CHAPTER XI

Other Legumes and Cereal Catch Crops [ 108-119]
The soybean 108
Fertility value 109
Feeding value 109
Varieties 110
The planting 111
Harvesting 112
The Canada pea 113
Vetch 113
Sweet clover 115
Rye as a cover crop 116
When to plow down 117
Buckwheat 118
Oats 119

CHAPTER XII

Stable Manure [ 120-128]
Livestock farming 120
The place for cattle 121
Sales off the farm 122
The value of manure 124
The content of manure 125
Relative values 126
Amount of manure 127
Analysis of manure 128

CHAPTER XIII

Care of Stable Manure [ 129-138]
Common source of losses 129
Caring for liquid manure 130
Use of preservatives 131
Spreading as made 132
The covered yard 133
Harmless fermentation 135
Rotted manure 135
Composts 136
Poultry manure 137

CHAPTER XIV

The Use of Stable Manure [ 139-148]
Controlling factors 139
Direct use for corn 140
Effect upon moisture 141
Manure on grass 142
Manure on potatoes 143
When to plow down 144
Heavy applications 144
Reënforcement with minerals 145
Durability of manure 147

CHAPTER XV

Crop-rotations [ 149-158]
The farm scheme 149
Value of rotation 150
Selection of crops 151
An old succession of crops 152
Corn two years 153
The oat crop 154
Two crops of wheat 154
The clover and timothy 154
Two legumes in the rotation 155
Potatoes after corn 156
A three-years' rotation 157
Grain and clover 158
Potatoes and crimson clover 158