REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURIST T9 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



of the character descrlhed above seemed to help increase the crop returns from a griven 

 area and at the same time increase the fertility of that area, has led to the puttln|2: 

 under way of a number of rotations of different lengths, with different crops indiffer- 

 ent orders and with different purposes in view. 



It is not possible this year to explain or outline the whole scheme, but brief des- 

 criptions of tlio rotations, the areas devoted to each and the results obtained from each 

 iield, are submitted liorewith. 



The rotations arc as follows : — 



Kotat 



Eotat 



Itotat 



Rotat 



Eotat 

 i;i\iin. 



Rotat 



Rotat 



Rotat 



Rotat 



Rotat 



Rotat 



Rotat 



on A. — Five years. Clover hay, Timothy hay, grain, corn, grain. 



on B. — Five years. Clover hay, grain, Clover hay, corn, grain. 



on E. — Three years, pasture, com, grain. 



on Z. — I'hree years, Clover hay, corn, grain. 



on S. — Four years, shallow cultivation. Clover hay, Timothy hay, roots, 



on D. — Four years, deep cultivation, Glover hay, Timothy hay, roots, grain. 



on H. — Three years, hog pasture, roots, grain or soiling crop. 



on T.— Four years, sheep pasture, roots and soiling crop, grain. Clover hay. 



on M. — Six years, grain, grain. Clover hay, Timothy hay for three years. 



on N. — Six years, grain, grain, Timothy hay for four years. 



on O. — Three years, grain, Timothy hay, Timothy hay. 



on P. — Three years, grain. Clover hay, Timothy hay. 



In the descriptions of the rotations and fields that follow, an effort is made to 

 give as concisely as possible the location of each field, its size, the character of its soil, 

 its drainage and its general crOp history. 



In the tables will be found all items of expenditure. The manure is applied in 

 the same ratio to each field in each rotation. To illustrate: if to the corn land in Rota- 

 tion 'Z,' 15 tons of manure per acre is applied; this is equivalent to 5 tons per acre 

 per annum, as Z is a three year rotation. Then in applying manure to M, 30 tons 

 per acre would be applied, as M is a six year rotation. Since the manure must vary 

 slightly in quantity each year, $3 per annum per acre is charged in each rotation. 



The total amount of each kind of crop material is divided so as to show the pro- 

 duction capacity of one acre i;nder each rotation. 



ROTATION ' A.' 



This rotation of five years' duration includes grain. Clover hay, Timothy or mixed 

 hay, grain and corn in the order named. The grain crop mentioned first comes after 

 corn. Tb.e corn stubble is torn up with a strong stiff-toothed cultivator run across, 

 and angling to both right and left, of the direction of the rows. The surface soil and 

 roots so loosened up are then ridged up in drills about 21 inches apart and 8 inches 

 high. The drills arc broken down the next spring by means of the disc harrow or stifF- 

 toothed cultivator, harrowed once, and the field is ready to sow. Red clover 8 pounds, 

 Alsike clover 1 pound, and Timothy seed 10 pounds per acre, is sown with the grain, 

 and the land then rolled. 



The clover field is mown as early as possible to insure a second crop. The mixed 

 hay or Timothy is cut just a.s the bloom fades away, and a second cut is taken if 

 growth warrants the expense of cutting. In any case the land is ploughed 4 inches 

 deeo about the end of August. 



