A system of rotation and plowing like
the following will, in a few years work
wonders on any'soil. writes J. K. Davis
to the Western Farmer. When a crop of
small grain i* sown in the spring, sow a
liberal amount of medium clover and the
next year after cutting the hay early, let
the second crop go to seed and plow under
when well manured. The next year plant
a crop, and when harvested plow full as
deep as before, which brings the clover
seed to the surface for a most liberal stock
ing. The clover seed c mains so much
oil that it will not rot while in the ground,
and still l>eing covered so deeply will not
germinate while there. There being such
an amount of seed, if some does winter
kill plenty more will not. Then sow a
crop and the ground is well seeded again
with clover, and another crop of hay cut
as before. And so on for a series of years,
harvesting a crop of grain the first year,
com or potatoes the second year, grain the
third year and clover hay the fourth year.
