, 1873-04-16
INTERESTING AGRICULTURAL lNF0R-
NATION.
Tho Rotation of Crops.

Washington ID pr. 11) Correspondents Of tho Ne York
Journal ar Gommercs.
The Department Of Agriculture has received
answers from I'll parts ot tho country to some
questions propounded in circular sent out In
March, and tho results brought out in last
months report are of value to tho practical
farmer. The monthly for March contains at at'-
provoments, the relative prohtn Of selling and
feedfng hay and grain, tho most profitable
branches OF farming, value Of farm lands COM
pared with their value in 1860, and the cauaoa OF
encouragement existing among farmera,
In regard to rotation Of crops, tho general rc-
s1llt shown is, that there is no ByBtornatio rota-
tion in any considerable portion Of tho United
statce. thorough system ia found only in
few counties in Now England, tho large number
Of towns and cities creating such domand for
garden products that rotation Is worry difficult.
In Coos County, N. H., India wheat Is said
to produce twenty successive good cropa where
shS shro % County, siass.. % tobacco hsa boon rsissd
for twenty years on the same land, highly fer
tilizod. In Rhode Island, hold-orops Of onions
are repeated from five to eight yoare, or until
In tho Boston market keeps large area Of New
England land In grass. In tho Middle etatoB,
Systematic rotation is pursued to greater OK
tont and with more marked results than in any
other portion Of the country, but special indus. M
Commissioner Gays:
About third Of tho reported counties In New FORK
pursuo regular and uniform system nnothsr third
anore entIrey. The following remarEs Of our cor
Respondent in Heneca Will giso soma idea Of tho hrst
clas4:
Comparatively few Ignore rotation and practice
aupshol farming that class coon drops out. Two
general souEsea are nursHea by intelligent farm fsres.
timothy aod for corn the next spring The hold 4
no"ea agsn ana somn 10 oata or y ~. tc ,ts ta
ne gtouna ls AGAIN sutnsa % 1por ~ w t1t %
The next apr1ng the wintor ls seeded 70 clover
for ono to three years. whon tho foregoing proceHs
again repcated. Tho SECOND course Ia to spread dur
Ing tbs winter al tns available mannres M mado upon
tne taIn 9n pIesG u. noh ~ o ~ 4i - % tn1a
nrst as case. sn'n ''' t''''-' tS'''S
M wse sss sss rs'ai IL
voted to dairying aud cheese factories In The htseF
the lesding aim aa 70 secure As nsso I'LL @noun1 OF
and ore a essts csss q sce
farmcSs whoso sole method Is found IN ,nercile.s
succession Of the crops, gencraly, grain -or
aadssaini3s u ssstsaes snd prosss "a y;
nsy REFUSES to answer ths destructive u,sem viii
bsre subsistence he f1nor sells out in order to "go
sya.em quarter-socion Of frontier virgin soil.
In Delaware County, re and buck"heat = hnye been
fepeasd tnaougn ~noe ats ~ rsse
.S sr YEAR IN oheunR County tobacco
cleaner svery year On the cheaper highlands Of tle
same county hoy and oata have been raised till they
would not bring half crop oaondaga County sGems
ys o fa e. @
W ~ H,hnsI crona a hrnoTocort haye ban
81 S !ty Yssr. wou apy anpsTept chsus
,ns ton Of ths soii.
In majority of counties In Now Jorsey oror
rotation is tho rulo. In Burlington County, !
i sopnass St ad n aspn ns1sa spa
/ a,.ti-ai,, ir,nnr;nry rofaffon rhe unnf rontin.