GENERAL AGRICULTURE AND CLIMATE. 
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2. A cultivated crop. 
3. Peas. 
4. Winter wheat seeded to clover. 
A three-year rotation which is quite commonly used is a culti¬ 
vated crop, followed by a small grain, followed by clover. This 
may be changed to a four-year rotation by planting timothy and 
clover, and cutting hay for two years. This may be changed 
to a five-year rotation by following mixed hay with peas, and 
then following peas with a cultivated crop. Potatoes fit in well 
with a rotation, and in the sandy sections may be grown in rota¬ 
tion with small grain and clover; the second crop of clover is 
plowed down to supply organic matter. 
On the marsh lands as they are reclaimed the question of 
crop rotation should also be considered. There are three types 
of farming to which marsh soils are adapted, and these are stock 
raising or dairy farming, trucking or a combination of the two 
in which neither type predominates. Grain farming cannot as 
yet be recommended on marsh soils. Where a farmer has thirty 
or forty acres of peat he can divide the field into four parts and 
raise cabbage on one, sugar beets on one, grain on one, and hay 
on the other. Thus a four-year rotation of hay, sugar beets, 
cabbage and grain would be practiced on the peat. On a dairy 
farm, two or three crops of corn may be grown in succession but 
in this region one should take into account the danger from 
frost. The corn may be followed by grain, and this by clover 
and timothy. The hay may be cut the first year and pastured 
the second. Potatoes may also be grown on peat land but here 
again the danger from frost must be considered. In some local¬ 
ities outside of this area in this and other states, a one-crop sys¬ 
tem is being followed where celery, peppermint, or some other 
crop is the entire source of income. While a rotation of crops 
on such land is not absolutely essential, a change of crops is de¬ 
sirable to aid in the control of weeds and insect pests. 
FARM EQUIPMENT. 
Agriculture in Outagamie County is highly developed, and the 
farm buildings over most of the area reflect the prosperous 
condition of the farm population. Large, well-painted barns 
equipped with modern appliances for the handling of dairy 
cattle, are common throughout the Fox River Valley, and the 
region covered by the Superior soils. The houses are well con- 
