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clover on field III should kill out, the first year, the field could 

 be seeded to oats or oats and peas for hay. The oats should be 

 seeded to clover and timothy to provide pasture the following year. 

 Suppose further, the clover on field I should winter-kill the second 



(5) . 



(4-) 



(3) 



1 



20 acres \ 



20 acres 



/9 acres 



"Vx 



(Peaf) '. 

 Corn 



Pasture 



Clover 



20 acres 

 Permanent 



r 



r 





pasture 



(6) 



(2) 



Alfalfa 19 acres 

 Oafs 



20 acres 

 Corn 



4- acres (T) Clover 



(I) 



20 acres (sand) 

 Rye 



4- acres Cobboqe 



4 acres Sugar beds 



Bld^'5 



Nacres Grain 



etc 



Fig. 222. — Rotations meetmg several problems 



year — soybeans could be sown for hay, and corn planted on the 

 field the third year as it is planned. 



Summary. — Crop rotation is possible on any farm. It should 

 be the first duty of a farmer to adopt definite cropping and fertil- 

 izing plans for his land. It matters not where the farm, there are 

 adaptable legumes that can be grown in the rotation not only for 

 forage and seed, but for soil improvement as well. Systematic 

 farming has its beginning in systematic crop rotation. 



