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Show maturing in November. The third planting of corn comes in as late roasting oars When thi crop has been gathered as before, the ground is again fertilized and plowed, and turnips are sown between the potatoes. pota-toes. This crop is ready for harvesting har-vesting in December thus making six crops in one year, three of corn, two of potatoes and one of turnips. This syatein has been kept up without variation for fivo years, and ths ground has shown no deterioration; deteriora-tion; on the contrary, it appears to be steadily increasing in fertility and productiveness, the result of six annual fertilizations and the deep and thorough tillaga given in the various croppinga. The system however, is possible only in a low latitude and when?, like herein Lee county, Alabama, killing fronts seldom sel-dom appear between the middle of March and the 10th of November. Novem-ber. American Agricul fcurisi - - .- . i - jSHLac Crops v "5To,:r. To grow and harvest six crops of grain and vegetables on tha same afield A one seasonis jiriumph .in farming that does not" come to , many. But I have a neighbor who raises annually six crops of corn, potatoes and turnip3 on the same Eiece of ground. He manures eavily with stable manure and plows deep in February, planting nrst early rose potatoes m rows two' feet apart. As soon as the young vines are large enough he gives them a good working with a J plow, leaving an open furrow be tween 'the lows. - In this furrow early corn is planted, the ground being again well fertilized in the hill. The potatoes begin to ma-ture ma-ture in May, and as these are gathered gath-ered a second planting of corn is made in the rows from which the potatoes have been taken. In the digging of the latter, the early planted corn is given a good working. work-ing. By the time the second planting plant-ing is ready to plow the first one has matured in roasting earu, and the stalks are cut up t and fed to live stock, or curod and; stored for winter forage. The ground upon which the first crop is grown is now opened again with the plow, the second planting given a good working, and a tlnrd corn crop is planted between the two foot rows, a good manuring in the hills being given as before. When the second planting of corn coies into maturity and the roasting ears and stalks have been harvested, the ground is plowed again, and in the rows whei e the second crop of corn grow is planted a second crop of Irish potatoes, in farows woll filled again with good fertilizers. The planting la usually jnado enrlj in September, the crop |