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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



9-10 EDWARD VII., A. 1910 

 ROTATION 



ROTATION 



Rotation ' A.' 



This rotation of five years' duration includes grain, hay (two years), grain and 

 com or roots, in the order named. The grain crop mentioned first comes after corn. 

 iWith the first crop of grain is sown 10 pounds red clover, one pound alsike and 10 

 pounds timothy per acre. The field is left in hay for two years, then in August of the 

 second year it is ploughed and cultivated at intervals till Octolier, when it is ridged 

 up and left till next spring. Oats are sown on this field, and with them red clover 

 seed at the rate of 10 pounds per acre. This clover is allowed to grow for something 

 over a year, or until corn-seeding ti.nie tlie following spring, when it is turned under 

 with a shallow furrow along with the manure that will have been applied during the 

 winter. After the corn has been harvested, the land is ploughed shallow and left till 

 the next spring. 



The crops on this rotation have not been very satisfactory this year. On ' Al ' a 

 crop of hay was grown. On ' A2 ' the crop grown was oats. The summer being very 

 dry, the crop was light. 'A3' was under hay and gave a fair crop. The season being 

 very dry, only one crop was harvested off each hay field. ' A4 ' was under corn and 

 gave a very light crop on account of dry weather; a large part of ' A4 ' is sandy soil. 

 ' A5 ' gave a very light crop of grain, due entirely to lack of moisture. 



