REPORT OF MR. S. A. BEDFORD. 

 SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



343 



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Red Fife Wheat. 

 Fertilizers Applied. 



100 lbs. per acre of Nitrate of Soda, one-half 

 sprinkled when grain was 2 inches high ; 

 balance when 6 inches high 



200 lbs. per acre of Nitrate of Soda, one-half 

 sprinkled whea grain was 2 inches liigh, 

 balance when 6 inches high 



N^o fertilizer used 



Superphosphate, 400 lbs. per acre spread 

 just before sowing 



-viuriiite of potash, 200 lbs. per acre spread 

 just before sowing 



A mixture, 200 pounds superiihosphate, 100 

 pounds nitrate of soda, 100 pounds muriate 

 potash ]3er acre, half to be spread befon 

 sowing, half when 2 or 3 inches high 



No fertilizer used i 



Kind 



of 

 Head. 



Beardless . 



Weight 

 of Stra\\ 

 per Acre 



Lbs. 



Yield 



ler Acre 



of 

 Wheat. 



1,590 

 1,860 



2,000 



1,530 



1,900 

 2.240 



s 



m 



J 

 ^ 



1,530 15 40 



30 20 



31 20 



26 40 



29 00 



30 00 

 28 40 



s^ 





.m 



Lbs. 



69 



58 

 59 



60 



60 



59 



58i 



ROTATION OF CROPS. 



Last year, in accordance with your instructions, arrangements were made for a 

 series of rotation plots, the principal object in view being the maintenance of the 

 fertility of the soil, by ploughing under a leguminous crop every third year ; instead of 

 the usual summer-fallow. 



The Soja beans were sown in rows 14 inches apart, using 60 pounds of seed per 

 acre. Tho Red Clover was sown in the proportion of 12 pounds per acre, and the 

 mixed clovers in the proportion of 8 pounds of Alfalfa and 6 pounds of Alsike per acre. 

 These leguminous plants were to be ploughed under when they reached their fullest 

 development. The order of rotation is as follows : — 



PLAN OF ROTATION. 



No. 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



19 



20 



21 



22 



1899. 



.Wheat 



Wheat 



Wheat 



Wheat 



Wheat 



Pease 



Tares 



Soja Beans 



Red Clover 



Alfalfa and Alsike 



Rape 



Wheat 



Wheat 



Wheat 



Wheat 



Wheat 



Oats 



Wheat 



Oats 



Wheat 



Barley 



Rve 



I 



1900. 



Oats 



Wheat 



Oats 



Wheat 



Barley 



Wheat 



Wheat 



Wheat 



Wheat 



Wheat 



Wheat 



Wheat 



Oats 



Barley 



Wheat 



Barley 



Soja Beans . 



Pease 



Tares 



Red Clover 



Alfalfa and Alsike 

 Summer fallow. . . . 



1901. 



Soja Beans. 



Pease. 



Tares. 



Red Clover. 



Alfalfa and Alsike. 



Wheat. 



Oats. 



Oats. 



Wheat. 



Barley. 



Summer fallow. 



Summer fallow. 



Summer fallow. 



Summer fallow. 



Oats. 



Oats. 



Wheat. 



Wheat. 



Wheat. 



Wheat. 



Wheat. 



Wheat. 



