 

 - - - Pa Sffr^A)^ 



Oats(seeded) 

 (25 acres) 



Fig 221 — Sixty acres of hay, thirty-five of corn and twenty-five acres of oats m rotation 



rotation: for example, a thirty-acre field may be divided into five 

 six-acre strips and cropped as follows: 



Rotation Chart for Alfalfa 



Strip 



Year 1 



Year 2 



Year 3 



Year 4 



Year 5 



Year 6 



I 



Alfalfa 



Corn 



Gram 



Alfalfa 



Alfalfa 



Alfalfa 



II 



Alfalfa 



Alfalfa 



Corn 



Gram 



AKalfa 



Alfalfa 



III 



Alfalfa 



Alfalfa 



Alfalfa 



Corn 



Gram 



Alfalfa 



IV 



Gram 

 (seeded to 



Alfalfa 



Alfalfa 



AKalfa 



Corn 



Gram 



« 



alfalfa) 













V 



Corn 



Gram 



Alfalfa 



Alfalfa 



Alfalfa 



Corn 



When clover fails, a suitable legume should be sown in place 

 of it, such as soybeans. Often oats or oats and peas are sown for 

 hay when the clover kills out. If in problem V, for example, the 



