232 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5 GEORGE, v., A. 1915 

 ROTATION "j" (six YKARS' DL RATION)- 



First year. — Summer-fallow. 

 Second year. — Wheat. 

 Third year. — AVheat. 



Fourth year. — Oats. Seeded dowii with 8 pounds western rye grass, 4 pounds 

 alfalfa and 4 pounds red clover per acre. 

 Fifth year. — Hay. 

 iSixth year. — Pasture. 



This was started in 1911 and consists of six fields containing 5 acres each. The 

 profit per acre in 1913 was $12.08. It would seem a rotation well suited to the needs 

 of the farmer at present. 



The grass will return fibre to the soil, and as the keeping of live stock is called for, 

 there will be manure to help conserve fertility. The two years hay and pasture fol- 

 lowed by summer-fallow will, to a great extent, keep the weeds under control. Seem- 

 ingly, the greatest objection will be the difficulty, in a dry season, of procuring a good 

 stand of grass with a nurse-crop on second year stubble. 



ROTATION "p" (eight YEARS' DURATIOX). 



First yea r. — Summer-fallow. 



Second year. — Wheat. 



Third year. — Wheat. 



Fourth year. — Summer-fallow. 



Fifih year. — Roots or legumes. ]\ranured 15 tons per acre. 



Sixth year. — Barley. Seeded down with rye grass, red clover and alfalfa. 



Seventh year.— Why- 



Eighth year. — Pasture. 



This was started in 1911 and consists of eight fields containing 6 acres each. In 

 1913 the profit per acre was $8.19. A rotation of this nature is adapted to a stock- 

 raising district and will not be followed to any extent, locally, for some years. But 

 as the weeds become more prevalent this, or a similar, rotation will have to be adopted, 

 because there are six years out of the eight under crop and cultivation suitable for the 

 eradication of weeds. The chief objection of applying it to the average farm at pre- 

 •sent is the small amount of grain and the large amount of hoed crop. 



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