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EJiPERHlEXrAL FARMS 



5 GEORGE v., A. 1915 



SEEDING TO GRASS AND CLOVER. 



As interest grows in mixed farming the different methods of seeding down to 

 grasses and clovers become a more important consideration. 



In 1911 an experiment was begun to determine the best preceding crops and soil 

 preparation for seeding to western rye grass and red clover. The results of only one 

 test are as yet available. They are as follows : — 



Seeding to Grass and Clover. 



Plot Xo. 



Method of seeaing. 



Yield of first 

 year hay. 



10 



11 



I Seeding rj-e gra.ss 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 nurse crop on fir,st year 



i after hoed crop 



Seeding rye grass 101b. 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 lb. alone after first year wheat . . 

 I Seeding rye grass and red clover with oats to cut green, on first year wheat 



i stubble 



i Seeding rye grass 10 lb. and red clover 10 lb. alone on first year wheat 



stubble, manured S 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 

 yeai after hoed crop 



Tons. 



Lb. 



APPLICATION OF BARNYARD MANURE. 



Southern Saskatchewan is a comparatively newly-settled country, and the prob- 

 lem of conserving soil fertility has not as yet forced itself upon us. In the older dis- 

 tricts, however, where wheat growing has been followed year after year, yields are com- 

 mencing to show a falling off and the need of methods for conserving fertilitj^ and 

 restoring fibre is indicated. Probably the cheapest way of returning plant food and 

 vegetable matter to the soil is by the use of barnyard manure. In order to learn 

 sometliing as regards how and when manure may be most advantageouslj' applied the 

 following experiments have been incepted. 



Application of haniyard manure for corn and roots. 



Corn was used in the test of 191.3. In plots 1 to 7 wheat is grown two years in 

 succession following corn; in plots 8 and 9 the rotation is corn, wheat, summer-fallow. 

 The following table indicates the yield and value of the crops from the entire rotation. 

 Corn it valued at $3 per ton and wheat at 80 cents per bushel: — 



Indian Head. 



