Show crop rotation PJ essential S to pea canning trade trad professor R E vaughan ot of the university iver sity 0 of wisconsin in a recent lecture before the experiment station ot of the he utah agricultural college said that crop rotation was the first essential to the canning pea industry of 0 his state halt half the canned peas ot of the united states are produced in wisconsin along with such an enormous pea acreage it is but natural that some serious diseases ot of the pea plant should develop these diseases would entirely destroy the industry it a systematic rotation were not practiced it has taken the sugar beet nematode to convince some ot of our utah farmers that beets should not be grown continuously on the same land must we pay the same price to learn r to rotate alfalfa that crop rotation rot ti actually increases yields ot of all crops r s has been demonstrated in utah and cache counties the county a agent e t in utah county has assisted 54 farmers in planning their rotation systems and keeping production records for the last six years their increased yields resulting from this practice were reported as follows beets increase of tons per acre alfalfa 1 ton per acre wheat bushel per acre oats bushels per acre barley bushels and potatoes bushels per acre in cache county 21 farmers have cooperated with the county agent for five years in a definite rotation practice their acre yields last year exceeded average yields 2 tons tor for beets 5 12 1 2 bushels tor for wheat 1 ton for alfalfa al lalla 1141 1144 pounds for canning peas safety first tor for the utah far farmer in means crop rotation |