Elements of farm practice, prepared Elements of farm practice, prepared especially for teaching elementary agriculture; elementsoffarmpr01wils Year: 1915 Figure 142.—It costs much more per acre to plow a small irregular field like the above, than a long field as shown in Figure 143. Figure 143.—Plowing a long, regular field. Compare with Figure 142. Which field would you prefer to plow? planning a rotation. If there is any considerable amount of such land that can be used only for hay or pasture, stock must be provided to utilize this feed, and very likely a smaller proportion of the tillable
Elements of farm practice, prepared Elements of farm practice, prepared especially for teaching elementary agriculture; elementsoffarmpr01wils Year: 1915 Figure 142.—It costs much more per acre to plow a small irregular field like the above, than a long field as shown in Figure 143. Figure 143.—Plowing a long, regular field. Compare with Figure 142. Which field would you prefer to plow? planning a rotation. If there is any considerable amount of such land that can be used only for hay or pasture, stock must be provided to utilize this feed, and very likely a smaller proportion of the tillable land would be needed for hay and pasture, so that a correspondingly larger acreage could be devoted to other crops. Soil and location determine the kind of products that can be raised and the kinds desirable to raise. One must not plan a rotation providing for a large acreage of corn, in a community or on a soil not adapted to corn production. Likewise it would not be well to plan to raise a heavy bulky crop, like potatoes, where one is a long distance from market, or to keep dairy stock where facilities are poor for market- ing dairy products, or to keep beef stock or hogs where grain feed, as corn or barley, is difficult to
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