The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-03-26

MAIZE SfECIAL Cn'E'
After much study, the following ro-
tation was settled upon on my farm:
! Timothy AID clover.
.. Timothy and clover.
3. Wheat
4. Potatoes.
5. Potatoes.
6. Wheat, seeded to timothy and
clover
There are six lots, or strips, of six
acres each, so there would be twelve
acre, III each crop each year. The adj
vaDtases IF this rotation ale. l. A good
clover aud timothy sod on our land will
raise large and paying crop of wheat.
with,u any manure, with proper and
tkorouzh cultivation. We save the
) khospta'e bill. which is large one to
mary tanners in this vicinity. as We
have never yet put any commercial fer.
til gers on wheat ground. : We have
all the manure we can make. t. devote
to the crop that takes the mest hand
atabor-to our special crop; and if it is
al properly saved and applied We have
bad no trouble 'hus far in keeping our
land rich enough to produce paying
crops 3 The potato ground having
been kept almost perfectly clean for
Eve years and having been MANFRED as
much as possible, aud thoroughly work
ed and cultivated. is in prime condition
for another wheat crop and good catch
Of grass without further manuring
Also, the land will produce as heavy
crops of timothy and clover the next
two years as it is profitable to raise; and
che clover-roots will follow after the
fertility that the rains have carried
downward, and bring it back and more
with it, ready for the next wheat crop.
Another advantage of this rotation is
steady paving work all the year round
and no clashing. We are not idle part
Of the time, and over-worked at other
times First in the spring, the potato
ground is prepared and planted. Dur
ing the last two weeks in June the hay
ing can be done, and the cultivsting of
che potato crop at the same time. Be.
tween the two there VIII be no time for
idleness. Then the wheat has to be cut
and drawn in, and the cultivating kept
along at the same time. After that we
have digging and marketing Of the po-
tatoes to do, stopping along to prepare
wheat ground, SOW, thrash, etc. There
is always enough to do, but never more
than we can attend to in due season.
We can always keen up promptly with
the work After the seasons work is
over we can devote our time to turning
The straw, hay, and purchased grain in'o
money and manure, either by
buying stock to teed, or taking
some to winter; or one could have
some pasture lend. and keep few head
If young stock or beef cattle on it, and
thus have his own stock to winter. Al
ter years of study we can not see how
we can better this rotation; that is, the
crops grown for our farm. For the last
Gwo years we have varied somewhat by
raising "a acres of potatoes and 6 OF
wheat and grass This was done in or
YET w udhC u Ittic HlOlO uiUuCJ W pay
for some new buildings. This year we
expect to have IL acres of wheat, Is of
potato es, and six Of grass, Quite like
{y, after few years we shall return to
the original proportion-l2 acres to
each crop, although, probably, the fer
tility of the land. or, at least, the pro-
duct,veness, could be kept up by Their
ough tillage and other means for a coed
many years. if half of the cultivated
ground were planted with potatoes each
. year. In that case this is the way
would have the rotation:
Timothy and clover.
z Potatoes.
8. Potatoes.
4 Wheat.
5. Potatoes.
& Wheat seeded with timothy and
clover.
The cover sod will bring a potato
crop, although should prefer stubbIe
land would put al the manure |
could make on to No. 2 in the fall, after
the potatoes are removed; or if you put
it on when fresh, az many now prefer
doing do it during the winter following.
would SOW clover seed with the wheat
on No. 4, and pillow under the clover
as Lite as it would do to wait the next
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