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out tillage operations. No great expense would be 

 necessary to conduct such an investigation. All that 

 is required is the keeping of a dairy by a few farmers 

 in each district, indicating the number of days on each 

 farm on which wet soil conditions caused tillage 

 operations to be suspended. 



CLASS I. ROTATIONS 

 A TILLAGE DAIRY FARM ROTATION 



The following may be described as a purely tillage 



dairy farm rotation, suitable for a small type of dairy 



farm where it is assumed that litter, either straw or 



peat moss, can be purchased: — 



1st Year. — Winter tares for sectional grazing or 



soiling. 

 2nd Year. — Winter tares made into hay, followed 



by winter greens. 

 3rd Year. — Potatoes and roots. 

 4th Year. — Winter tares for hay, with which 



" seeds " are sown. 

 5th Year. — " Seeds " used for soiling. 



Under such conditions where the purchase of litter 

 is not possible, the rotation can be modified so as to 

 have a crop of corn, either in the first or in the fourth 

 year of the rotation, or better still the rotation can be 

 extended over a six year's course, the winter tares in 

 the fourth year being cut twice for soiling, hay making 

 or ensilage, and in late September or October, a crop 

 of corn, winter oats, or winter barley sown, with 

 which " seeds " can be put down in the following 

 spring. The method of sectional grazing and soiling 

 has already been dealt with. Where tares are sown 



