REPORT OF MR. JAMES MURRAY 3C9 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



6th year. — Com and Roots cultivated at intervals throughout the summer to stim- 

 date growth and destroy weeds. 



On a half-section farm, 300 acres cultivated, this rotation would give: 100 acres 

 •vheat, 50 aci'es oats, 50 acres hay, 50 acres pasture, 50 acres corn and roots. 



ROTATION B. 



Six years, wheat, wheat, oats, hay, pasture, peas. An area of 27 acres is devoted to 

 • his rotation. 



1st year. — Wheat, sown on land that was in peas the year previous, prepared by 

 borough surface cultivation, land fall ploughed after harvest. 



2nd year. — Wheat, manure applied in the spring after the crop is sown. Land fall 

 ploughed or spring ploughed. 



3rd year. — Oats, sown with Eye grass 8 lbs. and Red clover 6 lbs. per acre. 



5th year. — Pasture, ploughed during the summer and cultivated at intervals. 



6t£ year. — Peas. 



This rotation would give the same acreage of wheat, oats, hay and pasture as 

 Rotation A, but 50 acres of peas instead of that area of corn and roots. 



ROTATION F. 



Six years. — Flax, wheat, oats, hay, pasture, peas. An area of 27 acres is devoted 

 to this rotation. 



This rotation is the same as Rotation B, except that flax is grown the first year 

 instead of wheat. 



ROTATION C. 



Five years. — Wheat, wheat, corn, oats, clover. An area of 40 acres is devoted to 

 this rotation. 



1st year. — Wheat, sown on land that was in clover the previous year, land ploughed 

 in the fall after harvest. 



2nd year. — Wheat, land manured after harvest and ploughed. 



3rd year. — Com and Roots, sown after the land has been well cultivated a number 

 of times, cultivated at intervals through the summer to stimulate growth and destroy 

 Meeds. 



4th year. — Oats, sown on corn stubble after it has been well harrowed. Red 

 clover 8 lbs. and Timothy 3 lbs. and Rye grass 4 lbs. sown with the oats. 



5th year. — Hay, ploughed as soon as possible after haying and worked at intervals 

 during summer and fall in preparation for wheat. 



In a half section farm, 300 acres of which was cultivated, this rotation would give 

 120 acres of wheat, 60 acres oats, 60 acres hay, 60 acres corn and roots. 



This rotation would only be suitable for a farm which had other land available 

 for pasture. If thought advisable part of the land the third year could be in peas. 



ROTATION L. 



five years. — Oats, oats, barley, hay, hay. An area of 15 acres is devoted to tin's 

 rotation. 



This rotation is arranged for land that on account of water lying on it in the 

 spring cannot be sown in wheat. It might also be suited to districts where wheat 

 cannot be grown satisfactorily. The mixture for the hay in this rotation is Timothy 

 4 lbs., Al'sibe 3 lbs., Red clover 3 lbs. per acre. 



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