DIVISION OF FIELD HUSBANDRY 193 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



BARLEY (IRRIGATED). 



The following fields of barley were grown in 1912 : — 



Variety. 



Swedish Chevalier 



Mansfield 



Odessa 



Claude 



O. A. C. No. 21. . . 

 Swedish Chevalier. 

 Clifford 



Area. 



Acres. 



•0S7 



•4o 



•29 



•65 



•037 



•22 



•4 



Condition 

 of land, 1911. 



In peas 



J n peas 



In peas. .... 



In peas 



In alfalfa 



Hoed crops 



Summer-fallow. 



Date 



irrigated. 



June 11... 

 11... 

 11... 

 11... 

 5... 

 8... 

 11... 



Yield 

 per acre. 



Bush. Lb. 



57 

 37 



50 

 55 

 49 

 99 

 88 



16 

 28 

 2 

 20 

 26 

 34 

 31 



PEAS (IRRIGATED). 



The following field lots of peas were grown in 1912 : — 



EXPERIMENTS ON NON-IRRIGATED LAND. 



ROTATIONS. 



In the tables below are given the results obtained in the various rotations on the 

 non-irrigated land. Some heavy yields are recorded, notably the turnips on rotation 

 : T.' They produced 25 tons per acre, and gave a net profit of $36.43. 



In computing the results given, fixed valuations for the items debited and credited 

 to the rotations were adopted. 



The following values have been fixed : — 



Return Values. 



Whea (from the machine) per lb 



Bailey " '* 



Oats " " 



Peas " '* 



Flax " '* 



Timothy hay per ton 



Red Clover hay 



Alfalfa hav 



Brome Grass hay 



Western Rye Grass hay 



Mixed hay 



Green hay 



Oat straw 



Bailey straw 



Wheat straw 



W—13 



