The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-24
Rotation OF Crops.

Eli Heaton in Nav York Tribune.
Sixty acres OF land viii keep one man
very busy. with occasionally some hired
help. The land should be divided into small
fields in order 20 give complete rotation
OF crops, which should be done on every
farm. whether large or small. l have forty
five acres OF my sixty divided into five
fields. ten acres IN woodland, and the re-
naming five in orchard and building lots
In one field have clover. in another tim
othy, I'm two corn. and in one potatoes.
One corn field / seed TO rye and also 10
clover The one last summer in clover I
win break In the spring and plant 10 corn.
Tie other corn field lies adjoining the po-
tato field. This is sown in rye. and IN the
spring viii plant ny potatoes here and
plant the pOtato field in corr. Those last
two fields are low. black loan, and require
no clover The rye plowea under gives the
sol all the plant food 1t needs. AS soon as
I market my potatoes rake and clean of
the field and sow {: in rye. This makes fine
earls, fall pasture and lasts all winter, and
with this and rye in one corn field. and
stalk pasture, I am enabled 10 keep quite an
amount Of stock for q small farm.
In my woodland have a good driven
well, forty feet deep. which supplies pure
water for my hogs. This Is, IN my opinion,
a great preventive OF hog cholera. also
have a long hog-house with eight coZnpart-
rnents From the middle OF the house /
have partition fence run through the
woods. Thus / can keep my brood sows
ana fat hogs separate. At the END Of the
woodland, OF which II is 4 part, have four
acres OF white Jerusalem art!chokes. and
the partition fence also runs through this.
Here can turn each lot OF hogs 10 arii-
chakes separately, and have a cora crib
near the hog-house where ] can occasfou-
allv feed a little corn when needed. When
I sell my fat hogs l separate the sows and
plgs. and they have the run OF the srti-
ehokes until spring. and with some corn
they come out in good condition. / keep
no hogs about my barn yard
NV garden Yields an abundance OF vege-
tables The poultry yards are a source OF
considerable Income. Also my orchard,
just recently planted. Is beginning 20 make
returns. I planted the apple trees thirty
feet apart each way, and IN tie rows north
and south ] planted hardy varieties or
peach between them These VIII remove
when the apple trees are old enough 10
need all the fertility of the soil In the
spaces between the rows OF trees ! have
rows q blackberries. Strawberries. rSsp-
berries, gooseDsTT4es. ctErrants ana grape
vines. These l vii also remove when ina
trees need the space. except the grape
vines. They ara In single rows nftesn feet
from the trees, and VII De iTAinea N
straight lines on wires. supported by posts
planted nothing between my pear trees,
ss they are only twenty feet apart fach
way, and they viii need all their spa1-- i
will keep tha tops OF these trimmed low, 20
make Il more convenient 70 gather the nut
also planted nothing IN my plum lot OK
30 trees. This hot intend 20 incioss with
a good high woven-wire fence ard keep
poultry ia IL I VIII cultivate the ground n
the plum lOz, and also the pear ard &ppae
orchard untu ths trees c1Sne into oe&Tfnss
then ali except the plum lot ! VIII SOW 10
clover ! w1n next spring ind room for
let q ounce trees. perhaps in the small
poultry iot adjoining the coo< yard IHe
smaller ths farm the raaTe fruit ues- ana
y,aEts Ne shoult cultivate A farHn@r
sheala have fruit on his table Tho year
rsna5. thgs having rotation 81 fruit as ven
as rotation % crops.