. Biennial report of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture. TENNESSEE AGRICULTURE 149 have permanent fences that would turn any class of live stock around them. The levelest and most productive land should be selected for the three thirty-acre fields. If the land is of such a character that it will not admit of the use of at least two-horse machinery on every part of it, it had best go to pasturage. Two fields of ten acres each should be provided for silage, and a two-year rotation should be prac- ticed on this silage land. These fields must be equipped with a hog fence. They must also be
. Biennial report of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture. TENNESSEE AGRICULTURE 149 have permanent fences that would turn any class of live stock around them. The levelest and most productive land should be selected for the three thirty-acre fields. If the land is of such a character that it will not admit of the use of at least two-horse machinery on every part of it, it had best go to pasturage. Two fields of ten acres each should be provided for silage, and a two-year rotation should be prac- ticed on this silage land. These fields must be equipped with a hog fence. They must also be located adjacent to the silo in order to minimize the cost of putting up silage. These fields will also receive heavier applications of stable manure than any other part of the farm. About fifty acres of permanent pasturage should be provided, though this is an arbitrary movement and will usually include all land not wooded or not suited for cultivation. At least ten acres will be required for yard, vegetable garden, orchard, poultry yard, hog lots and paddock for calves, colts, etc. On an average farm the remaining thirty acres of the two hundred will be wooded. If the advice of a competent forester is sought, the woodland will yield an annual crop in the nature of firewood, posts, etc., so that it need not be considered. General View of Experiment Station Farm. as nonproductive land. Where the stand of timber is not good, grass may be seeded in the woodland and an appreciable amount of grazing can be gotten from it. The suggested rotation is corn the first year; a leguminous cover crop should be seeded in it at the last cultivation. Both vetch and crimson clover should be included in it. Any of the cereals, singly or I. 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 Tennessee. Dept. of Agriculture. Nashv
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