HINTS ON RAISING FARM CROPS 59 
chapter the advantage of crop rotation from a 
labor standpoint. One of the fine things about 
farming is that the farmer has got pretty nearly 
a different job every day of the year, outside of 
his regular chores. This is made possible by 
having a variety of crops that do not have to 
be cultivated or harvested at the same time. By 
1 planning the crops which he is to raise the 
farmer will be kept busy throughout the sum¬ 
mer season, thereby being able to do most all 
of his own work, himself, instead of having 
the work come in spasms, which would necessi¬ 
tate hired help, or a loss from the crop. 
From a practical standpoint, the rotation 
should include a cash crop. This is a crop 
that is sold for money, so that the farmer has 
something for exchange value. In fact, nearly 
V* very locality has its one particular cash crop. 
Tobacco, cabbages, cotton, wheat and other 
grains are all good examples of cash crops. 
While cash crops, or crops that are sold off 
the farm, are considered as soil robbers in some 
respects, the farmer must have cash, and the 
country must have his product. Hence, the 
cash crop proposition will always be a factor 
in our agriculture. When products are sold off 
the farm, and nothing is put back on the land 
to replace that which has been removed, then 
it must be obvious that the farmer is “losing 
ground.” When a grain crop is sold for cash, 
instead of being sold to the farm animals, the 
least that the farmer can do is to put back the 
straw from the grain in the form of bedding, 
etc. 
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