DJ17.S70.Y OF FIELD EC'iBAyDRY 173 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



After-harvest treatuiciit of sod land in preparation for hoed crcp. 



Depth of seeding. 



Seed bed preparation. 



Applying barnj'ard manure. 



Kates of seeding nurse crop of barley 



Rates of seeding nurse crop of oats. 



Rates of seedling clover and timothy, 



Underdraining. 



DRAINAGE. 



Thirty thousand feet of drain tile were purchased for the new areas and most 

 of the area acquired from the Connolly Estate was tile drained. Forty acres of land 

 in all were acquired by the Station in 1913 and two-thirds of it will be drained as 

 soon as the tile can be laid. The land drained previouslj- gave excellent results in 1913, 



. IMPROVEMEXTS. 



All the land newly acquired was fenced with a strong woven fence, and the posts 

 painted. Dikes and rows of trees were levelled and removed. The fields were surveyed 

 and roads opened. 



CllAnLOTTETOWK. 



