350 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



Rotation Test. — Skason 1906. 



7-8 EDWARD VII., A. 19G8 



Ploughed under. 



CEOP OF MIXED GRAIN. 



A test was made of growing oats and pease together on a half-acre lot of fallowed 

 land. Soil, clay loam. This was seeded on May 8, at the rate of 2 bushels of pease and 

 i bushel oats per acre. It was cut August 20, and on being threshed, gave a yield of 

 1,718 lbs. grain per acre. 



EXPERIMENT WITH FALL RYE. 



Over half an acre of fallowed land was sown with fall rye on September 13, 1905. 

 Ripe August 7. Straw 65 inches long including head, and of medium strength. 

 Length of head, 5 inches. Yield per acre, 44 bushels. Weight per bushel, 58 lbs. 



For several years winter rye has been sown each fall early in September, and has 

 never failed to stand perfectly and give a good yield of straw and grain. For early 

 spring fodder, either for pasture or cutting green, it surpasses all other grains so far 

 tested. 



EXPERIMENT WITH SPRING RYE. 



One-twentieth acre of fallowed land was sown with spring rye on April 11. Ripe 

 August 16 ; time to mature, 127 days. Straw strong, 45 inches long. Head 3| inches 

 long. Weight of straw per acre, 2,500 lbs. Yield of grain per acre, 35 bushels, 20 

 lbs. ; weight per bushel, 59 lbs. 



