DIVISION OF FIELD HUSBANDRY 127 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



vals during the autumn and ribbed up in tbe late fall. The following spring the land 

 is worked into good tilth and 300 pounds superphosphate, 75 pounds muriate of potash 

 and 100 pounds nitrate of soda are applied before being sown to roots. In addition 

 to the above, the land receives a dressing of 100 pounds 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. 



Rotation ' Z! 



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 pounds red clover, 2 pounds alsike 

 and 12 pounds timothy per acre. The clover hay is cut twice in the season. After the 

 second year hay, the land is manured at the rate of 7£ tons barnyard 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 150 pounds superphosphate, 37i pounds muriate of potash and 50 pounds 

 nitrate of soda are applied before being sown to roots. In addition to the above the 

 land receives a dressing of 100 pounds 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. 



In the following tables of results, rotation ' 1ST ' is not included, as it had not been 

 under proper rotation long enough to be comparable with the others. 



