EXPERIMEXTAL FARMS 



4-5 EDWARD VII., A. 1905 



crop on 1 and 2 need not be taken as an example of what may be expected from 

 these fields in the future. 



O 1, 1 acre, Ashlands, long narrow field, rolling, sandy loam, clayey loam, black 

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



O 2, and O 3 are similar to O 1 in every particular. 



ROTATXOX ' I'.' 



This rotation is of three years duration and includes grain, clover hsy, and timothy 

 hay or mixed hny. 



The field intended for grain is ploughed early the previous fall and cultivated at 

 intervals to insure the sod rotting. It is again ploughed late in the fall and left till 

 seed time the next spring. With the grain is sown ten pounds clover and ten pounds 

 timothy. 



Manure is applied in the fall of the first year hay. 



P 1, 1 acre, Ashlands; long narrow rolling sandy loam, clayey loam, black muck, 

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



EXPERBfENTS WITH GRASSES AND CLOVERS FOR HAY- 



Some further experiments to gain some information as to the comparative economy 

 of different niixturcs of grasses and clovers have been carried on during the year. 



Li comparison witli the usual grass mixture of eight pounds timothy and ten 

 pounds red clover, there A\ere tested several others not so commonly used. Bromus 

 inermis, orchard grass, alfalfa and alsike were the other grasses and clovers used. 

 The following table give^ full particulai-s of the different plots tested. 



Particulars of seeding and returns in hay are as follows : — 



Very little need be said in explanation or amplification of the above. 



The early part of the season was very suitable for hay, and the first cut was most 

 excellent in quality and large in quantity. 



July and August were dry months in the Ottawa district, and consequently the 

 gecond cut was quite light. 



Plot 2, the seed on which included 8 pounds Alfalfa, was cut a third time, October 

 1, and the material (about 78 per cent AlfaKa) put in the experimental silo. 



