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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



64 VICTORIA. A. 1901 

 EFFECT OF THE PLOUGHESTG TINDEE OF GREEN CLOVER AS A 



FERTILIZER FOR OATS. 



In the spring of 1899, six plots of one-fortieth acre each were sown with grain. 

 Two of the^se plots were sown with Preston wheat, two with Mensury barley, and twa 

 with Banner oats. One of these plots in each case had clover S3wn with the grain at 

 the rate of 12 pounds per acre; the other had no clover. The soil was a sandy loam 

 of fairly good quality, and up to this time the land had ben used as a nursery. After 

 the grain crop had been taken oS, the clover was allowed to grow until late in the 

 autumn, when it was ploughed under to the depth of 6 or 7 inches. In the spring of 

 1900 the land was harrowed twice with a disc-harrow and twice with a smoothing 

 harrow, and sown with one kind of oats, viz.. New Zealand, at the rate of 2 bushels 

 of seed per acre. The oats were sown on May 4. 



The advantage arising from the sowings of clover with spring grain recorded 

 above are quite evident but would no doubt have made much more difference but for 

 the fact that the clover was sown late in the spring of 1899 and hence the growth for 

 ploughing under was comparatively short and unsatisfactory. 



EFFECT OF THE PLOUGHING UNDER OF GREEN CLOVER AS A 

 FERTILIZER FOR INDIAN CORN. 



In the spring of 1899, six plots, one-fortieth acre each, were sown with grain. 

 Two of these plots were sown with Preston wheat, two with Mensury barley, and two 

 with Banner oats. One plot in each case had clover sown with the grain, at the rate 

 of 12 pounds per acre; the other had no clover. The soil was a sandy loam of fairly 

 good quality, and up to this time the land had been used as a nursery. After the 

 grain was out, the land was left untouehed until the following spring, by which time 

 the clover had made a good growth, when it was ploughed under to the depth of 6 or 

 7 inches. The land was then harrowed twice with a disc-hai-row and twice with a 

 smoothing harrow. The corn was sown with the seed-drill, on May 25, in rows thi-ee 

 feet apart and cut for ensilage on September 13. The variety used for this test was 

 Longfellow. 



