92 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



2 GEORGE V., A. 1912 

 ROTATION 



ROTATION 



Zl 

 Z2 



Z3 



600 

 5 81 

 4-20 



Aggregate 16 01 



Average per acre in 1910 



Average for six years 



Hay. 



Grain 

 Corn.. 



Corn. . 



Hay. 



Grain 



11 00 



7 55 

 6 66 



25 21 



1 57 



1 73 



Rotation ' E! 



This rotation of three years' duration includes grain, pasture and corn. 



The grain comes after the corn, the stubble of which is treated as described under 

 rotation 'A.' With the grain in the spring is sown 10 lbs. red clover, 2 lbs. alsike. 

 6 lbs. alfalfa and 6 lbs. timothy seed per acre. If weather permits, the field is pastured 

 slightly in the fall. 



After the grain crop the land is pastured, the grass seeding having been done with 

 this object in view. In estimating the value of the returns from this field pasture is 

 charged at $1 per month per cow. At this rate the returns fall very far short of what 

 would have been the returns if a hay crop had been harvested, if we may judge by the 

 returns from ' Z.' This rotation and rotation ' Z ' were introduced into the list in order 

 to gain some idea as to the difference in returns probable from land pastured and land 

 from which all the crops are harvested. It was expected that the corn crop after the 

 pasture would in a measure make up for the difference in favour of the no-pasture rota- 

 tion ' Z,' but the returns are on the whole a good deal short of those from ' X.' 



Corn follows the pasture. Manure is applied during the fall and winter and 

 turned under with the growth of clover and grass in the spring. 



Crops were all good on this rotation in 1910. 



