Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-07-18

method OF subdivision which gives access
to oil the fields without wasting much
land in roads. Length Of lines given in
rods.
center on one side, and it is supposed
that a public road passes this side
of the tract
OF these five acres half an acre is
utilized for the house and yard and
the barn and barn lot. This space is
ample for what we have in view. One
half acre is devoted to garden, one
and one-half acres to orchard and the
remaining two acres for a paddock
into which to turn the stock for exer-
else.
BY judicious management these two
acres can also Be made to furnish
some pasture and some soiling crops.
The other seven flre-acre tracts are
to be devoted to a seven-year rota-
ton. When this rotation is In full
swing the crops on the farm for a
given year will be as follows: Field A.
potatoes; field B, three acres of cab
bage and two acres of onions; field c,
corn; field d, cowpeas; field E. corn
field F, clover; field G, clover.
The next year each of these crops
would move to another field as fol-
lows: The potatoes would go to field
G, which was in clover the year be-
fore. The cabbage and onions next
year would go to field B. The corn on
field c would go the next year to field
B. Cowpeas in field d would go the
next year to field c. The corn in field
E would, go to d, while E would be
sown in clover and F remain in clover.
The next year each crop would move
to another field in the same manner.
so that each year potatoes are sown
after second year clover, cabbage and
onions are planted after potatoes. etc.
The potatoes, cabbage and onions on
this farm would form the market
crops. The two fields of corn, the
field of cowpeas and the first years
seeding OF clover would furnish twenty
acres of forage for the live stock,
while the second year clover would
furnish pasture for the live stock dur
ing the summer.
In each of the two corn fields some
winter grain, such as wheat or rye,
could be sown early in August at the
time when the corn is laid by, that
lis, when cultivation of the corn
ceases. This wheat would furnish fall
and winter pasture for the live stock.
In the corn field which is to be fol-
lowed by clover the wheat would be
turned under very early in the spring
in preparation for sowing the clover.
In the corn field which is to be fol-
lowed by cowpeas the wheat could re-
main until the second year clover field
is. ready to turn stock on, at which
time 1t might be plowed up and sown
to cowpeas. We thus have pasture
during the whole year In sections
where the seasons permit winter pas
turing.
In states that are too far north for
the cowpeas, soy beans may be sub
stituted for them, and in regions too
far north for soy beans, oats can be
used on this field, the other crops In
ne rotation remaining the same. Com
mercial fertilizers would be required
for the potatoes, cabbage and onions
There is plenty of good literature
published by the department of agri.
culture and by a good many of the
state experiment. stations relative to
the cultivation and fertilization of po-
tatoes, cabbage and onions, and the
reader is referred to this literature for
further information concerning the
growing Of these crops.
The above cropping system in add
ton to the three money crops would
furnish forage and pasture for about
six head of stock. Two work horses
would be sufficient to do the work on
the farm. This will permit keeping
four dairy cows.
One fact to which ! would call at
tention is that in heSmarketing of DO
tatoes, cabbage and onions 1t is moi
necessary for the farmer to run t.
market every day for several weeks
as would be the case with most Other
kinds of truck crops. especially straw
berries and tomatoes.