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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5-6 EDWARD VII., A. 1905 

 ROTATION 



ROTATION 



ROTATION ' A.' 



This rotation of 5 years duration includes grain, hay (2 years) grain and corn 

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

 the first crop of grain is sown 10 lbs. red clover, 1 lb. alsike and 10 lbs. timothy per 

 The field is left in hay for 2 years, then in August of the second year it is 



acre. 



ploughed and cultivated at intervals till October, when it is ridged \ip and left till 

 the next spring. Oats are sown on this field, and with them red clover seed at the rate 

 of 10 lbs. per acre. This clover is allowed to grow for something over a year or until 

 corn seeding time the 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 this year have been fairly satisfactory. On Al the 

 ploughing in the fall was delayed, hence a light crop of grain. On A2 two crops of 

 Alfalfa hay were harvested in time to permit of August ploughing. A3 gave an ex- 

 cellent crop of com, and A4 a very good crop of hay. On A5 the black muck portion 

 was injuriously affected by the weather, and no crop was harvested therefrom. 



