203 - EXPERniEyTAL FARMS 



5 GEORGE v., A, 1915 

 ROTATION "a" (six YEARS* DLRATIOX). 



First year. — Wheat. 



Second year. — Wheat. 



Third year. — Oats and barley. Seeded with grass and clover. 



Fourth yew. — Clover hay. 



Fifth yeOKT. — Pasture. 



Sixth year. — Corn or roots. Manured preceding fall. 



Six fields of 6 acres each are allotted to rotation " G." The land is a heavy 

 clay loam. This rotation vras the first started on the Experimental Farm and has 

 been in operation four years. 



It is a mixed farming rotation, providing for wheat, coarse grains, hay, pasture 

 and fodder corn. 



Unfortunately the land for rotation " G " was entirely covered by the flood. 

 V\^heat had been sown in " G 1" and '" G 2 " and a beautiful stand was growing when 

 the fiood came. This crop was destroyed, and oats were sown. In '' G 2- " a fair 

 .crop was Obtained, but in " G 1 " the oats proved such a failure that they were 

 ploughed up. The hay crop was increased by the flood, and that helped to counter- 

 balance the loss on grain crops. The I'esults, however, cannot be considered norma!, 

 and this year's figures will not be used in computing averages. 



ROTATION "h" (six YE.-VRS' DL"R.\tiON). 



First yec-r. — Wheat. 



Second ye^ar. — Wheat. 



Third year. — Summer-fall ow. 



Fourth year. — Oats. Seeded with grass and clover. 



Fifth year. — Hay. 



SLvUi ye-ar. — Pasture. Manured. 



Six fields of 4h acres each comprise the land on which rotation "H" is" located. 

 It is 'a heavy clay loam. The rotation in its present form was started last, year, but 

 in' a somewhat similar form was in operation for a year previous. 



This rotation is suitable for a farm where grain growing is still the principal 

 crop, but where hay a»d pasture are desired for stock. It includes one summer- 

 fallow, and has no hoed crop. It is therefore suited to the farmer who considers a 

 hoed crop impracticable under present labour conditions. 



The land, on which rotation " li " is located, is badly infested with couch 

 grass, and has" been in that condition for many years. On that account the results 

 obtained are not comparable with those obtained on the other rotations, and, as they 

 are not fair to the rotation, they are not published. Rotation '' H " was also entirely 

 inxmdated during the flood, and the crops on it were altered from that cause. 



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