DiriSIOy OF FIELD nV SB Ay DRY 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



GREEN MANUEIKG. 



This experiment shows mure than any other at the Station the beneficial effect 

 of barnyard manure. Throughout the season plot 5, on wliich barnyard nuniure was 

 ajiplicd for wheat, stood from two to four inches higher than tlie (.>thcr plots, and a 

 similar advantage was noted on the succeeding oat crop. 



Grekn Manlking for Wheat followed bv Oats. 



1 



2 

 3 

 4 

 5 







Summer-fallow 



Peas, ploughed under early in .Julj* 



Peas, ploughed under when in bloom 



Tares, ploughed under late July , 



Suminer-fallow, barnyard manure 12 tons per acre applied on summer-fallow 



in September ■ 



Suminer-fallow 



2,720 

 2,680 

 2,440 

 2,520 



3,680 

 2,280 



DEPTHS OF SEEDING. 



Oats and wheat were eown at depths varying from one to four inches. 



Depths of Seeding WTieat. 



Depths of Seeding Oat?. 



Rosthern. 



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