REPORT OF TEE AGRICULTURIST 93 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



The rotations are as follows : — 



Rotation 'A.' Five years clover hay, timothy hay, grain, corn, grain. 



Rotation ' B.' Five years, clovej* hay, grain, clover hay, corn, grain. 



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



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



Rotation ' 8.' Four years, shallow ploughing, clover hay, timothy hay, roots, 

 grain. 



Rotalion ' D.' Four years, deep ploughing, clover hay, timothy hay, roots, grain. 



Rotation ' H.' Throe years, hog pastvire, roots, grain or soiling crop. 



Rotation ' T.' Four years, sheep pasture, roots and soiling crop, grain, clover 

 hay. 



In the descriptions of the rotations and fields that follow an effort is made to 

 give as concisely as possible, the location of each field, its size, the chai'acter of its 

 soii. its drainage and its general crop-history. 



In the tables will be found all items of exp^diture. The manure is applied in 

 the same ratio to each field in each rotation. To illustrate : if to the corn land in 

 rotation ' Z ' 15 tons of manure per acre is applied; this is equivalent to 5 tons per 

 acre per annum, as ' Z ' is a three-year rotation. Then in applying manure to ' B,' 

 25 tons would be applied, as ' B ' is a five-year rotation. Since manure must vary 

 slightly in quantity each year, $3 per annum per acre is charged in each rotation. 



COMPARATIVE VALUES OF ROTATIONS ON STOCK FARMS, 



Supposing the average animal of the bovine species to consume 2,000 pounds 

 per annum, which, valued at prices given above, would amount to $37, a rough idea of 

 the relative value for stockmen of the different rotations may be arrived at. 



