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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



ROTATION "d" (three YEARS' DURATIOK). 



First year. — Roots. !>raniired at the rate of 15 tons per acre. 

 Second year. — Grain. Seeded down with 10 pounds red clover, 2 pounds alsike 

 and 6 pounds timothy per acre. 

 Third year. — Clover hay. 



CROP HISTORY OF ROTATION LOTS. 



Rotation " B" lot i.— 1905, no crop; 190G and lOUT crop turned under; 1908 

 mixed grain, seeded down; 1909, hay; 1910, mixed grain, seeded down; 1911. roots, 

 fertilii:ed with 25 tons harnyard manure per acre, and 300 pounds mixed fertilizer per 

 acre additional to every other half-acre plot; 1912, grain, seeded down. The soil is a 

 whitish clay loam in fair heart. Is located on a steep slope. Surface drainage is good 

 and lot is underdraincd as well. 



Rotation "B" lot 2. — 1904, roots; 1905, grain, seeded down; 1906, clover hay; 



1907, grain, seeded down; 1908, clover hay; 1909, roots; 1910, grain, seeded down; 1911, 

 clover hay ; 1912 roots. Lot has fair surface drainage and is partly underdrained. Soil 

 is clay loam in fair heart. 



Rotation "' B " Lot 3. — Since 1905 lot 3 has received treatment similar to lot 2. 

 No undcrdrainage has been done. Soil is clay loam, naturally wet and is not noAv in 

 as good tilth as lot 2. 



Rotation " B" Lot 4. — 1908, pasture; 1909, no crop; 1910, one-half in pasture ouo- 

 half in grain crop ploughed under, 400 pounds per acre of mixed fertilizer applied to 

 every other half-acre plot; 1911 and 1912, green crop ploughed under; 1913, green 

 crop of oats, peas and vetch turned under, 400 pounds per acre of mixed fertilizer 

 applied to every other half-acre plot. The lot is in poor condition. Surface drainage 

 is good, hut it is naturally wet land. Soil is whitish clay loam. 



Rotation " B" Lot 5.— 1905 and 1906 pastured by sheep; 1907 and 1908, no crop; 



1909, one-half in rape, one-half in buckwheat pastured very light; 1910, no crop; 1911, 

 one-half of lot received 400 pounds mixed fertilizer per acre for green crop turned 

 under, the remaining half was idle; 1912 the remaining half received 400 pounds mixed 

 fertilizer per acre and green crop was ploughed under on entire lot; 1913, peas, oats, 

 and vetch turned under. Soil varies from clay loam to sandy loam and is in poor 

 heart. No underdrainage has been done and surface drainage is only fair. 



Rotation " C" Lot i.— 1905, roots; 1906, grain, seeded down; 1907, clover hay; 



1908, roots and corn; 1909, grain, seeded down; 1910, clover hay; 1911, pastured; 1912. 

 roots; 1913, grain, seeded down. The soil is a clay loam underdrained and in good 

 tilth, but infested with couch grass. 



Rotation " C" Lot 5.— 1907, grain, seeded down; 1908, clover hay; 1909, root.s 



1910, grain, seeded down; 1911, clover hay; 1912, pastured; 1913, roots. Soil is clay 

 loam underdrained and in good tilth. 



Rotation "C" Lot 5.— 1908, clover hay; 1909, grain; 1910, roots; 1911, grain, 

 seeded down; 1912, clover hay; 1913, pasture. Soil is clay loam, underdrained and in 

 good tilth. 



Rotation " C" Lot ^.—1906, grain, seeded down; 1907, clover hay; 1908, roots; 



1909, grain, seeded down; 1910, clover hay; 1911, routs; 1912, grain, seeded down; 

 1913, clover hay. Soil is whitish clay loam, underdraijied and in good tilth. 



Nappan. 



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