Productive farming . Fig. 49.—Oats and peas sown in early spring, ready to cut for use as greertfeed or for making hay by the middle of June. Corn may be grown on the sameground in the same season. Hanesting the oats and peas shown in the upperfigure. Tlie stubble may be plowed or disked and the field quickly planted to corn.(Experiment Station, N. J.) Succession Cropping.—This is the growing of one cropafter another on the same land in the same season. Forexample, radish, lettuce, tomatoes. Let the pupils tell whatplans of cropping they have seen in use either in gardens 01 PRODUCTIVE FARMING
Productive farming . Fig. 49.—Oats and peas sown in early spring, ready to cut for use as greertfeed or for making hay by the middle of June. Corn may be grown on the sameground in the same season. Hanesting the oats and peas shown in the upperfigure. Tlie stubble may be plowed or disked and the field quickly planted to corn.(Experiment Station, N. J.) Succession Cropping.—This is the growing of one cropafter another on the same land in the same season. Forexample, radish, lettuce, tomatoes. Let the pupils tell whatplans of cropping they have seen in use either in gardens 01 PRODUCTIVE FARMING or ill fields. Tliis may arouse much valuable discussion.(Fifis. 49, 50.) Companion Cropping.—This is a form of doulile crops may be grown in fields together? Have you seen. Fi<:. 50.—Cnrn groT\-n for forage after the spring crop of oats and peas s]io\\Ti inFig. 49. (Experiment Station, N. J.) corn and squashes grown together? All the pupils shouldthink over the crops that may grow together as companioncrojjs. Early onions with late celery are an example in thegarden. Early dwarf peas and tomatoes may be growntogether. REVIEW. 1. Give examples of special lines of farming in your section of thecountry. 2. Gi^e several reasons for tlie rotation of crops. 3. Wiiy do we want crops of the legume family in a rotation series? 4. Can you tell how rotation of crops will help to keep down insectenemies and diseases of plants? .5. Explain why you think the sixth advantage from rotation ofcrops is a good one. 6. Name some weeds often found in hayfields or pastures whichwould not thrive in a culti\ated cornfield. 7. Give one benefit of a bare fallow. 8. In what condition should soil be kept during a bare fallow periodof a few weeks? 9. Tell the difference between
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