The record. (Greenville, Ky.) 1899-1???, 1913-04-10

Fcrty-acre farm subdlvidod into eight
uVe-c..Ss tracts. This shows a convenient
method Of subdvision which gives access
- al the :olds without wasting much
land ia roads. Length of lines given Sn
rods.
center on one side. and it is supposed
that q 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 harm, lot. This space As
ample for what we have in view. One
half acre is devoted to garden, one
remaining two acres for q 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 fire-acre tracts arc
to be devoted 10 n seyen-ycar rota-
ton. When this rotation is in full
swing the crops on the farm for a
given year win be as follows: Field a.
potatoes: field B, three acres of cab
bage and two acres of onions; field Z.
corn: field d, cowpeas: field L, corn;
field Z, 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 Il. The corn on
I field c would so the next year TO field
b. CowpeGs in field d would go the
next year TO field c. The ccrn in field
L would 20 to ID, while f 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 sovn
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
I time when the corn is laid by, that
is, 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 corr. field which is TO be fol
loved by cowpeas the wheat could re-
main uatil the second year clover field
is reaoy tC turn stock on, at which
time it might be plowod up and sown
20 cowpea. 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 cowpeGs, SOY beans may be Sub
stituted for them, and III regions too
far north for SOY beans. oats can be
used on tl.is field, the other crops in
the rotation remaining the game. Com
meroial fertilizers would be required
for the potatoes, cabbage AMI onions
There L. plenty of good literature
published by the department Of agri-
culture aid by a good many of the
state experiment statisns relative to
the cultiy alton and fertilization ol po
tatoes, c1Jbage and onions. and the
reader is referred to this literature soT
further Information concerning the
growing uf these crops.
One fast to which ! would call at
tentina Is that in ihe marketing OF 20
tatoes, cabbage and onions it Is not
necessary for the farmer to ran tC
market every cay for several weeks
"a rould pc the case with most o.hc'
kinds of truck crops, especially STRAW
berries and toEatocs.