IHVlsfOX or FU:I.D Hl'S^IiAyDRY 207 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



UriTATION " l" (six VKAUs" Dl UATIOn). 



First year. — Flax. 



Second year. — Oats. 



Third year. — Summer-fallow. 



Fourtli year. — Wheat. Seeded with f>;ras.^ and clover. 



Fiftli year.— Way. 



SLith year. — Pasture. Manured. 



Six fields of 4] acres provide the land required for this rotation. Thc=e fi"ld* 

 lie contiguous to the corresponding fields of rotation "II" and are of the .'amo 

 character. Rotation "I" is suited to conditions such as described for " H." Tie 

 chief difference between the two rotations is that flax in "I" is substituted foi 

 wheat in " II." 



The land under "I" is in the same condition in regard to couch grass as tl ai 

 under "II" and for that reason is not reported in detail. This land was also cou> 

 pletely flooded tliis year. An efl:"ort is being made to get the, -couch grnss u-'de- 

 control on this land, in order that a fair comparison may be made between these 

 two rotations and the others. 



KOT.VTIOiX " il" (kIGIIT VEAKs" DURATIOX). 



First year. — Roots and peas. 



Second year. — Wheat or oats. Seeded with grass and clover. 



Third year. — Hay. 



Fourth year. — Hay. 



Fiftit year. — Pasture. 



Si.vth y4ar. — Pasture. 



Seventh year. — Pastvu'e. 



Eighth year. — Green feed and rape. Manured in fall. 



This rotation is located in eight lields of 5 acres each on a poor gravelly hill top 

 at the rear of the Experimental Farm. The land is used as a sheep ranch, and the 

 rotation is arranged specially for that purpose. It was in partial operation in 1911 

 and 1912, and this year w*as in full operation except that the seeding jf the hay 

 and pasture land is much older than the order of the crops would indicate, and. in 

 consequence is less produf tivo. The ,quality of the land makes the results on this 

 rotation quite incomparable to those obtained on the other rotations situated on 

 good land. They nnist therefore he considered as a unit by them.=elves. a> indicating 

 what can ,be ddne on this poor land by this system. In the fields where a loss is 

 shown, it will be noticed that the chief item of cost is the charge for rent. The 

 uniform charge of $2 per acre made against all the rotations, is made here; it is, 

 of course more than this land is worth, and makes the profits unduly small. 



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