DIVISION OF FIELD HUSBANDRY 183 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPERIMENTAL STATION FOR NORTH-WESTERN 

 SASKATCHEWAN, SCOTT, SASK. 



REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, R. E. EVEREST, B.S.A. 



ROTATION OF CROPS. 



Continuous cropping with grain is bound ultimately to exhaust the available 

 store of plant food laid up in a soil, and is likely to favour the growth of many of the 

 obnoxious weeds that are already too apparent in our midst. In order to compare 

 methods of cropping commonly used, and to learn the possibility and advisibility of 

 growing a greater variety of crops, several rotations have been started. We cannot yet, 

 of course, speak advisedly of the merits of these rotations, but we publish them in the 

 belief that their final outcome will be followed with interest by farmers working 

 under conditions Such as obtain here. 



Rotation 'A.' 



Wheat continuously. 



Rotation 'J! 

 First year. — Summer-fallow. 

 Second year. — Wheat. 

 Third year. — Wheat or coarse grain. 



Fourth year. — Oats. Seeded down with rye grass, red clover and alfalfa. 

 Fifth year. — Hay. 

 Sixth year. — Pasture. 



Rotation ' P.' 

 First year. — Summer-fallow. 

 Second year. — V. heat. 

 Third year. — Wheat. 

 Fourth year. — Summer-fallow. 



Fifth year. — Roots or peas. Manured at rate of 15 tons per acre. 

 Sixth year. — Barley. Seeded down with rye grass, red clover and alfalfa. 

 Seventh year. — Hay. 

 Eighth year. — Pasture. 



Rotation ' R.' 

 First year. — Summer-fallow. 



Second year. — Hoed crop or peas. Manured at rate of 15 tons per acre. 

 Third year. — Wheat. 

 Fourth year. — Oats. 

 Fifth year. — Summer-fallow. 

 Sixth year. — Wheat. 



Seventh year. — Oats. Seeded down with rye grass, red clover and alfalfa. 

 Eighth year. — Hay. 

 Ninth year. — Pasture. 



