100 BZ PERIMETVTAL FA RMS 



2 GEORGE V.. A. 1912 



' A.' — This rotation is of four years' duration and includes grain, hay' two years, 

 roots. The grain follows roots, the land being ploughed or cultivated in the fall after 

 the hoed crop is harvested. With the grain is sown 8 lbs. red clover, 2 lbs. alsike and 

 12 lbs timothy per acre. The clover hay is cut twice in the season. In the second 

 hay year, two crops are cut if possible. Then the land is manured at the rate of 15 

 tons, barn-yard manure, per acre, and ploughed in August 5 inches deep, worked at 

 intervals during the autumn and ribbed up in the late fall. The following spring the 

 land is worked into good tilth and sown to roots. 



'B.' — This rotation is of four years' duration and includes grain, hay two years, 

 and roots. The grain follows roots or corn, the land being ploughed or cultivated in 

 the fall after the hoed crop is harvested. With the grain is sown 8 lbs. red clover, 2 lbs. 

 alsike and 12 lbs. timothy per acre. The clover hay is cut twice in the season. In the 

 second hay year, two crops are cut if possible. Then the land is ploughed in August 

 5 inches deep and worked at intervals during the autumn and ribbed up in the biie 

 fall. The following spring the land is worked into good tilth ami 300 lbs. 

 superphosphate, 75 lbs. muriate of potash and 100 lbs. nitrate of soda is applied before 

 1 eing sown to roots or corn. In addition to the above, the land receives a dressing of 

 100 lbs. nitrate of soda per acre each year that the field is in hay or grain. This appli- 

 cation is given in early spring on the grass and just as the grain is coming through, 

 when under grain. 



' C — This rotation is four years' duration and includes grain, hay two years, 

 roots. The grain follows the roots or corn, the land being ploughed or cultivated in 

 the fall after the hoed crop is harvested. With the grain is sown 8 lbs. red clover, 2 lbs. 

 alsike and 12 lbs. timothy per acre. The clover hay is cut twice in the season. In the 

 fecond hay year, two crops are cut if possible; then the land is manured at the rate of 

 7i tons barn-yard manure per acre and ploughed in August 5 inches deep, worked at 

 intervals during the autumn and ribbed up in the late fall. The following spring the 

 !and is worked into good tilth and 150 lbs. superphosphate, 37£ lbs. muriate of potash 

 and 50 lbs. nitrate of soda is applied before being sown to roots. In addition to the 

 above the land receives a dressing of 100 lbs. nitrate of soda per acre each year that 

 the field is' in hay or grain. This application is given in early spring on the grass and 

 just as the grain is coming through, when under grain. 



