DlVISlOy OF FIELD EL' SB Ay DRY 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Plantixg Corn in Hills versus Drills. 



According to the above figures, which, it must be understood, are the result of 

 only three years' work, it would appear that more weight can be had by sowing corn 

 in rows than by having it in hills. Where land is dirty it would perhaps be advisable 

 to sow in hills because of the greater ease of cultivation. 



RATES OF SEEDING OATS. 



To determine the best quantity of seed to use, oats are being sown at thirteen 

 different rates varying from 1 to 4 bushels per acre. The test has been conducted one 

 year only, and as no regular gradation in yield was shown, the results, as yet, suggest 

 little of value. Tn our field operations, 2i bushels per acre is the amount used. The 

 following table shows in detail the results of this experiment 1913 : — 



Rates of Seeding Oats. 



Rate of seeding per $crc, Bushels. 1 



Yield per acre. Bushels 60-9 



59G63-9 



li 



73 



2 



58 



56-7 



2^ 

 65-3 



2f 

 58 



3i 



64-271-7 



3§ 

 53-8 



31 I 4 

 67-3, 68-8 



RATES OF SEEDING CLOVER AND TIMOTHY. 



To determine whether the liberal use of clover and timothy seed has any efiEect on 

 the yield of hay, twenty-two plots were sown to oats in the spring of 1912, on eleven of 

 which G pounds timothy, 4 pounds red clover and 1 pound alsike were used per acre, 

 whilst on the other eleven, twice this quantity was seeded. The full seeding yielded 

 at the rate of 3,147 pounds per acre, whilst the half seeding gave only 2,989 pounds. 

 The difference in favour of the heavy seeding was 458 pounds per acre, an increase of 

 15 per cent. 



EFFECT ON YIELD OF IIAY OF QUANTITY OF GRAIN SOWN AS A 



NURSE CROP. 



This experiment was carried out in duplicate, with one-sixtieth acre plots, using 

 a nurse crop of oats varying in <]uantity from 1 to 3^ bushels per acre. One year's 

 results do not supply sufficient data upon which to base a conclusion, but it may be 

 pointed out that the group of consecutive seedings which gave the most oats produced 

 the least hay afterwards, and vice versa. This is a very important question in a dis- 

 trict where, after a crop of grain, the land is often in hay for five or six years, and 

 then pastured for two or three more. The fcjlowing figures give details: — 



Cap Rouge. 



