. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). The Rotation of Farm Crops 1619 start before winter and the manure and sod will be partly decayed before plowing for potatoes the following spring. This is ideal preparation for the potato crop. With the aid of some commercial fertilizers, maximum cr(3ps should be grown. This rotation is well adapted where wheat is an uncertain crop and potatoes are
. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). The Rotation of Farm Crops 1619 start before winter and the manure and sod will be partly decayed before plowing for potatoes the following spring. This is ideal preparation for the potato crop. With the aid of some commercial fertilizers, maximum cr(3ps should be grown. This rotation is well adapted where wheat is an uncertain crop and potatoes are depended on for a cash income. A four-years rotation for a potato and bean farm 1. Potatoes, followed by rye cover crop and manure 2. Beans, removed in time to sow winter wheat without plowing 3. Wheat, seeded with clovers. Fig. 256.—A very heavy crop of oats and peas followed the corn crop shown in P^i- ^55• The rotation used on this field has been very successful 4. Clover hay, sod to be plowed for potatoes the following spring This rotation produces three cash crops in four years and requires plowing twice. Although rye, manure, and clover sod are plowed under, the drain on soil fertility from removing wheat, beans, and potatoes will make the judicious use of commercial fertilizers profitable. The bean crop gets the first benefit of the application of manure. If the potato crop needs it more than the beans do, it may be applied on the clover sod soon after the hay is cut. The latter will involve some waste, as the maniire will usually have to accumulate during a season of the year when losses in the manure pile are heaviest. The clean cultivation of a potato and a bean crop should free the land of many Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New York State College of Agriculture; Corn
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