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Show r ROTATION OF CHOPS "" i Reply to a Mlchlfin Correspondent r "I am growing sugar beets and my land seems to be decreasing in production. produc-tion. What rotation can fuse?" In sou o localities It has boan found that boots do beat following alfalfa, corn and Bmall grains. A very good Totatlon la as follows: First, wheat; second year, beets; then clover for two years, last crop being plowed under, then potatoes, and the rotation repeated. re-peated. If alfalfa can be grown in your locality It is a good plan to Include In-clude thla in the rotation. In Montana ths best rotation for bet'u raisins- Is as follows: Wltf&t Clover, oats, sugar "beets, uarie uu peas. In Utah the following rotation gives good satisfaction: First year, sugar beets; second year, peas and oats for forage; third year, sugar beets; fourtfc year, oats, bceded to alfalfa; flit year, alfalfa. |