DIVISION OF FIELD HUSBANDRY 

 SESSIONAL PAP^R No. 16 



UNDERDRAIXAGE. 



Ux'draixed Land versus Land Drained three feet and four feet deep. 



173 



Treatment Given. 



No drainage. 



1 



2 



3 Drained 3 feet deep. 



4~ 



5 



6 



No drainage. 



Drained 4 feet deep. 

 No drainage 



Date Date of 



of 

 Sowing 



April. 



11 

 11 

 11 

 11 

 11 

 11 

 11 

 11 

 11 



Coining 

 Up. 



May. 



14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 



Date of 

 Head- 

 ing. 



July. 



6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 



Date of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



Aug. 



10 

 19 

 19 

 19 

 19 

 19 

 19 

 19 

 19 



Days 



to 



Mature , 



130 

 130 

 130 

 130 

 130 

 130 

 130 

 130 

 130 



Yield of Wheat 

 per Acre, 1912. 



Grain. Straw 



Lb. 



1.8G0 

 1,820 

 2,860 

 2,820 

 2,780 

 2,460 

 2,260 

 1,940 

 1,820 



Lb. 



3,180 

 1,100 

 2.740 

 3,900 

 1,740 

 2,820 

 2,540 

 2,260 

 1,220 



FIELD CROP YIELDS. 



SPRING WHEAT. 



Yields of Spring Wheat following Different Crops. 



Average yield per acre: 35 bushels 17 pounds. 



