DIVISION OF FIELD HUSBANDRY 143 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Rotation ' G ' (six years' duration). 



First year. — 'Wheat. 

 Second year.— Wheat. 



Third year. — Oats and barley. Seeded with crass and clover. 



Fourth year. — Clover hay. 



Fifth year. — Pasture. 



Sixth year. — Corn or roots. Manured preceding fall. 



This is a mixed-farming rotation which provides for one-third of the farm in 

 wheat and, in addition, gives a good area to different kinds of feed for live stock, 

 including pasture. The latter necessitates the building of divisional fences between 

 the fields. 



The wheat of the first year is sown among the stubble of the corn of the sixth 

 year, without ploughing. The trash from the corn is raked off and burned, and the 

 land harrowed. After the first crop of wheat is harvested the land is fall ploughed for 

 a second crop. After the second crop, it is again fall ploughed. The third crop is oats 

 or barley, and with it is sown a mixture of 5 pounds of timothy and 8 pounds of red 

 clover, per acre. The fourth year, there is a crop of hay, mostly clover. As soon as it 

 is removed, the aftermath is used for pasture. The fifth year is pasture, up till about 

 the middle of July or first of August, when the aftermath of the hay field is ready to 

 carry the stock. The pasture is then manured, and ploughed under. There having 

 been only two years of grass, the sod is not very hard to plough, and does not need to be 

 backset. The sixth year is corn or roots. These are thoroughly cultivated, so that the 

 land is left as clean as a good summer-fallow, and is ready for wheat again, without 

 ploughing. 



The land used for rotation ' G ' is a heavy clay loam. This rotation was the first 

 started on the Farm, and has been in full operation several years. 



The amount of hand labour expended on the corn this year was exceptional, and 

 is due to a set of circumstances, including poor seed, late spring, dry June, and very 

 wet July, which made extra efforts necessary if the field were to be kept clean. 



Rotation ' H ' (six years' duration). 



First year. — Wheat. 



Second year. — Wheat. 



Third year. — Summerrfallow. 



Fourth year. — Oats. Seeded with grass and clover. 



Fifth year. — Hay. 



Sixth year. — Pasture. Manured. 



This is a mixed-farming rotation, suitable for those who do not wish to grow corn 

 or roots on a large scale. It gives one-third of the land to wheat, and one-sixth each* 

 to oats, hay and pasture. It requires divisional fences on account of the pasture. 



The rotation is located on heavy clay land. A change has been made in the nature 

 of this rotation, and this year, 1912, is the first year of the present order of crops. 

 The land on which it is located is rather badly infested with couch grass. An effort is 

 being made to put it in good shape. However, at the present time, it is not fair to 

 the rotation to publish # comparison of results, obtained here, as contrasted with 

 results obtained on land in good condition. 



