REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURIST 

 SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



PASTURE. 



97 



None of these particular plots was pastured in 1904. A plot of 13'75 acres seeded 

 with 10 pounds Timothy and S pounds Common Eed clover was under pasture. This 

 plot had been seeded down with oats the previous year. It made a very rapid gruwth 

 in the spring, and the cattle were turned iu May 20. 



During the season 4,290 days' pasture was furnished by the lO'TS acres. This 

 amount of pasture at $1 per monih per lioad would be worth $143, or $10.41 per acre. 



A Held of 5'Sl acres of similar seeding yielded during the season 25 tons, 7G3 

 pounds hay worth at $7 per ton $177. G7. It will, however, be remembered that to 

 harvest the hnx cost considerable, about $1.6G per ton. 



YIELDS AXD COST OF VAKIOUS CLASSES OE HAY. 



In the following statement of cost of producing 1 ton and 1 acre of various sorts 

 of hay and hay mixtures, labour, seed, rent and manure are all considered. Wliere 

 more than one crop was harvested in the year the seed rent and manure were, of course, 

 counted only once. 



Kind of Hay. 



Timothv 10 



Timotbv 10 



R. Clover 8 



Alfalfa 8 



Timothy 4 



Crome 8 



Timothy 8 



Alsike . 



Oat hay GS 



Oat and Pia hay 50 



30 





c 



s 



Cost 

 per Acre 

 to grow. 



$ cts. 



10 75 

 13 17 



13 90 



13 77 

 13 GO 

 15 41 



Cost 



per Ton to 



Ijroduce. 



cts 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



Tons. lbs. 

 2 400 



4 87 



2 00 j 4 1,137 



3 VO 

 2 82 



912 



4 1,800 

 7 40 I 1 1,C70 

 G 4G 2 7GG 



Value 



of Hay per 



Ton. 



> cts. 



8 00 



7 00 



7 00 



7 00 

 7 00 

 7 00 



Remarks. 



A farther aftermath out for silage 

 not considered iu this estimate. 



TIMOTHV. 



Timothy is of course the favourite hay for horses. It is, however, usually expen- 

 sive to produce since it yields only one crop in the season, and two tons is considered 

 a very good yield per aero Freedom from dust, good keeping tiualities, palatabilty 

 and wholesomeness are its chief recommendations. It depletes the soil of fertility to 

 a certain extent and very few fields shoidd be left longer than two years under this 

 crop. 



TIMoTllV AND Ct.OVKR. 



Timothy and Red Clover mixed is a hay that, if well made, can scarcely be sur- 

 passed for any class of live stock, combining as it does in itself, palatability, wliole- 

 so:uencss, high digestibility, and high nutritive qualities. It is better for hoi-ses tlian 



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