22 BULLETIN 1070, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Rotation 3. — Three-year crop rotation, Catawba County, N. C, and other southern 
Piedmont areas. 
First year. Cotton. Planted in April and May; first picking in September; cover 
crop crimson clover or rye planted; land available to plow in spring. 
Second year. Corn. Planted in April or May; peas planted in middles at last work- 
ing of corn; seed picked; land disked and small grain planted. 
Third year. Small Grain. Peas or soy beans planted for hay or seed; land available 
for fall and winter and early spring plowing. 
This arrangement allows approximately one-third for cotton, one- 
third for small grain, and one-third for corn. If more than the usual 
amount of stock is being kept this may perhaps be a more desirable 
rotation than those already described. 
For some special cases a two-year rotation, with 50 per cent of the 
land in cotton, may be desirable. This rotation in addition to giv- 
ing 50 per cent of the land to cotton gives 25 per cent to small grain, 
25 per cent to summer hay crops, and 25 per cent to corn with summer 
legumes between the corn rows, and with the aid of the manure made 
on the place will keep the humus content of the soil up to a fairly 
good standard. This rotation is not recommended for land of a low 
degree of fertility, nor for farms requiring a great deal of corn and 
hay for live stock. 
Rotation 4. — Two-year upland crop rotation for Catawba County, N. C, and other 
southern Piedmont areas. 
First year. Cotton. Planted in April and May; first picking in September; one- 
half field planted in small grain; one-half plowed in winter and spring for corn. 
Second year. Small Grain and Corn. From half of field small grain harvested in 
June; cowpeas or soy beans for hay or seed; other half of field corn planted in 
April or May; peas planted in middles at last working; hay harvested in Sep- 
tember; corn and peas gathered in October and November; land available for 
winter and spring plowing. 
Occasionally different rotations are wanted for different classes of 
land on the farm. The farm having both uplands and bottom lands 
should have a rotation in which cotton is by far the most important 
crop for the higher lands and one in which preeminence is given to 
corn for the bottom lands. 
For the upland fields, or cotton land, the suggested rotation covers 
a period of 3 years. (Rotation 5.) 
Rotation 5. — Three-year upland crop rotation for Cataivba County, N. C, and other 
southern Piedmont areas. 
First year. Cotton. Planted in April and May; first picking in September; cover 
crop crimson clover or rye; land available for spring plowing. 
Second year. Cotton. Planted in April and May; first picking in September; small 
grain planted after second picking — October. 
Third year. Small Grain. Harvested in June; cowpeas or soy beans for hay, or 
seed; land available for fall, winter, and spring plowing. 
