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"F" which makes no provision for pasture. Manure is 

 applied for corn as in "F". 



"This rotation has also given good results at Brandon : 

 Its average profit for five years excels that of the straight 

 grain growing rotation by 155 per cent. ; it has been the 

 most profitable rotation tried on the farm. However, 

 seeding down with the third crop of grain would not be 

 successful in all parts of Manitoba and that feature 

 might rule it out in some places. The large proportion 

 of corn would also have to be modified in actual farm 

 practice as in the preceding rotation. 

 157. "Eolations without Corn. 



Rotation "H" : 



1st year Wheat. 



2nd year Wheat. 



3rd year Fallow. 



4th year Oats. 



5th year Hay (clover and grass). 



6th year Pasture ; and 



Rotation "I": 

 1st year Flax. 



2nd year Oats. 



3rd year Fallow. 



4th year Wheat. 



5th year Hay (clover and grass). 



6th year Pasture. 



"These two rotations are very similar in type, the only 

 difference being a change from wheat to flax as the first 

 crop and the interchanging of the wheat and oat crops. 

 They differ from "F" and "G", in that they do not in- 

 clude corn, but keep to the summerfallow as the means 

 of cleaning the land. They include fodder and 

 leguminous crops and are therefore more permanent in 



