138 DOMINION EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



Ploughing on wheat stubble to be sown to oats. — Con. 

 6. — Ploughing five (5) inches deep. 

 7. — Ploughing five (5) inches deep. 

 8. — Ploughing five (5) inches deep. 

 9. — Ploughing five (5) inches deep. 

 10. — Ploughing five (5) inches deep. 



Ploughing for Summer-Fallow : — 



B. 1. — Ploughing three (3) inches deep. 

 2. — Ploughing four (4) inches deep. 

 3. — Ploughing five (5) inches deep. 

 4. — Ploughing six (6) inches deep. 

 5. — Ploughing seven (7) inches deep. 

 6. — Ploughing eight (8) inches deep. 



7. — Ploughing five (5) inches deep, subsoil 4 inches. 



8. — Ploughing six (6) inches deep, subsoil 4 inches. 



9. — Ploughing seven (7) inches deep, subsoil 4 inches. 



10. — Ploughing eight (8) inches deep, subsoil 4 inches. 



On Sod:— 



C. 11. — Ploughing three (3) inches deep sod and stubble. 

 12. — Ploughing four (4) inches deep sod and stubble. 

 13. — Ploughing five (5) inches deep sod and stubble. 



14. — Plouging three (3) inches deep on sod and 6 inches 

 deep fall or spring after wheat. 



On plots 1 to 10 a three-year rotation is to be followed. 

 1st year. — Summer-fallow. 

 2nd year. — Wheat, plough late September. 

 3rd year. — Oats, disc early autumn. 



In this way, plot No. 1 is ploughed 3'' deep as summer 

 fallow and 3" deep as stubble; plot No. 2, 4" deep as summer 

 fallow and 4'' deep as stubble; plot No. 5, 7'' deep as summer 

 fallow and 5'' deep as stubble. In cases of all other plots 

 stubble is ploughed 5" deep. 



On plots 11, 12, 13 and 14, a four-year rotation is to be 

 followed. 



1st year. — Wheat. Ploughed fall or spring same depth as 



when ploughed from sod, except plot 14. 

 2nd year. — Oats. Seeded down rye grass 5 lbs., timothy 



5 lbs., red clover 5 lbs., alfalfa 5 lbs. 

 3rd year. — Hay. 

 4bh year. — Hay. Plough right after hay is cut, cultivate 



rest of season to insure rotting of sod. 



