Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1916 — WHEAT ROTATIONS [ARTICLE]

WHEAT ROTATIONS

The proper place for wheat in a crop rotation depends upon local conditions, but is usually after corn or oats, potatoes, an early truck crop, or an annual legume, as soy beans or cowpeas. The most bushels per acre of high-quality wheat are more likely to be obtained following clover. However, it is better to follow’ clover with corn so the clover can grow the entire season instead of being turned under early, as is necessary when followed by wheat. Seedbed preparation is one of the most costly factors in growing wheat. Plowing is the most ! expensive part of seedbed preparation, I and when it can be eliminated without decreasing the yield of wheat it should ' tfe done. Disking instead of plowing is all that is necessary in preparing potato ground, corn stubble, sandy or ■father land that is clean and friable.