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EXPERIMENTAL 



7-8 EDWARD VII., A. 1908 

 ROTATION 



ROTATION 



B 1 



B 2. 

 B 3. 

 B 4. 

 B 5. 



50 

 5 



40 



5 



5 



15 



5 



Aggregato 



Average per acre iu 1006. 



10 00 

 8-82 



10 -^fJ 

 9-15 

 9-93 



Grain . . . 

 Oats . . . 

 Clo. Hay. 

 Clo. Hay. 

 Corn 



48 10 



1.00 



Hay. 

 Hay. 

 Corn 



Oats 

 Gate 



13 00 



11 46 

 17 92 



14 63 



15 m 



72 90 

 1 51 



ROTATION A. 



This rotation of 5 years duration includes grain^ hay (2 years), grain and corn 

 or roots in the order named. The grain crop mentioned first comes after corn. With 

 the first crop of grain is sown 10 lbs. red clover, 1 lb. alsike and 10 lbs. timothy i:)er 

 acre. The field is left in hay for 2 years, then in August of the second year it is 

 ploughed and cultivated at intervals till October, when it is ridged up and left till 

 the next spring. Oats are sown on this field, and with them red clover seed at the rate 

 of 10 lbs. per acre. This clover is allowed to grow for something over a year or until 

 corn seeding time the fololwing spring, when it is turneil under with a shallovv' furrow 

 along with the manure that will have been applied during the winter. After the corn 

 has been harvested the land is ploughed shallow and left till the next spring. 



The crops on this rotation this year have not been as satisfactory as usual, due to 

 adverse weather conditions. On A, a fair crop of corn was harvested. On A2, oats 

 were grown and gave fair returns. A3, also was in grain and gave a fair crop. A4, 

 gave only a light crop of hay since no clover survived the winter and part of the 

 timothy was destroyed. A5, gave only a light crop of hay as all clover was killed out. 



