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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4-5 EDWARD VII., A. 1905 



ROTATION 



This rotation of three years duration includes 



ROTATION 



This rotation of three years duration 



felover under a fe-vv days before the com is to be sown. The furrow turned is quite 

 shallow, about 5 inches deep, and the land is then thoroughly disc-harrowed and the 

 corn sown in rows 42 inches apart. It receives later the usual cultivation and care. 



Grain follows corn, the land having been prepared as described under Rotation ' A. 

 "With the grain there is sown 10 lbs. red clover, 1 lb. alsike and 5 lbs. Timothy seed. 



The hay is cut twice and the last aftermath allowed to grow up to be turned under 

 the next spring. 



Z 1, 6*00 acres. Windmill; long narrow field; sarid, muck, heavy loam underdrained; 

 rolling land; crops usually good, 1902, oats; 1903, hay. 



Z 2, 5'81 acres, Lonetree; long narrow field of rolling land, sand, muck, sandy loam; 

 underdrained; fair crops; 1902, corn; 1903, oats. 



Z 3, 6"66 acres. Observatory; irregular square; sand, sandy loam, clayey loam, 

 clay; underdrained; good crops; 1902, hay; 1903, hay. 



ROTATIOX 



'n.' 



This rotation is of three years duration and includes roots, soiling crop and 

 pasture in the order named. The land is plowed late in the fall after it has been 

 manured. It is disked the next spring and the roots sown on ridges. The roots receive 

 the usual cultivation and aro of a varied character, including mangels, sugar mangels. 



