* FARM MANAGEMENT IN LENAWKE COUNTY, MICH. Dal 
grow wheat, this rotation might well be conducted as follows: (1) 
corn, (2) corn, (3) oats, (4 and 5) grass two years. 
The principal six-year rotation encountered on the farms studied is 
(1) corn, (2) oats, (3) wheat, (4, 5 and 6) grass three years. A rota- 
tion meonutead ese frequently, but better suited to the conditions 
m= of the area, is (1) corn, (2) corn, (3) oats, (4) wheat, (5 and 6) grass 
two years. A niadiienaa.s of this system was found as follows: 
(1) corn, (2) corn, (3) oats, (4) wheat and barley, (5 and 6) grass two 
years. In this case wheat and barley of the fourth year occupy 
jointly the same field in whatever proportion the operator desires to 
meet the needs of his farm. The acreage of barley grown is usually 
governed by the need of this crop as feed for hogs, or in some in- 
stances, for dairy cows. 
After the five and six year rotations, four-year rotations were 
most numerous, the most common of these being (1) corn, (2) oats, (or 
wheat or barley), (8 and 4) grass two years. After this in order of 
popularity, comes the following: (1) corn, (2) oats, (3) wheat, (4) 
grass. A very desirable four-year rotation, found less frequently, 
is (1) corn, (2) corn, (3) oats or wheat, (4) grass. In this rotation 
barley might be allowed to share a part of the oats or wheat field if 
this crop is needed on the farm. 
The addition of alfalfa to the average cropping system of the sec- 
tion is very desirable generally, and since alfalfa can be depended 
upon to produce hay for several years, it is the custom to set apart 
a certain field of the farm for this crop, outside of the regular rota- 
tion. A rotation well adapted to the condition in the area and which 
is shown by the data collected to be a very profitable arrangement 
of crops on the average farm, is as follows: 
ITRSHO) SVCBN ES sch sc es gE NONI nM a aren ene eee a ges nN Corn. 
RSKOIDNG NYSE AS 12s aa as a AS CU ea ce NN eee eer Corn. 
HNC Catenin ee NIN ea el ak Oats and barley. 
OUI VCAT Seer ee SSNs Lee See a te Wheat. 
TENGE] DY SPSS 5 pe SO a Oe ey Hay. 
Hivenyears Ob more on a-separate Meld: 22.222. e eke Alfalfa. 
This rotation permits approximately 40 per cent of the rotation 
area to bein corn, which is the percentage indicated as most desirable 
in general in this section. Oats and barley together occupy about 
20 per cent of the rotation area. ‘These two crops, occupying the 
same field together, may be varied in acreage to suit the conditions 
of the individual farm. The wheat crop occupies about 20 per cent 
of the rotation area. Since this rotation provides for only 20 per 
cent of hay, whatever more is needed is supplied by the alfalfa crop. 
If this arrangement produces a surplus of hay, some of the grass of 
the fifth year may well be pastured or plowed under to improve the 
soil, 
