REPORTOF THE AGRICULTURIST E9 



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Rotation ' B! — Four years. Deep ploughing, clover hay, timothy hay, roots, 

 grain. 



Rotation ' II! — Three years. Hog pasture, roots, grain or soiling crops. 



Rotation ' T.' — Four years. Sheep pasture, roots and soiling crops, grain, clover 

 hay. 



Rotation 'A' Fertilizer. — Four years. Roots, grain, hay, hay. (Barn-yard 

 manure). 



Rotation ' B ' Fertilizer. — Four years. Roots, grain, hay, hay. (Commercial 

 fertilizer). 



Rotation ' C ' Fertilizer. — Four years. Roots, grain, hay, hay. (Commercial fer- 

 tilizer and barn-yard manure). 



In the descriptions of the rotations and fields that follow, an effort is made to give 

 as concisely as possible the location of each field, its size, the character of its soil, 

 its drainage and its general crop history. 



In the tables will be found all items of expenditure. The manure is applied in 

 the same ratio to each field in each rotation. To illustrate: If to the corn land in, 

 rotation 'Z,' 15 tons of manure per acre is applied, this is equivalent to 5 tons per 

 acre per annum, as ' Z ' is a three-year rotation. Then, in applying manure to ' B ' 

 25 tons would be applied, as ' B ' is a five-year rotation. Since manure must vary 

 in quantity each year, $3 per acre per annum is charged in each rotation. 



COMPARATIVE VALUES OF ROTATIONS ON STOCK FARMS. 



Supposing the average animal of the bovine species to consume 2,000 lbs. hay, 

 6 tons ensilage and roots, 1 ton straw, 4 month pasture and 1,000 lbs. meal in a year, 

 this would amount to about $37 or $38 as the cost of feeding an animal for a year. 

 Keeping these figures in mind, the stockman can form some idea of the comparative 

 values of the different rotations for live stock farming. 



