The Van Buren press., 1895-04-06
FARMER AND PLANTER
psoFrrAslE ROTATION

PROFITABLE ROTATION
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VI aud = acres eaGh- and each year one -
JIM CLOVER sue u eaTn and ore IN w1ea-
These fields are long. and end IN near
the barn. ezzaiag small Loss or time IN
eoinx 10 and from fields All rccxs-
Ssnmpa aad trees have been renOven-
50 that a. Improved machinery can
ez@ily and probably b.s Hsral
M rotation 3 clover. corn and
wheat Al baxnyzrc manure in tall
and winter 5 put On clover sod prior
70 breaking for eo<n In spring Corn
being gross feeder, can gather nntri-
mens frou coarse manure better tnan
wheat The ground a carefully Pio~-a
in the spring. when sufficiently Dry
narrowed and corn planted with Hoo
sser planter in rows , feet 6 inches
apart No commercial fertilizer s
used for none is needed The Penn
sysraniz eultivator il used in eaitlva-
ton In September corn l. cut and
put IN stock rows IS yards apart
The land between rows Is fined and lev
eled by cultivator and harrow and
rhea. drilled in latter part OF septem-
Der, wifhou. fertilizer, At the rate OF
six peexs per acre As soon as corn Is
dry II is husked and stored in corn
house. the fodder hauled of and
stacked rear barn, convenient for feed
ing "A soon as fodder is removed
from eorn rows the cultivacor and har-
row are run over to fne and level
them. In the latter part Of February
or LIST Of March following. clover seed
At rate Of half peck TO acre is
sown ID growing wheat and on shock
rows The wheat is cut in June. and
soon as practicable hauled on and
stored IN barracks, 50 rs to prevent
the killing Of young clover under the
wheat shoekA In August the mower
il run over the field. clipping the stub
bic, rag weed and tops of the clover.
These clippings are left on ground and
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Clipping the young clover makes it
spread and thieken- The early part Of
June following this field is cut for hay,
making about 100 tons, and in early
part of September is cut again for
clover seed
My binder shed is within the 100
acre inclosure, and all implements are
stored convenient to work A great
deal of time and expense is saved by
doing away with middle fences, and
the land can be more easily kept clean.
The timothy field is permanent; cut
each year for hay. and hay sold in our
county town. which is close at hand.
This field Is helped by manure from
town and an occasionally sowing OF
plaster.
All fodder, straw, clover hay and
about half Of the corn crop is fed on
farm to stock, keeping generally on
hand seven head Of horses, four cows,
sixteen steers and thirty hogs. The
other half Of corn, the wheat, timo-
thy hay and large part OF clover seed
is sold, as also the steers and hogs.
Ny reason for this rotation are az fol-
lows:
l. 1t eliminates commercial fertil-
izers and saves this expense and trou-
BILE, while 1T the same time the fertili-
ty Of the land is being increased.
Q. 1t obviates the necessity for sum-
mer blowing, producing wheat at the
lowest possible cost, and allows large
acreage Of corn, a more profitable crop.
My large permanent pasture field,
containing thirty-6ve acres, and in
which Is fine spring and running wa
ter, Is used for grazing steers, general
ly sixteen each year. These cattle are
bought in early winter in Chicago
or southwestern Virginia, fed fod-
der, straw and clover hay during the
winter, grazed during spring, summer
and fall, stabbed and fed corn and
clover hay in late fall and early win
ter, and put on market In January, net
ting q fair profit TO me.
The other permanent pasture field,
containing thirty acres, is convenient
to barn and wind-pump, and is used for
grazing cows and horses. The two
lots are used for wheat and corn ex-
periments, and for pasture My hogs
are confined in apple orchard, and
make themselves useful there as cul-
tivators and as grub and insect de-
stroyera Ny wheat crop the present
year averaged over thirty bushels. and
corn nine barrels per acre, though the
latter was somewhat injured by
drought. Expect to reach forty bushels
of wheat and fifteen barrels of corn.