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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



9-10 EDWARD VII., A. 1910 

 ROTATION 



ROTATION 



Z. 1. 

 Z. 2. 

 Z. 3. 



W. S. 2. 

 L. S. 3 . 

 Obs. S.. 



Aggregate 



Average per acri 



Average for four years. 



6-00 Corn . 

 5-8l!Hay.. 

 4 2 Grain 



10 01 



Grain | 36 00 



Corn 34 86 



Hay 25 20 



96 06 



6 00 



6 00 



9 36 

 9 45 

 5 45 



24 26 



1 51 



1 82 



Botation ' E/ 



This rotation of three years' duration includes grain, pasture and corn. 



The grain comes after the corn, the stubble of which is treated as described under 

 rotation ' A.' With the grain in the spring is sown 10 pounds red clover, 1 pound 

 alsike clover, 5 pounds alfalfa and 5 x>ounds timothy seed per acre. If weather permit-s, 

 the field is pastured slightly in the fall. 



After the grain crop the land is pastured, the grass seeding having been done 

 with this object in view. In estimating the value of the returns from this field, 

 pasture is charged at $1 per month per cow. At this rate, the returns fall very far 

 short of what would have been the returns if a hay crop had been harvested, if we may 

 judge by the returns from ' Z3.' This rotation and rotation * Z ' were introduced into 

 the list in order to gain some idea as to the difference in returns probable from land 

 pastured and land from which all the crops are harvested. It was expected that the 

 corn crop after the pasture would in a measure make up for the difference in favour 

 of the no-pasture rotation 'Z,' but the returns are on the whole a good deal short 

 of those from ' Z.' 



Corn follows the pasture. Manure is applied durinsr the fall and winter and 

 turned under with the growth of clover and grass in the spring. Crops were all light 

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