REPORT OF TEE AGRICULTURIST 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 

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ROTATION B. 



This rotation of 5 years durntion includes grain, hay, corn or roots in the order 

 named, the fii-st crop of grain following a crop of corn or roots. Eed clover 10 lbs., 

 alsike 1 lb. and timothy 5 lbs. is sown with the grain each time grain is sown. When) 

 grain follows hay the land is ploughed in the early fall. When corn follows hay the 

 land is ploughed in the spring, the spring growth of grass and clover being ploughed 

 in along with the manyre which will have been applied during the preceding winter. 



The crops on this rotation fell short of the average. The crop of hay on Bl was 

 made up of sorghum, millet and Hungarian grass since not a sign of what had boon a 

 splendid catch of clover and timothy remained. The hay crop on B2 was short ; no 

 clover. On Bl, oats were grown giving only n light crop on account of adverse 

 weather conditions. On B5 also the grain crop was light. 



