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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



Seeding to Grass and Clover. 



5 GEORGE v., A. 1915 



Plot No. 



1 



2 

 3 



4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 



9 

 10 

 11 



Method of seeding. 



Seeding rye grass 10 lb. and red clover 10 lb. with nurse 



crop on summer-fallow 



Seeding rye grass 10 lb. and red clover 10 lb. alone after 



■ summer-fallow 



Seeding rye grass 10 lb. and red clover 10 lb. with nui-se 



crop on first year after hoed crop 



Seeding rye grass 10 lb. and red clover 10 lb. alone after 



hoed crop 



Seeding rye grass 10 lb. and red clover 10 lb. with nurse 



crop on first year wheat stubble 



Seeding rye grass 10 lb. and red clover 10 Id. alone after 



first year wheat 



Seeding rye grass and red clover, with oats to cut green, 



on first year wheat stubble 



Seeding rye grass 10 lb. and red clover 10 lb. alone on 



first year wheat stubble, manured 8 tons per acre, 



ploughed preceding fall 



Seeding rye grass 10 lb. and red clover 10 lb. with nurse 



crop on second year wheat stubble 



Seeding rye grass 10 lb. and red clover 10 lb. alone after 



second year grain (oats) 



Seeding rye grass 10 lb. and red clover 10 lb. with nurse 



crop on second year after hoed crop 



Yield of hay per acre. 



First 

 cutting. 



Lb. 



Second 

 cutting. 



Lb. 



Total. 



Lb. 



The yield on plot 10 was reduced by causes other than the experimental treat- 

 ment. The seeding on land that was in summer- fallow or hoed crop the previous year 

 was decidedly the best. Seeding alone gives a better yield than with a nurse crop, but 

 not enough better on this land to pay for the lost crop of grain. Possibly on uninocu- 

 lated or light land the advantage of seeding alone would be greater. 



BREAKING SOD FROM CULTIVATED GRASSES AND CLOVERS. 



The following methods are being tried in this experiment : — 



1. Plough 5 inches July 20 to 30, pack and disc at once, disc in fall. 



2. Plough 5 inches October, pack, disc harrow. 



3. Plough 3 inches early July, backset September, cultivate as necessaiy. 



4. Stiff-tooth rip July, plough 5 inches September, cultivate. 



5. Spring plough 5 inches deep, seed same spring to wheat. 



6. Duplicate No. 5, sow flax. 

 '7. Repeat Xo. 5, sow peas. 



8. Plough May 15, work as summer-fallow. 



No results are available in this experiment as yet. The land was seeded in 1911 

 and produced hay in 1912. Tlie first set of plots have received the experimental 

 treatment this year 1913, and should g'ive r-esults in 1914. 



APPLICATION OF BARNYARD MANURE. 



Application of harnyard manure, for corv (uni roots. 



Turnips were used in this experiment. Plots 1 to '< giew wheat the two previous 

 years. Plots 8 and 9 were summer-fallowed the previous year. The manure was 

 applied to each plot as per directions given below. The turnips were sown May 15 and 

 pulled on October 1. 



Brandon. 



