342 FARM MANAGEMENT AND CROP ROTATIONS 



Field Study. — Study some particular faim having soil and crop problems, 

 and suggest proper rotations. 



Home Projects. — ^Each of the rotations given in this chapter may be 

 used as the basis for starting good home projects. Vary them to suit 

 local conditions. 



Planning Farms. — Farms of the region should be drawn to show the plans 

 of the fields and the rotations. After the foregoing studies have been made 

 many suggestions for the improvement of the rotations may be made. 



QUESTIONS 



1. Name some of the problems which present themselves in farm 



management? 



2. Discuss the importance of the problems involving soil relations. 



3. What is meant by diversified farming? 



4. Discuss the advantages in growing different crops. 



5. Discuss the importance of crop rotation in farm management. 



6. Explan briefly how crop rotation is practiced on the farm. 



7. Can this be simply done on all farms? 



8. Name the factors which determine the rotations best suited to any par- 



ticular farm. Discuss each point. 



9. Under what conditions is it best to allow two or three years before definite 



rotations can be fully adopted? 



10. How is it best to proceed in planning rotations for a farm already stocked? 



11. For a farm intended for stock but not yet stocked? 



12. For a grain farm? 



13. In truck farming? 



14. Discuss the advantages of a rotation chart. Illustrate. 



15. Explain the solution to Problem L Go to the blackboard. 



16. Explain the rotation system in Problem II. 



17. Explain the reorganization and cropping plans in Problem III. 



18. Explain the rotation principle involved in Problem III. 



19. In Problem V, extend the rotation chart over the seventh, eighth, ninth 



and tenth years. 



20. Suppose in the third year all the clover and alfalfa should winter-kill, 



what can be done to meet the situation? 



21. Explain a scheme for growing alfalfa in rotation. 



22. Plan rotations for a farm with which you are familiar. 



