148 DOMINION EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



In 1912.— Group 1. Wheat. 

 Group 2. Oats. 

 Group 3. Treated. 



In 1913.— Group 1. Oats. 



Group 2. Treated. 

 Group 3. Wheat. 



Experiment No. 9. 



SEED BED PREPARATION. 



1. — Poor preparation. 



2. — Good preparation. 



3. — Extraordinary preparation. 



To carry on this experiment, three groups of three plots 

 each will be required, or nine plots in all. 



1911 Group — 1. Summer-fallow. 



2. Wheat. 



3. Oats. 



1912 Group- 1. Wheat. 



2. Oats. 



3. Summer-fallow. 



1913 Group— 1. Oats. 



2. Summer-fallow. 



3. Wheat. 



What constitutes ''poor," ''good," or "extraordinary" 

 preparation of the seed bed cannot, of course, be described or 

 outlined, hence the judgment of the experimenter will have to 

 be exercised and such preparation given the plot in question 

 as he deems will come nearest being described by the word 

 used, "poor," "good," or "extraordinary." 



In the summer-fallow year, all plots are to be treated alike. 

 The treatment when seeding on summer-fallow land the next 

 spring must, however, be such as to merit the descriptive words. 



Manure 6 tons per acre on first year stubble. 



