REPORT OF MR. ANGUS MACKAT 331 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Rotation Test — Results obtained in 1902. Plots i-acre each. Soil, clay loam. 



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Name of Variety. 



Wheat, Red Fife. 



Pease 



Tares 



Soja Beans 



Red Clover 



Alsike and Lucerne. 



Rape 



Wheat, Red Fife. . . . 



Oats, Banner 



Wlieat, Red Fife 



Oats, Banner 



20iWheat, Red Fife .... 

 21j Barley, Rennie's Im 



proved 



22 Rye, Spring 



Date 

 of 



Sowing. 



May 



April 28. 



n 28. 



„ 28. 

 28. 

 28. 

 .SO. 

 30. 



,. 30. 



., 30. 



n 30. 

 April 28. 



„ 2b. 



M 28. 



.■ 28. 



,. 28. 

 May 7. 

 April 28. 

 May 7 . 

 April 28. 



May 17. 

 April 28. 



Date 



of 



Ripening. 



Aug. 27. 

 ,. 27. 

 - 27. 



„ 27. 

 27. 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



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tc 

 a 

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In. 



Strong. 



In. 



3 



3 



3 



Kind 



of 

 Head. 



Bald 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



2.5 .. 



24 .30 



27 .. 



27 15 



20 45 



Ploughed under, 7 inches deep, on August 13. 



Sept. 5. 



.. 6. 



.. 8. 



M 8. 



2| Bald . , 



3 



Aug. 28.. 



M 28.. 



,. 28.. 



„ 28.. 



M 28.. 



M 24.. 

 Sept. 1 . . 

 Aug. 29.. 

 Sept. 1 . . 



lAug. 21.. 

 I Sept. 1.. 



Strong. 



3 



Branc'g. 



Bald . . . 

 9i Branc'g. 

 3 Bald . . . 



6 rowed, 



IS 45 



22 30 



20 .50 



27 15 



22 45 



.31 16 



25 .. 

 32 26 

 27 .. 



26 12 



1) 



Lbs. 



60 



60 



59 



58i 



58 



53i 



54 



54i 



58 



57 



36 



58 



.S8A 



59| 



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Rotation of Crops. — Summary of results for three years. 



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Variety. 



1000. 



Oats, Banner 



2' Wheat, Red Fife.... 



3 Oats, Banner 



4 Wheat, Red Fife... . 



5 Barley, Canadian Thorpe 



6 Wheat, Red Fife. 



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8 



9 



10 



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12 

 13 



Yield. 



Oats, Banner. 



D -a 



fQ 1-1 



11 2 



4 20 

 11 .. 



5 .. 

 9 44 



16 50 



19 30 



18 20 



11 20 



8 20 

 10 40 



7 40 



9 14 



Variety. 



Yield. 



1901. 



Soja Beans, ploughedj 

 under Aug. 21 



Pease, jiloughed under 

 July 20...' 



Tare.'<, ploughed under 

 July 10 



Red Clover, ploughed 

 under Se]>t. 3 



Clover, Alsike and Lu- 

 cerne, ploughed under 

 Sept. 5 



Wheat, Red Fife 



3 Xi 

 W Hi 



Oats, Banner . . 



Wheat, Red Fife. 

 Barley, Sidney. . . 

 Summer-fallow. . . 



Summer-fallow, ploughed 

 1 June 5 



38 52 



97 32 



01 8 



.38 .. 



50 30 



Variety. 



1902. 



Wheat, Red Fife. 



Yield. 



Pease, ploughed under 



Aug. 13 



Tares, plouerhed under 



Aug. U ..\ 



Soja Beans, ploughed 



under Sept. 5 



Red Clover, jJoughed 



under Sept. 



Alsike and Lucerne, 



ploughed under Sept. 8 

 Rape, i)loughed under 



Sei>t. 8 



Wheat, Red Fife 



3 -O 



P3 ^A 



25 .. 



24 3C 



27 .. 



27 15 



20 45 



18 45 

 22 40 



