Southern field crops (exclusive of forage plants) . hen cotton is the precechng crop and whenthe germs of cotton wilt are not present in the soil (para-graph 380), crimson clover seed should usually be sownin the cotton plants in September, and the young cloverplants can then be plowed under for fertilizer the nexts]3ring, in time for the growth of a crop of peanuts. 456. A recommended rotation. — A suitable rotationfor those fields in the southern part of the cotton belt inwhich the presence of cotton -wilt prevents the frequentgrowing of cotton, is the followng : — First year : corn \\\\\\ I
Southern field crops (exclusive of forage plants) . hen cotton is the precechng crop and whenthe germs of cotton wilt are not present in the soil (para-graph 380), crimson clover seed should usually be sownin the cotton plants in September, and the young cloverplants can then be plowed under for fertilizer the nexts]3ring, in time for the growth of a crop of peanuts. 456. A recommended rotation. — A suitable rotationfor those fields in the southern part of the cotton belt inwhich the presence of cotton -wilt prevents the frequentgrowing of cotton, is the followng : — First year : corn \\\\\\ Iron cowpeas between the rows. Second year : cotton. Third year : peanuts. Fourth year : fall-sown oats, followed by Iron cowpeas. From such a rotation, crimson clover is omitted becauseit might be the indirect means of increasing the amountof wilt in the next cotton crop. This is because crimsonclover is attacketl by nematode worms (see paragraph 385);but the peanut is exempt from this injury, and hence the SPAKISH « • # • • • • •. I I I VIRCISIA KO, 1.
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