Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-04-07
THE VERY BEST AND MOST ECONOM-
ICAL CROP ROTATION FOR THIS
SECTION OF THE COUNTRY

once heard story of an Engshman friend who
discussing made with his friend
could pewter dish full of gold soveregns and stand
bridge the busiest hour of the day offering to give away
gold soveegns pasby and take them His friend
performed the and had all his gold
eregns the people passed by he told them
giving away good gold Soveren One would look at him
ncreousy say, You can't make believe that
smiled ind looked knowingly much "lou
can't fool with game Another looked at him very suspicious
, passed and he still had all of his
Well sometimes think us farmers much like the passe
bridge the gold don't know
good thing or do admit that know it,
keep right on in way that times
and methods are changing change keep up
procession progress and the doing things to lessen
achieve good results with much less expense.
should say you, I'm about tell you how to make five dol
your energy and that
you had in making three you'll pass by the the
bridge passersby wouldn't touch the soveegn and of
will good you unless you take and practice it, more
good to them because they didn't take them
am practng rotation which, economy labor and
crops improved upon very much this the State
doing good and will you the you will adopt it, but
like the gold good unless you it in practice
right your farm.
divide my have different rotation for
each section BY doing raise all the ordinary crops best adapted
to this State
Section No. lon this year turning under
clover seeding which had been pasued the previous fitting this
down good and planting the tend WELL and
fall, blowing, seeding
clover and alfalfa the spring make pasture the next
year. Then repeat. You will that blowing, secure two
this the land will grow richer because put back by pasture
crop keeps soil full vegetable and
any firm soil full vegetable will always large crops
No. Upon this practice PoW
down spring clover sod well covered with which
cutting hay. This fitted down very
firmly which places possible
good crop cheap. very careful cultivate
these good and hand pull all weeds after the last cultivation
which shape harvesting and
practically free from weed seed The spring fit this up
carefully working very deep bring up any weed seeds that
didn't cultivate up and destroy the beans then firm this three
inches soil very firm drill seed this which
perfect bed that can be obtained for sproutng
md bringing the seed evenly You will now
have my the soil under possible conditions which
know crop accomplished
very cheapy. firm soil which brings the up very evenly,
SoWn at the proper depth and no weeds to quickly and choke
the beets happens little prevent
short time. Another point will get help easily
are very much in thinning
These beets kept perfectly clean by only hog There may
few Struggling weeds pull in days
work stragg
per day, and leave perfectly
vest time This clean beet land the next spring In the finest shape
possible raise crop which will generally yield from 20
bushels than any
also perfect clover all
gives you hay the hay
and the other clean crops which you raise this method keeps
land from weeds your field heavily covered
with hate farmer say, 81 put lot of
on that of land and expect will be weedy should
not be have managed rightly This getting the best
be results from your land by the smallest well directed
abor systematic business way.
hate think. spring
ble dry, long bort shall do and
With this field and and with that field Such farmer does
where he going accomplish In
long from getting the best possible results from his land Its the
light kind of system absolutely always carried that makes the
possible any business and farming exception
his
enough every year
the lack good system which prevents
eeding they ought prop
system absolutely carried each year would make them the
they making by haghazzard way doing things.
Now, let's go back system of rotation little