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and arc |>eing developed. More and morq fanners having good com land are getting away from the three,Ifour, and five year crop rotation, systems, and are practicing more intensive systems.
Those having silt loam and sandy loam soils on first bottoms are growing com continuously as erosion is no problem and such soils frequently yield double the amount of corn per acre than from many of our upland soils. Those having deep upland soils that are well drained and yet have desirable water and fertility holding capacity are following a rotation of two years of corn and 2 to 3 years of Alfalfa using no small grain in the rotation.
Along with these practices has come reduced tillage costs and better yields through chemical weed control. This requires know-how. Knowledge of the type of applicator, knowledge of materials, timing, etc. More revolutionary than any of the above practice are the plow-plant methods of com production. Research indicates both the wheel-track method of planting and the tilled-strip method have places in Rappahannock’s Agriculture.
On Sandy loams wheel-track planting with no cultivations in 1959 resulted in 12 more bushels of com per acre;in 1960 the yields
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