Other Rotation Crops

Following the alfalfa, we sow a mixture of rye and vetch which is plowed under when the rye is in head and the vetch in bloom as at this time the vetch (which also is a legume) attains its greatest development of nitrogen nodules and the rye its greatest humus value. After this has been incorporated with the soil and a pulverized seed bed formed as before, it is seeded to a mixture of cow-peas and buckwheat.

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Operations and Equipment Employedin Producing Kellogg Pedigree Plants
1 HARVESTING ALFALFA HAY2 RYE AND VETCH3 ROLLING DOWN & DISCING4 PLOWING IT UNDER
5 COWPEAS & BUCKWHEAT6 PLOWING IT UNDER7 HARROWING, ROLLING & SEEDING TO OATS8 SHREDDING MANURE
9 HOEING, CULTIVATING & FERTILIZING10 HOEING PLANTS
11 REMOVING BLOSSOMS12 SPRAYING13 IRRIGATING14 IRRIGATION PUMPING STATION
15 GARAGE & MACHINE SHOP SHOWING TRACTORS & TRUCKS16 MULCHING FOR WINTER17 PACKING HOUSE WHERE PLANTS ARE COUNTED, PRUNED & PACKED FOR SHIPMENT18 A KELLOGG STRAWBERRY GARDEN PACKED FOR SHIPMENT

The resulting growth seems almost magic for in a few weeks both the buckwheat and cow-peas are in bloom and the growth becomes so rank and dense that it is difficult if not actually impossible to progress far into the field afoot. Just before the seed ripens this growth is rolled down, cut up with disc and plowed under. The buckwheat adds humus and the cow-peas, (another legume), both humus and additional nitrogen. After this has been thoroughly worked into the soil and a perfect seed-bed again formed fall has arrived and the ground is seeded to oats.