SOIL SURVEY OF OUTAGAMIE COUNTY. 
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hand, the same variety of corn requires a shorter season for 
maturity on light than on heavy soil. Rather light soils and 
those of intermediate texture are better adapted to potato 
growing. 
Shipping and marketing facilities must also be considered 
in planning a rotation. The farmer located on a sandy loam 
farm close to a railroad station or home market will often 
find it profitable to include potatoes in his rotation. If he is 
located six or seven miles from a station, the profits from grow¬ 
ing potatoes will be much lessened. It will then pay him bet¬ 
ter to raise more corn for stock feeding, and to convert his 
crops into dairy products which are less bulky, and which for 
the same bulk have a greater value. 
There is no one best system of rotation.* The rotation de- 
pends on the system of farming, and this depends largely on 
the personal choice of the farmer, for some prefer one system 
and some another. It is highly desirable to rotate crops, but 
a serious mistake to think that rotation takes the place of 
other equally sound practices, such as liming and fertilizing. 
Following are a few suggestions regarding .the selection of 
rotations for Outagamie County. 
1. Rye. 
2. Barley, oats, or spring wheat seeded to clover. 
3. Clover. 
4. Cultivated crop. 
5. Peas. 
This rotation has been worked out at the Experiment Station 
Farm at Madison. The following rotation has been worked out 
at the Experiment Station on sandy soils: 
1. Rye, sown as soy beans. 
2. Clover. 
3. Corn or potatoes. 
4. Soy beans. 
Other rotations suited to heavier soils consists of 
1. Corn. 
2. Oats or barley. 
3. Clover. # 
4. Winter wheat seeded to clover. 
5. Clover. 
1. Clover. 
♦See Bulletins 222. 347 Wis. Exp. Station. 
