REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURIST 



89 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 

 'E.' 



Items of Expunse in Raising Crop in 190G. 



Manual 

 Labour. 



S 



O 



w 



o 



Hrs. 



173 



715 



888 



21-2 



"- 2 

 oo 



O 



$ cts. 



25 95 



107 25 



Horse Labour. 



CO fM 



J: o 



C C o g 



d "y: ' c H 



Hrs Hrs 



20 



23S 

 303 



133 20 20 601 



3 19 



•4814-4 



o 



w 



o 



D ^ 



bo 



H 



$ cts. $ cts. 



71 40 

 L12 90 



o 



o 

 H 



$ cts. 



1G8 00 



14 33|216 58 

 1327 56 



184 30 



4 41 



14 33 712 13 



34 17 05 



o 



o 



o 

 O 



$ cts. 



12 00 

 15 75 

 23 39 



51 14 



Particulars of Crop in 1906. 



17 05 



> 



O 









S cts. [ S cts. 



*143 oo' 10 21 

 274 28 19 94 

 387 74, 28 27 



805 02 58 42 



to 

 o 



< 



u 

 O 



$ Cts. 



tl 79 

 4 19 

 4 88 



7 28 



19 28; 19 28 2 42 



I I 



'Z.' 



* 143 months' pasture (cows), 

 t Loss. 



ROTATION 'Z.' 



Tills rotation of three years' duration includes corn, grain and clover hay, in the 

 order named. 



Corn comes after the clover hay. The manure is applied in the fall or during the 

 vrinter and spring, and the clover allowed to grow up through it, so facilitating the 

 turning under of the whole mass of manure and spring growth and late fall growth of 

 clover a few days before the corn is to be sown. The furrow turned is quite shallow, 

 about 5 inches deep, and the land is then thoroughly disc-harrowed and the corn sown 

 in rows 42 inches aport. It receives later the usual cultivation and caro. 



Grain follows corn, the land having been ploughed in the fall. With the grain 

 there is sown 10 lbs. red clover, 1 lb. alsike and 5 lbs. timothy seed. The hay is cut 

 twice and the last aftermath allowed to grow up, to be turned under the next spring 

 for corn. Such a rotation would be particularly valuable to a farmer having suflicient 

 rough land for pasture or for one desirous of keeping as many cattle as possible on 

 the land at his disposal, supposing him willing to grow roots and corn. 



