Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1913-03-27
HOW ROTATION is PLANNED
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10y n K lOE kJAJ E. Professor OF AZ.
.onory. North Dakota Agricultural
Coileeel
The planning Of . complete rotation
for any farm consists OF the placing
OF the crops which give the greatest
nes income for the region In question
in such sequence In the cropping sys-
TEN that the largest net income for
the farm viii be obtained In order
that the system may be permanent, Il
% necessary that some provision b
made to maintain the fertility OF the
soil for future productiveness. In
planning 3 rotation the following
principles should be kept In mind
Eirs,. cultivated crops. like corn and
potatoes. clean the land OF weeds, con
serve SOIL water and improve the ply.
sicai condition OF the coil Second.
the legume crops. like clover and IL
falta. keep down weeds. build up the
organic matter in the coll and add M.
trogen to II, Third. grass crops. like
timothy and bronze grass. keep down
weeds and build up the organic mat
ter in the soil. bu, add no important
elemen, Of plant food. Fourth. wheat
and barley are relatively weak feedind
crops and should be placed In the most
favorable place in the rotation They
allow the accumulation OF certain
weeds and allow the soil to get into
poor physical condition. Fifth. oata
are ranker feeders than either barley
or wheat. and do not demand - favor
able development OF poor physical
conditions in the soil. Sixth, dax u
weak feeder and demands . good
place in the rotation AZ rule ID
does best on sod and when given thi4
place in the rotation does not seem
to injure the land for email grain pro.
duction. When seeded on old land Oh
which rotation has not been fol.
lowed it fails to improve the land for
wheat production. It should not be
seeded twice in succession on the
same land. and when It IL grown q
period OF seven or eight years should
intervene before 1t 10 seeded again.
Seventh. clover does best when seed.
ed whit nurse crop in the more hu.
mid port ons Of the state. Barley or
wheat make very good nurse crops,
Eighth. alfalfa does best when seeded
without q nurse crop on land that
grew q cultivated crop the previous
year. Ninth. potatoes do best when
planted on clover or alfalfa sod.
Tenth. manure gives the best results
when applied to pasture land that 10
included In the rotation. The next
best place 10 to pillow II under for corn.
In either case the conditions are more
favorable for decay than they would
be II the manure were plowed under
for small grains. Eleventh. the rota.
ton should be 20 planned that the
seeding and harvest Of the various
crops will come In such order that O.
few crops ~ possible will demand at.
tention at the same time. Twelfth
the rotation should be 30 arranged
that the income from the farm will be
uniform each year. Thirteenth, the 70
tation should Be 20 arranged that
there will be economy In fencing and
in the cultivation Of the various fields
Fourteenth. the rotation should b
such that there will DO sufncient feed
for the various classes Of live stool
kept on the farm. Fifteenth. ever.
rotation should contain cultivated
crop. legume or grass crop. and no
more than three or four small grail
crops In live stock farming less thai
this number should be grown.