146 dominion experimental farms 



On Oats. 



D. 1. — ^ Apply in winter green manure (cut straw) on first year 

 stubble. Disc in. 



2. — Apply in winter green manure (cut straw) on summer- 

 fallow, sow oats on summer-fallow. 



3. — Apply with spreader after grain sown on first year 

 stubble. 



4. — Apply with spreader after seeding to oats on summer- 

 fallow. 



5. — No manure. Fall ploughed. First year stubble. 



6. — Apply on surface first year stubble and plough in 

 autumn. 



7. — Apply on surface first year stubble and plough in spring. 



8. — No manure. Disc. First year stubble. 



9. — No manure. Burn stubble. 



Three-year rotation to be followed : — 



1st year. — Summer-fallow. 



2nd year. — Wheat or oats as indicated. 



3rd year. — Oats or barley as indicated; where oats follows 

 summer-fallow, barley should follow oats. 



Manure applied to affect crop of oats. 



Experiment No. 8. ' 



GREEN MANURING. 



1 . — Summer-fallow. 



2. — Peas, two bushels Golden Vine (or other similar variety) 



ploughed under early in July. 

 3. — Peas, two bushels Golden Vine, ploughed under when 



in blossom. 

 4. — Tares, 1 bushel per acre, ploughed under late July. 

 5. — Summer-fallow, barnyard manure, 12 tons per acre, 



applied on summer-fallow in September. 

 6. — Summer-fallow. 



For this work, 3 groups of plots of 6 each, or 18 plots in all, 

 are required. 



In 1911.— -Group 1. Treated. 

 Group 2. Wheat. 

 Group 3. Oats. 



