. Boone County Recorder . rst crop should be cut and allowed toremain on the land. The second cropcan be cut for seed. The straw ofbeans and peas should always be returned to the aoil. Another important point for thegrain farmer is growing as manycatch-crops to plow under as sho-M be leguminous cropswhen practical. The following rota-tion will illustrate more clearly thegeneral plan that It is necessary tofollow. First year wheat with cloversown In wheat. Second year cornwith cowpeas sown between the rows The unfortunate type of house foundon many Kentucky Farms, The inexpensive
. Boone County Recorder . rst crop should be cut and allowed toremain on the land. The second cropcan be cut for seed. The straw ofbeans and peas should always be returned to the aoil. Another important point for thegrain farmer is growing as manycatch-crops to plow under as sho-M be leguminous cropswhen practical. The following rota-tion will illustrate more clearly thegeneral plan that It is necessary tofollow. First year wheat with cloversown In wheat. Second year cornwith cowpeas sown between the rows The unfortunate type of house foundon many Kentucky Farms, The inexpensive buildings that arenecessary for poultry keeping will en-able any one to make a start and prop-er care and management will enableThe owner ^to~ build and~equlp~a~plantwith his earnings. It is possible touse much spare~tlme In the poultrywork and no lands need be set If the buildings are spreadout over the field and .when, spread outthe possibilities are unlimited as tothe size of the plant, and the number. at last cultivation. Third year, oatsor wheat: 4f-oata, a cover-crop of somekind should be planted. Vetch orcrimson clover are both useful for thispurpose. Fourth year, clover grownfur the seed. All crop residues In ev-ery case to be carefully returned andevenly distributed. Another rotation wtich is practical,is wheat with cowpeas sown after the?wheat is removed,- rye cover crop-; -sec-ond year corn; third year boy beansfollowed by wheat.—E. J. KinneyAgronomy Department, Kentucky Agr1cultural Experiment Station. A small colony home and the flock oflight Brahmas. of fowls which should be kept in per-fect condition under one manager. Inthis connection I wish to say the in-cubator is the salvation of the poul-trymen, and once the user becomesskillful in the operation he or she willnever return to hatching with—hens,providing one hundred or more chicksare to be raised each season. Underthis number it would hardly warrantthe expenditure of even the smallamoun
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