REPORT OF THE AORICUTVRIST 19 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



1st year. — Hay or pasture ploughed shallow early in August, ridged up into 

 ridges 8 inches high, 2 feet apart in October, subsoil having previously been stirred 

 by means of a stiff toothed cultivator. 



2nd year. — Oats or other cereals, 10 lbs. clover sown for fertilizer. 



3rd year. — Corn or roots, green barnyard manure applied in winter 15 to 20 tons 

 jKjr acre. 



4th year. — Cereal crop, 10 lbs. clover, 12 lbs. timothy. 



5th year. — Hay — mostly clover. 



The results have been as indicated next page. 



The variety of crops grown and the varying areas under each crop each year 

 Fender it quite difficult to make a comparison of the returns of the different years, so 

 to simplify matters I would suggest that a fixed valuation be put upon the products, 

 and the returns of each year valued accordingly. 



Fixing prices as follows : Grain, $1 per hundred lbs.; roots and ensilage $2 per 

 ton; hay $7 per ton; summering cattle, $8 per season; and an area used as pasture 

 for pigs, $15 per acre; the returns from the ' 200-acre farm' for the years mentioned 

 may be said to have been worth $2,7T6.GG in 1899; $4,110.21 in 1900; $4,434.72 in 

 1901; $4,787.14 in 1902; $1,148.19 in 1903; $4,741.09 in 1904; $5,714.32 in 1905. 



Rotation Experiments. 



5. The results of the work with the 5-year rotation on the 200-acre farm led to the 

 inception in 1904 of an experiment to test the value of different rotations. The 200- 

 acre farm was accordingly divided into 39 different lots of varying size, shape and 

 soil characteristics. These were then grouped as follows : — 7 of 3 lots each, 2 of 

 4 lots each, and 2 of 5 lots each, in addition a bit of rather broken land 

 used for sheep was divided into 4 lots, so making up another group. It was attempted 

 to so select the lots going to make up each group as to include considerable areas of 

 each grade of soil. 



Each group was then put under a certain rotation, as follows : — 



Eotation A. — Five years, clover hay, timothy hay, grain, corn, grain. 



Eotation B.- — Five years, clover hay, grain, clover hay, corn, grain. 



Rotation E. — Three years, pasture, corn, grain. 



Rotation Z. — Three years, clover hay, corn, grain. 



Rotation S. — Four years (shallow ploughing), clover hay, timothy hay, roots, 

 grain. 



Rotation D.^ — Four years (deep ploughing), clover hay, timothy hay, roots, 

 grain. 



Rotation H. — Three years, hog pasture, roots, grain or soiling crop. 



Rotation T. — Four years, sheep pasture, roots and soiling crop, grain clover hay. 



Rotation M. — Six years, grain, grain, clover hay, timothy hay for three years. 



Rotation N. — Six years, grain, grain, timothy hay for four years. 



Rotation O. — Three years, grain, timothy hay, timothy hay. 



Rotation P. — Three years, grain, clover hay, timothy hay. 



Since this experiment has lasted two years only, it is too early to attempt to draw 

 any conclusions or to summarize. • 



LIVE STOCK. 



Working horses were of course introduced on the farm at a very early date in its 

 history. On the establishment of Le Haras National some stallions were located 

 here, but no breeding operations of any note have ever been carried on. 



The breeding work with live stock began in 18H9 when some 44 head of cattle 

 were purchased. This purchase included Shorthorns, Ayrshires, FTolsteins, Jerseys 

 and Polled Angus. Since 1889 Holsteins, Jerseys and Polled Angus have been 

 dropped from the list, and Guernseys and Canadians added, so that now the herd in- 

 cludes Shortihoms, Ayrshires, Guernseys and Canadians. 



