Show CROP ROTATION sick ground will not produce max mail mum mom crop arum k rum k iari ari ar i 1111 hureau reau kew 11 L blanchard said to bo be one of the best farmers on the pacific coast when asked what be he considered the secret of his success as a farmer answered there are many phases that must ba b considered con de e before such a question can be answered but the biggest secret of my success rests upon crop rotation without it m ground becomes bk B k and thy plants pr produced deuced mereon acea to bo be in sympathy with mother earth A castle valley man antly ent ly stated that live ton of hay or forty bushel of wheat to the acre are no longer possible a in this locality A few minutes conversation with him revealed the fact that hia his alf alfalfa alfi had been plan tt t by an ancestor and that wheat had been I 1 crown rown on the same ground continuously for year A sick cow gives very little milk a sick hen produces very few eggs and sick ground v ill not produce a bumper crop of wheat or alfalfa in order to make plant food avail able 10 the plant the roots accrete secrete a substance that is injurious to them selves when the a ime sime crop is brown grown on the same ground conseco one season after another the soil becomes GO so impregnated with the toxin from thosa those that the plant cannot thrive it is ilka lika cir car bon on the spark alta or dirt in the tile gasoline ahe he routs roots are so thorough ly surrounded surround ad with the toxic sub stance that the plant food anno eanno e cannot t come in contact with the root I 1 but the toxin thrown off by the roots of one plant is not injurious to those of another plant of different sc scat cd Ct but serves aa as a solvent for the plant food and so crop rota tion is the remedy for the sick soil lave you planned your cropping system for next year dont forget that rotation tion is as noc necessary essary lo 10 the continued production of bf maximum crops as Is fertilizer or good clean seed |