DIVISIOX OF FIELD niSBAXDRY 261 



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ROT.\Tio.\ "n" (nine years' DrR.XTIOx). 



First year. — Summer-fallow. 



Second year. — Hoed crop or legume. Manured 15 tons per acre. 



TliirJ year. — Wheat. 



Fourth year. — Oats. 



Fifth year. — Summer-fallow. 



Sixth year. — Wheat. 



Seventh year. — Oats. Seeded dowji with 10 pounds western rye grass, 3 pounds 

 red clover and 3 pounds alfalfa per acre. 



Eicjhth year. — Hay. 



Ninth year. — Pasture. 



Rotation "R" permits of mixed farming. Four-ninths of the land is devoted 

 to the i^rodudtion of oats, hay and pasture. One-uiuth would be in roots gr legumes. 

 To wheat is allotted only a small area, two-ninths of the whole being given to its. 

 production. This rotation will be valuable in cases where the rearing and fitting of 

 horses for market and the keeping of other live stock are the aim, but for the 

 present it is not likely to prove very popular, as whea't receives so little prominence. 



The net profit per acre of rotation " R " in 1913 was $5.53. 



In the following tables details regarding these rotations are given. The values 

 used will be found on page 156. 



Rotation Experiment. — Comparative Costs, Returns and Net Profits per Acre. 



Rotation. 



Total costi Value of 

 to operate 

 1913. 



i $ cts. 



"A"one years' duration I 8 99 I 



"C" three years' duration j 7 32 



"J"' six years' duration j 7 .54 



"P" eight years' duration | 7 59 



"R" nine vears' duration ' 6 85 



Scott. 



