REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURIST 103 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



One part was plowed 4 inches*deep in August, and the land cultivated at iutervah 

 v:ntil late in October, when the surface soil was gathered together' into ridges by means 

 ot" n double mould board plow and put by for the winter. 



Another part was torn x\p with a stiflf toothed cultivator and the loosened soil so 

 exposed to the sun was moved at intervals to allow the grass to die. Late in the fall 

 the field, was ploughed and put by for the winter. The other field was not touched till 

 late in the fall, when it was plowed about Gi or 7 inches deep and loft for the winter. 



It was impossible to keep track of the returns from each of the parts separately 

 but appearances were much in favour of the earlj- fall plowing and ridging up. 



In the fall of 1903 the experiment v/as repeated and things arranged to permit of 

 a record of the grain crop being secured for each part. Each lot was 5 acres in area. 



Lot 1. Ploughed late in the fall 6 inches deep, disc harrowed twice and harrowed 

 once in the spring, sown with seeder • Yielded 8,553 lbs. of oats. 



Lot 2. Cultivated 5 times with stiff toothed cultivator, harrowed 5 times and 

 plowed in late autumn about G inches deep, was harrowed once in the spring and sown 

 with the seeder. Yielded 0,905 lbs. oats. 



Lot 3. Plowed shallow with gang plow in August; cultivated 3 times; harrowed 

 three times, and then the surface soil gathered into ridges for the winter, was cultivated 

 once in the spring, harrowed once and sown with seeder. Yieldexl 10,845 lbs. oats. 



The three lots were each seeded with clover. Lot 1 was a poor catch ; lot 2, a fair 

 catch, and lot 3, a very excellent catch. 



It is to be regretted that lot 3 cannot be left in hay in 1005. Lots 1 and 2 will 

 be in hay, however, and will be watched with interest. The experiment is being re- 

 peated- 



