Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-01-12
N CROPS
As SUGGESTED BY
PROFESSOR JOROOH
UNIVERSITY MISSOURI EXPERT
GIVES HIS IDEAS UPON rHE
CROP SYSTEM AND WHAT u
WILL RESULT IN IN THE END
The TWO Year Rotation Is a Very AZ
traetlve ore He says-Fine f0r
Medium or Rich Soil Country
Read and Thy II


rhe objects Of crop rotations are
to secure a variety of crops uas
feed rations may be balanced ana
at the same time afford a change IN
the crops grown on the soil, as " =
clear to every intelligent man thar
To grow the same crop on the same
sod for several years without a
change Is wrong, says Prot, Jcrdon'
of tie State University.
A two year rotation is a very at
Itractiye one and win work splendld'
ly ON medium to rich soil.
In order that the same crop anu
the same amount of It be grown rne
same ear 1t will be convenient 10
divide the plat into two pieces IN
tina one we win sow 1t to oats, cut
ting the oats for hay, and from the
milk to the dough stage.
In the first place we head off the
rust that is u worst enemy 10
oats. 1t also furnishes us with one
Of the very best of feeds. Also as
oats take so much water from uhe
soil in rlpening the early cutting leaS
es plenty of water in the soil TO
start the seed growth OF COW peas
which are to be sown at once wnen
the oats are removed.
AS soon as oats can be taken from
the ground the ground should be
well worked with a disc, and about
one bushel of New Era COW peas
drilled to the acre with a common
wheat drill From the twentieth OF
August to the tenth of September the
cow peas may be harvested for hay,
and the ground disced again and
rye sown on the land for winter pas
hlre. This will make much pasture
generally in the winter and an abund
ance OF 1t in the spring. When the
rye is perhaps ten inches high IN
the spring it should be turned under
for a green manure, and the ground
on this piece made ready for corn
tho second season.
On the other plat the first season
we plant corn and lay 1t by a little
early and at the last blowing sow
COW peas between the rows of corn.
The best way to do fhs Is with a
one.hOrss grain arm, machine
made for the purpose Of drilling
grain between corn rows. The New
Era peas should always be used for
these catch crops.
1t win take from n peck to one
thrd Of a bushel to the acre in the
com An excellent way to harvest
shsss peas In the corn s with sheep,
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a0t DO mach II any damage % tie
corn 50 t1ng as there are ps@ny N
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a tie szzs tine This plan may
BE- carried oa fer Ezny years and the
e8zTzr ssed VII have 10 be bought
BAT 11G@ Il saEzEs seeds Itself IN
ZasEz@zE years. The weed ques-
n01 i also settled by this method.
L d Ean viii try some Of these sim
pie rueztions he viii eventually drift
into the longer ones that he Will
want to run on his poorer land. The
following diagrams should make thes
rotations plain:
Two Year Rotation.
First year, plat one
Plant to corn, SOW COW peas in
the corn, pasture the entire crop Is
the first best way to build up the
land.
Plat two
Sow to oats and cut for hay, disc
and then SOW to COW peas and cut
COW peas for hay. Then sow rhe
land to rye for winter pasture.
Second year, plat ONE
Handle the same as plat two was
handled the first season.