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conditions, such as method of rotation, natural fertility of the land, methods of growing the crop and so forth. The best method of rotation is one in which a crop...

diseases and nutrient balance; this is known as "clover sickness". When crop rotations are managed so that clover does not recur at shorter intervals than eight...

swamps. It is an exhaustive crop, and on uplands is rarely included in the rotation more often than once in five years. On deep, rich muck soils it is often...

with humus or organic matter. It luxuriates in rich warm soils. The crop rotation should be planned so as to use the coarse manures with the corn, which...

results in growing strawberries a good system of rotation should be followed. In any system of rotation, a leguminous crop should be turned under once in...

beetles can be especially difficult to control.) Good sanitation and crop-rotation practices are extremely important for controlling fungal disease, the most...

on the same land they are likely to become seriously affected with smut. Rotation of crops is the fundamental remedy. Sulfur and lime drilled into the soil...

commercial scale for the dry-shelled seeds, either as a farm crop in regular rotation, as corn and potatoes are grown, or at tunes as a subsidiary or chance...

Crop rotation or Crop sequencing is the practice of growing a series of dissimilar types of crops in the same area in sequential seasons for various benefits...

extent that it is impracticable to raise a crop on certain pieces of land. Rotation is the best remedy. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture...

beetles can be especially difficult to control.) Good sanitation and crop-rotation practices are extremely important for controlling fungal disease, the most...

diseases and nutrient balance; this is known as "clover-sickness". When crop rotations are managed so that clover does not recur at shorter intervals than eight...

If used in a rotation system, check the family of plants being used. Red Clover, for example, being a Legume would fit into a rotation in place of beans...

will keep rust at bay; most effectively by using different products in rotation. About 60 species, including: Alcea biennis Alcea ficifolia - Antwerp Hollyhock...

growing the crop in fields which are not infested with the maggot; that is, rotation is the chief recourse. The flea-beetle may be kept in check by spraying...

acid content. Like many leguminous crops, pulses play a key role in crop rotation due to their ability to fix nitrogen. India is both the world's largest...

the season, or in winter, to protect the land and to afford green-manure. Rotation-cropping is a form of succession-cropping. Double-cropping may be either...

unregulated forest is known as the "normal forest." It supposes that a rotation has been chosen, i.e. a year or period when the timber will be ripe (determined...

above-named city, on lands that have recently been limed, it may be used as a rotation or as a special money crop. North of this territory the plant can be used...

of relatively recent intro. from Eurasia. With good tillage and short rotations it is not to be feared; when young or growing, it may have some value as...