196 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 
2-3 EDWARD VII, A. 1908 
IDEN ASTON OF DOT aay 1 
FODDER CROPS. 
Fodder crops of all kinds, with the exception of corn, produced heavily during the 
summer of 1902. The excellent condition of summer pastures and the general freedom 
throughout Ontario from insect pests, allowed stock to keep in the best condition without 
trouble. Aftermaths were heavy, and there was some difficulty in saving them. A subject 
which is always of extreme interest to farmers, particularly in those districts where 
there are apt to be summer droughts, is the best mixture of grasses and clovers to sow 
for permanent pastures. A great many experiments have been tried during the last 
fifteen years with all the different kinds of well known grasses in the market. Asa 
result of all this work one special mixture has been found which, upon a medium soil 
both as to fertility and moisture, has produced regularly year after year heavy crops of 
the very first quality of hay or feed. The grasses and clovers which have been included 
in this mixture will succeed well in all parts of the Dominion, and those farmers and 
dairymen who have tried this mixture are so well pleased with the results they have 
obtained, that I again bring it to the notice of stockmen believing that they will find it 
a very satisfactory mixture to grow for two years’ cutting and for two or three years’ 
pasture. This mixture has been known as the Central Experimental Farm Mixture and 
consists of 
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This mixture was sown at the same time as several others mentioned below in the 
spring of 1901 and was mowed once during that summer to destroy the weeds. The 
soil for all of these mixtures, which were sown upon plots of ;}, of an acre each, was 
tolerably even both as to fertility and moisture. Manure had not been applied for three 
years. The soil may be described as a rich sandy loam, but would be improved by under 
draining. The plots were visited by a large number of farmers during the summer, and 
it is gratifying to know that many of the large dairymen in the Ottawa district have 
sown fields with some of the mixtures and expressed themselves as extremely well satis- 
fied with the results they have obtained. The following table gives the crops of the 
different mixtures for 1901 and 1902. These are not exactly in accordance with the records 
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