The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-03-17
Methods of Crop Rotation.

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work on clover culture, very proper.
ly makes the enrichment OF the land
by the frequent turning under of
green clover leading requisite in
all rotations. Other leguminoLs
crops are useful, but none posses all
the advantages OF clover. Another
requisite is the abridgement OF labor
by means Of making one crop pre-
pare the ground for the next one
that is to follow, and he proposes the
following, which has been success
fully adopted in some portions of the
West, and requires only two pillow
ings for seven years of crops: /,
corn; 2, clOver;9 wheat; 4, mixed
clover and orchard grass; ), meadow ;
6, pasture; I, pasture.
The shortest rotation possible is
given in Mr.. Wallace's work as the
following: |, corn; 2, oats, barley or
spring wheat, seeded with clover
3, clover meadow and clover seed.
The crop of the meadow may be
again turned under and planted in
corn 1t requires but one blowing,
ii the oats or spriug wheat is cultl-
waited in. In addition to the enrich
ing effected by blowing under the
clover, will be the spreading of the
manure made on the farm applied to
the corn in the autumn or winter be-
fore planting.
A defect IN these systems is that
the ground lies idle from the har-
vesting of the corn till the following
spring, which may be remedied by
sowing rye on the corn stubble at the
rate of three bushels to the acre, t.
be plowed under in spring just before
heading, for thick ensilage COIN OIL
Hungarian, followed by win'e
wheat aud clover-four years in all
This may be reduced one half by an
ordinary rye crop after the corn
seede3 with clover, which usually
does better with rye than any other
grain crop. All these may be modi.
fled according to the wants of the
farmer and the number of domestic
animals, the pasture or grass run.
ming for any number of successive
years, sowing clover and orchard
grass and timothy together.
The course commonly adopted in
in large portions of the Northern
States Is corn, oats, wheat, clover and
grass. The corn receives all the
manure made that year on the fam
and if applied in autumn or early
winter, will be worth much more
than if spread in spring. The sod is
inverted, and the inverted sod made
fine and mellow with the Acme,
spring-tooth, disc, smoothing oil
other harrow before planting. II
rather early varieties of the corn are
planted thicker, they will yield as
much grain and may be harvested
early and cleared for crop of rye
which will make good growth by
the following spring, when it may
be turned under for the sprirg crops
These may be spring wheat, barley Of
peas, which may be followed by
wheat and clover. II several years
Of meadow and pasture are wanted
this crop Of the fourth year may ruI
through as many years as desired be
fore blowing up again.
Farmers who are in debt, and thos,
who desire to keep out of debt, ma
turally prefer such a course in rota
ton as contains the greatest numbe
Of cash crops, or those which will
sell readily for money, including
corn, oats and wheat. But thi
should not wholly exclude the foo
which is raised for feeding domesti
ANIMALS and manufacturing manure
such as roots, ensilage, and crops 70
blowing under for enriching IN
= land.