REPORT OF MR. AXGUS MAC KAY 407 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



SOIL PACKING TEST WITH OATS. 



Two plots of Banner oats were used, one plot was packed once, and the other plot 

 was not packed. The land had been fallowed, and no cultivation done in the spring, 

 before or after seeding. 



1st plot, packed 



2ud plot, not packed. 



Sown. 



April 19 

 „ 19 



Ripe. 



15 

 17 



Yield. 



Bush. Lbs. 



88 

 81 



17 



21 



SOIL PACKING TEST WITH PEAS. 



One acre of Golden Vine peas was packed with the subsurface packer once, as 

 the crop was coming up. The acre was also harrowed with the ordinary iron harrow 

 before the packing was done. 



One acre was not packed, but was harrowed as the peas came above ground, result- 

 ing in the unpacked acre giving 1 bushel 32 lbs. more than the one that was packed. _ 



CROP ROTATIONS. 



Last spring a field of 49£ acres was laid out in nine fields of 5£ acres ea^h, 

 and the following rotations started: — 



FIRST SERIES. 



Field No. 1, summer-fallow. No. 2, hoed crop and legume, manure 15 tons per 

 acre. No. 3, wheat. No. 4, oats. No. 5, fallow. No. 6, wheat. No. 7, oats, seeded 

 with Rye grass and alfalfa. No. 8, hay. No. 9, pasture. 



SECOND SERIES. 



This spring the second series of rotation tests will be commenced in a field of 48 

 acres laid out in eight fields of 6 acres each. 



The field was in pasture when broken up last year. 



Order of Rotation. 



Field No. 1, summer-fallow. No. 2, wheat. No. 3, wheat. No. 4, fallow. No. 5, 

 roots or legume, 15 tons of manure to the acre. No. 6, barley seeded to Rye grass, Red 

 clover and alfalfa. No. 7, hay. No. 8, pasture. 



THIRD SERIES. * 



A field of 42 acres will be prepared, laid out in six equal divisions, and prepared 

 for the following rotations : — 



Field No. 1, summer-fallow. No. 2, wheat. No. 3, wheat,. No. 4, oats, seeded 

 with Rye grass, Red clover and alfalfa. No. 5, hay. No. 6, pasture. 



