GENERAL AGRICULTURE OF WAUPACA COUNTY. 
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A\ isconsin. The silo is in quite common use on dairy farms and 
a considerable part of the corn crop is handled as ensilage. 
Usually sufficient means are taken to prepare the'land for all 
crops. Plowing is usually to a depth of 6 or 8 inches, and on 
the heavier soils much of the plowing is done in the Fall. Disk 
harrows are frequently used for pulverizing the soil. On some 
of the sandier types rye is often sown without the land being 
plowed. In such cases the seed is harrowed or drilled in fol¬ 
lowing the removal of the previous crop, and in the case of corn 
it is frequently sown before the shocks are removed. Where 
potatoes are grown, modern machinery is in common use, and 
where the acreage justifies their purchase most farms are sup¬ 
plied with horse-drawn planters, diggers and spraying outfits. 
In all lines of farming modern machinery is in common use on 
most of the farms. 
Throughout most of the area the farms are equipped with 
substantial, well-built and attractive buildings. This is especi¬ 
ally noticeable in the eastern half of the county. Practically 
every dairy farm has a silo. Many of these are made of 
wooden staves, but recently a large number have been con¬ 
structed by the use of concrete. A number of the dairy farms 
are now equipped with power milking machines. Improved im¬ 
plements, such as manure spreaders, seeding and harvesting ma¬ 
chinery, are in common use. Farm tractors are being intro¬ 
duced in a few places in an experimental way. 
A rotation quite commonly followed on the sandy soils con- 
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sists of small grain, followed by clover, and this by potatoes. 
The second crop of clover in some instances is plowed under 
as a green manuring crop, though this practice is not general. 
On the extremely sandy types it is desirable to arrange a system 
so that the ground maj^ be covered as much of the time as pos¬ 
sible to prevent drifting, which sometimes causes damage to 
growing crops. On the heavier soils the usual rotation is some¬ 
what different from those on the sandy types. Here corn more 
frequently takes the place of potatoes, and the land is usually 
left in grass for hay for two years, and frequently is pastured 
for one year before again being plowed. On neither the sandy 
or heavy types has the question of crop rotation been given the 
careful consideration which it deserves. 
Stable manure is the most common fertilizer used, a second 
crop of clover is frequently plowed under as a green manuring 
crop, and sometimes rye is plowed under. The practice of green 
