A Simple Way to Increase Crop Yields

by Altus Lacy Quaintance, Charles William Pugsley, Claude Clifford Hawbaker, Curtis Hernon Kyle, Edmund Cecil Shorey, Edward Lee Shaw, Ernest Adna Back, Frank Getz Ashbrook, Frank Hurlbut Chittenden, George McMillan Darrow, H. P. Gould, Harry Alanson Miller, Howard Ross Tolley, Jacob Hiram Arnold, James Herbert Beattie, Lee W. Fluharty, Leonard Lee Harter, Marion Imes, Russell Sage Woglum, Waldo Lee McAtee

1919

"The southern mountain farm often produces no more than a scant living for the family. Corn is the chief crop grown. Often part of the farm lies idle, being "rested," while corn is grown on another part year after year until the land is worn out. By growing three or more crops in rotation including clover, the farmer will be able to produce larger crops, make more money, and keep all crop land under cultivation all the time. Cattle, hogs, and sheep will not only add to the cash income, but will help to increase the fertility of the soil, a nd render larger crops possible. This bulletin describes crop rotations for small mountain farms in the southern Alleghenies, and gives complete directions for starting a crop rotation that will make poor mountain land more productive."--Page [2]