REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURIST 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 

 •D.' 



Loss. 



'S.' 



Rotation ' 8.' 

 (Sballo-w Ploughing.) 



This rotation is four years' duration, and includes grain, two-years' hay, roots. 



The grain crop follo-ws roots, the root-land being ploughed (or cultivated) to a 

 depth of about four inches after the roots are harvested in the fall. With the grain 

 is sown 10 pounds red clover, 1 pound alsike and 10 pounds timothy seed per acre. The 

 clover hay is cut twice in the season, and the second aftermath left on the field; that 

 is, it is not pastured off as is usually done. In the second hay year, two crops are cut 

 if possible, and the land ploughed in August with a shallow four-inch furrow. If 

 manure is applied before ploughing, a subsoiler should be attached to the plough to 

 loosen up the subsoil to a depth of 8 or 9 inches. If manure is not applied, thisi end 

 is attained by means of a strong deep-reaching cultivator after the sod has rotted in 

 the fall, or the next spring. 



* S2 ' and ' S3 ': These two plots were under hay this year. They gave fairly good 

 crops. 



' 84 ' like its fellow ' D4 ' was under roots. The mangel seed came up well, but 

 only a small crop was harvested on account of drought. 



' SI ': This plot was under oats. 



Owing to the very dry season the root crop on ' S4 ' shows a loss on work, &c. 



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