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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



2 GEORGE V. A A. 1912 

 ROTATION 



ROTATION 



Tl 

 T2 

 T3 

 T4 



S.S. 1 

 S.S. 2 

 S.S. 3 

 S.S. 4. 



10 

 15 



io 



Hay... 



Roots . . 

 Pasture. 

 Pasture. 



Aggregate 



Average per acre in 1910. 

 A verage for G years 



10-12 



Hay.. . 

 Hay.. . . 



Pasture. 

 Roots . 



1 96 

 3 61 

 3 33 

 3 25 



1 19 



1 37 



Rotation ' H.' 



(Hog Farm.) 



This rotation is of three years' duration, and includes soiling crop and pasture in 

 the order named. The land is ploughed late in the fall after it has been manured. It 

 is disced the next spring and the roots sown on ridges. The roots receive the usual 

 cultivation and are of varied character, including mangels, sugar mangels, sugar beds 

 and turnips, devoted to pork production for the most part, the surplus being charged to 

 cattle and the returns invested in meal for pig feeding. 



The soiling crop field is sown with various crops suitable for feeding to pigs. 

 What is over and above the amount possible of consumption by pigs is charged to the 

 cattle at $2 per ton and the returns used to purchase meal for pork production. 



The pasture area is divided into several parts, the seeds being sown, as far as pos- 

 sible, at the same time as the soiling crops the previous year, and not allowed to be 

 eaten too close the first fall, although any good growth is not wasted. 



' H 1.' — This plot was used for pasture. 



' II 2.' — Was under roots (mangels) and a good crop was harvested. 



' II 3.' — From this field a very good crop of peas and oats was harvested, part of 

 which was cut for green feed and part for hay. 



