REPORT OF TEE AGRICULTURIST 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 

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* Loss. 



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Loss. 



Rotation ' T.' 

 (Sheep Farm. 



This rotation of four years' duration includes roots, grain, hay and pasture. 



The area devoted to sheep farming is rather limited: about 10-72 acres. This 

 area is not included in the ' 200-acre farm.' The whole field has been, for several 

 years, devoted to pasturing sheep, but it has been divided into four rather unequal 

 fields susceptible of further subdivision, and devoted to a rotation considered suitable 

 for sheep. 



The root field is devoted to white turnips, Swedes, cabbage, kohl rabi, thousand- 

 headed kale, rape, &c. It comes after the pasture, the land being manured and ploughed 

 in the fall. 



Grain follows on the root land, and with the grain, various clovers and grass seeds 

 are sown to prepare for the ensuing two years. The grain may be harvested or used 

 as soiliug crop for sheep. The hay field is expected to give one crop of hay and then 

 be devoted to pasture for lambs as soon as they are weaned. 



The pasture field is the field that has been hay the previous year. Alfalfa, red 

 clover, alsike clover, Brome grass {B ramus inennis) and timothy are the clovers and 

 grasses used. 



The crops on this rotation were very light this year. 



