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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5-6 EDWARD VII., A. 1903 



The order of rotation is as follows : — 



1905. 1906. 1907. 



Pease Wheat Wheat. 



Tares Wlieat Oats. 



Ked Clover Wheat Wheat. 



Alf-alfa and Alsike. 

 Wheat. 



Wheat Barley. 



Wheat Pease. 



Wheat Oats Tares. 



Wheat Wheat Red Clover. 



8. Wheat Barley Alfalfa and Alsike. 



9. Wheat Pease . -Wheat. 



10. Oats Tares Wheat. 



11. Wheat Red Clover Wheat. 



12. Barley. ., Alfalfa and Alsike Wheat. 



13. Wheat. 



14. Wheat. 



15. Wheat. 



16. Wheat. 



17. Wheat. 



.Wheat Summer-fallow. 



, Oats Summer-fallow. 



. Barley. Summer-fallow. 



.Wheat Oats. 



Barley Oats. 



Results of First Year, 1905, Rotation Tests. 



Note. —The varieties of grain used in this test were Red Fife wheat, Banner oats, Mensury barley 

 and Pride pease. The size of the plots was one-tenth acre each. 



EXPEROIENTS WITH OATS. 



Porty-one varieties of oats were tested this year, the crop was a very heavy one. 

 Although nearly every variety was badly lodged early in the season the kernels filled 

 out well and the yield was the largest in the history of this farm. Numerous com- 

 plaints are heard this year of loss from smut in oats. After several years' trial we 

 liave found that smut in this grain can be eradicated by the proper use of formalin. 



