M EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



^harrowed twice with the smoothing harrow before sowing. The plots were all sown on 

 5*^h May, two plots with each sort of grain, one of these in each case with Mammoth 

 lied clover in the proportion of 10 pounds per acre, the other without clover. The 

 wheat at the rate of 1| bushel barley 6-rowed, 1| bushel barley 2-rowed, 2 bushels 

 and oats 2 bushels per acre. The wheat ripened 9th August, 6-rowed barley July 

 26th, 2-rowed barley 2nd August and the oats 9th August. 

 The following gives particulars of the crop : — 



Bushels. Pounds. 

 No, 1 — Preston wheat with 10 pounds clover per acre. . 16 30 



No. 2 — " without clover 19 00 



No. 3 — Odessa barley, 6-rowed, with clover. 42 24 



No. 4— " " without clover 37 34 



No. 5 — Bolton barley, 2-rowed, with clover 37 4 



No. 6— " " without clover 35 00 



No. 7 — Banner oats, with clover 57 32 



No. 8 — " without clover 61 6 



It is proposed to sow the whole area next year with one sort of grain and ascertain 

 the yield from each of these plots. 



EXPERIMENTS TO GAIN INFORMATION AS TO THE YALUE OF 

 ROLLING AND HARROWING LAND SOWN WITH CLOVER, 

 ALSO WITH DIFFERENT QUANTITIES OF CLOVER SEED PER 

 ACRE. 



The first four plots of -^th acre each were sown on the 6th May with Banner oats, 

 2 bushels to the acre — 10 pounds per acre of Mammoth Red clover was sown in each 

 case with the grain. Notes were taken regarding the clover at the time of the cutting 

 of the grain, 26th July, and again at the close of the season on the 27th October. 



Plot I. Not rolled or harrowed after sowing. Clover seed sown with grain, with 

 attachment behind seed drill. Rain occurred four days after sowing, which afforded 

 favourable conditions for the germinatipn of the seed. 26th July, clover thick and even, 

 some plants about 10 inches high. 27th October, growth strona^ and even, from 10 to 

 14 inches high, forming a thick mat for ploughing under; no bloom; yield of oats per 

 acre, 55 bushels 10 pounds. 



No. 2. Harrowed only after sowing, not rolled. 26th July, clover thin and uneven, 



6 to 7 inches high. 27th October, growth strong and even, 10 to 14 inches high, 

 forming a fine mat for ploughing under; yield of oats per acre, 56 bushels 6 pounds. 



No. 3. Harrowed and rolled after sowing. 26th July, growth medium and even, 



7 to 8 inches high. 27th October, growth strong and even; height, 10 to 14 inches, 

 forming a dense mat of foliage for ploughing under ; yield of oats, 50 bushels 20 pounds, 

 per acre. 



No. 4. Rolled only after sowing, not harrowed. 26th July, growth medium and 

 even, 7 to 9 inches high. 27th October, growth very strong and even; height, 10 to 14 

 inches, forming a very dense mat of foliage for ploughing under ; yield of oats per acre, 

 54 bushels 4 pounds. 



Plots 5 to 19 were sown with Odessa barley, using different quantities of clover 

 seed per acre, and on three plots left as check plots no clover seed was used. The soil was 

 a sandy loam of fair quality, which received about 12 tons of barn-yard manure per acre 

 in the fall of 1896, after which the land was ploughed about 8 inches deep. In the 

 spring it was disc-harrowed once and harrowed twice with the smoothing harrow before 

 sowing. 



Plot 5. Sown 6th May with Odessa barley, 1| bushel per acre ; grain sown with 

 drill ; 4 pounds Mammoth Red clover per acre sown by hand. 26th July, growth thin 

 and even, 5 to 6 inches high. 27th October, growth fairly strong and even, but too 

 thin either for meadow or for ploughing under ; no bloom ; yield per acre of barley, 38 

 bushels 46 pounds. 



