200 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4 GEORGE V., A. 1914 

 The following is a summary of the above tables: — 



Costs, Values of Products and Profits of Rotations ' A,' ' V,' ' B,' ' C,' ' M," S ' and ' T.' 



Rotation. 



1 A ' wheat continuously. 

 ; V ' Alfalta continuously 

 1 B ' two years' duration . . 

 1 C ' three years' duration 

 ' M ' six years' duration. 

 'S' nine years' duration. 

 ' T ' ten years' duration. . 



Total Cost 



per 



Acre. 



$ cts. 



Total Value 



per 



Acre. 



9 

 12 

 7 

 6 

 9 



'.)4 

 69 

 95 



1)7 

 31 

 9 43 

 9 91 



$ cts. 



17 32 

 74 92 

 11 26 

 13 97 

 13 56 

 11 61 

 30 03 



Net Profit 



per 



Acre. 



$ Ct8. 



7 38 



62 23 



3 31 



00 

 25 

 18 



20 09 



CULTURAL EXPERIMENTS. 



A comprehensive set of experiments in soil cultivation has been undertaken, but 

 we do not feel it advisable to publish the results of the work this year, as it was more 

 or less of a preparatory nature. 



The lines of investigation along which we are working are as follows : — 



Experiment 



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1 — Prairie breaking. 



2A — Depth of ploughing wheat stubble to be sown to oats. 



2B — Depth of ploughing summer-fallow to be sown to wheat followed 



by oats. 

 2C — Depth of ploughing sod to be sown to wheat, followed by oats. 



3 — Summer-fallow treatment previous to sowing wheat. 

 4A — Treatment of wheat stubble to be sown to wheat. 

 4B — Treatment of wheat stubble to be sown to oats. 

 5 — Seeding to grass and clover. 



6 — Breaking sod from cultivated grasses and clovers. 

 7A — Applying barnyard manure for corn or roots. 

 7B — Applying barnyard manure for wheat. 

 YC — Applying barnyard manure for barley. 

 7D — Applying barnyard manure for oats. 

 8 — Green manuring. 

 9 — Seed-bed preparation. 

 10A — Soil packing for wheat sown on summer-fallow. 

 10B — Soil packing for wheat sown on spring-ploughed wheat stubble. 

 10C — Soil packing for wheat sown on fall-ploughed wheat stubble. 

 11 — Depth of seeding. 

 12 — Commercial fertilizers. 

 13 — Underdraining. 



