The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-02-05

disk and plow until the time for plant
ing the corn crop the next spring.
Excellent success hassbeen attain
ed with this method, said Professor
Army, because the cultivated crop
comes every other year. The average
yield Of that field was about twenty
six bushels of rye per acre for the two
years. That is about twice the aver
age yield of rye in that vicinity for
that time usd es.1
Two other fields were planted on a
two-year retstien basis, rye and pota--
toes being used in this case. The pota--
toes were dug about ethe middle of
August. The field was then disked and
sown to rye. The following year the
rye was harvested about the middle
of July and the land was at once plow-
ed and disked and the process kept up
through the fall and the following
spring till potato planting time, about
May 10. The method was found to be
a very successful and quick way Of
eradicating quack. The rye yield av-
eraged twenty-nine bushels to the
acre.
Millet was sown in two other fields
as means of determining what could
be done with this cereal. The seed
was sown about July 1 and harvested
in September. The ground was plowed
at once and the disking continued
throughout the fall and the next
spring until time for sowing the next
crop of millet. This was found to be
a successful way of handling quack.
The late seeding and the early
harvesting of the millet gives ample
time for the disking of the ground.
The only objection to this crop is that
it is not . standard farm crop. If the
hay is not needed the millet may be-
let run to seed. The yield is from ten
to twenty bushels per acre, according
to Professor Army, Snd the seed may
be used for cattle and poultry.
Buckwheat was sown in two other
fields. The land was plowed in the
fall after the buckwheat crop was re-
moved and disked for the rest of the
fall and the following spring till
time about July 1. The yield
of buckwheat was about thirty bushels
to the acre. The method has been
found to be successful. The only OBJ
lection is that buckwheat is not a
standard farm crop.
One Of the most practical as well as
successful methods tried was a four
year rotation of grain one year, hay
the next and corn for the two follow
ing years. AS soon as the hay crop
is removed in July the ground is plow-
ed and disked throughout the fall and
spring until complaining time The
corn is planted and kept clean and as
soon as it is husked the land is again
plowed and the disking process begun
the same as before.
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