DIVISION OF FIELD HUSBANDRY 21 1 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



JRotation ' 0! 



First year. — Hoed crops, or peas and oats mixed, cut early, and land disced and 

 cultivated in fall. 



Second year. — Wheat. 



Third year. — Oats. 



Fourth year. — Summer-fallow. 



Fifth year. — Barley. Seeded down with 3 pounds timothy, 2 pounds alsike and 

 6 pounds alfalfa per acre. 



Sixth year. — Hay. Manured in fall 6 tons per acre. 



Seventh year. — Pasture. Portion intended for roots the following year to b 

 ploughed early July. 



The following values have been fixed: 



Return Values. 



Wheat (from the machine) per lb. 



Bailey " " " 



Oats " " " 



Peas " " " 



Flax " " " 



Timothy hay per ton. 



Red Clover hay 



Alfalfa hay 



Brome Grass hay 



Western Eye Grass hay 



Mixed hay 



Green hay 



Oat straw " 



Barley straw 



Wheat straw 



Pea straw 



Flax straw 



Dry corn stalks 



Corn ensilage ; 



Mangels and turnips " 



Sugar beets 



Pasture, each horse per month 



" cow 



" sheep 



Cost Values. 



Rent per acre. $2 00 



Barnyard manure spread on fields (charged equally over all years of the 



rotation) per ton. 1 00 



Reed wheat per acre. 1 50 



S-ed oats " 100 



Seed barley " 1 00 



All other Needs to be 'barged at actual cost. Cost of grass 

 peed to be charged equally on the years producing grass. 

 Twine charged at actual cost. 



Machinery " 60 



Manual labour per hour. 19 



llor labour (including teamster) — 



Single horse 27 



Two-horse team 34 



Three-horse team 41 



Four-horse team 48 



Additional horses each hour. 7 



(Work done by ti action engine is to be converted into the amount 

 of horse labour required to do the work and charged 

 accordingly.) 



Threshhi£ (covering work from stook to granary) — 



Wheat per bush, 7 



Oats " 4 



Barley " 5 



Flax " 12 



Peas " 7 



16— 14£ 



