56 HINTS ON RAISING FARM CROPS 
Potatoes are somewhat of a gamble when 
raised in large quantities, owing- to market 
conditions. If the season has been favorable 
for potato growth, then there are thousands 
of carloads shipped to the markets in the fall 
of the year. While on the other hand, if there 
has been an unfavorable season, due to dry 
weather, diseases, or insects, then potatoes 
are high in price, and the farmer will not have 
many to sell. This difficulty has been rem¬ 
edied in part, however, for many potato grow¬ 
ers have banded together and constructed 
warehouses, so that they can store their po¬ 
tatoes in the fall of the year, and feed the 
market gradually throughout the year. This 
gives the farmer a stable price, and releases 
him from the mercy of the early market. In 
fact, growers of many other farm products 
are organizing in this same manner, to en¬ 
able them to obtain a fair price for their crops. 
CROP ROTATION 
Reference has been made from time to time 
in these pages regarding rotation of crops. 
As this matter is extremely important in the 
growing of the farm crops already discussed, 
a few pages devoted to a further discussion 
of rotation of crops is deemed essential. A 
rotation of crops is generally understood to 
mean a series of different kinds of crops 
grown ori the same piece of land each suc¬ 
ceeding year. For instance, a cultivated crop 
might be grown on a certain field the first 
year, such as corn or potatoes. The next year 
