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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4-5 EDWARD VII., A. 1905 

 ROTATION 

 This rotation of three years duration has no 



ROTATION 



This rotation of three years duration 



time as the grain is sown. After the grain. is harvested the clover is allowed to grow as 

 late as possible and the land plowed the last thing in the fall. The next spring 8 pounda 

 of Red clover and 10 pounds Timothy seed is sown with the grain and the land put in 

 as good shape as possible. 



Clover hay follows the second year grain. It is cut twice iu the year and the last 

 aftermath not pastured. 



Timothy hay or mixed hay then occupies the land for thi'ee consecutive years. 

 Manure is applied in the fall of the second year that the field is under hay. 



M 1, 1 acre, Ashlands; long narrow field, sandy loam, clayey loam, black muck, 

 hardpan; underdrained ; good crops; 1902, hay; 1903, hay and pasture. 



M 2, and M 3, are quite similar to M 1 in every respect. 



The crops of hay on M 2 and M 3 this year should not be taken as a fair sample 

 of what may be expected from these fields in the future as it was impossible to have 

 them under the right kind of hay the first year and so they were put under oat hay. 



ROT.XTIOX ' X.' 



This rotation of six years duration includes in its crops ^ain, grain and Timothy 

 hay for four years. 



The first years grain is sown on land that had been plowed six inches deep the fall 

 previous. No grass or clover seed of any kind is sown with it. The stubble is plowed 



