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Succulent forage might be either ensilage or roots. In most 

 parts of Canada, Indian corn is the most suitable crop for ensilage, 

 but clover, alfalfa and a variety of other crops give good results. 

 Where roots can be grown to better advantage than corn, turnips, 

 mangels, or sugar beets may be used, mangels and sugar beets being 

 the sorts likely to give best results* 



ROTATIONS SUITABLE FOR DAIRY FARMING IN EASTERN PROVINCES AND 

 BRITISH COLUMBIA. 



Rotations. To produce these feeds in right proportion and at 

 the same time maintain or increase the fertility of the soil, a short 

 rotation is necessary. In Ontario, Quebec, the Maritime Provinces, 

 and British Columbia, rotations of three and four years will be 

 found best. 



A good three-year rotation is as follows: 



1st year. Corn, roots, potatoes or peas. Spring ploughed for 

 corn, summer ploughed if for roots, manured in either case. 



2nd year. Cereals seeded down. 6 Ibs. red clover, 2 Ibs. alsike, 

 7 Ibs. alfalfa, 6 Ibs. timothy per acre. 



3rd year. Hay or part hay and part pasture, followed by corn, 

 etc., the next year. 



A good four-year rotation is as follows: 



1st year. Corn, roots, potatoes or peas. Land plo-ughed for 

 roots, potatoes or peas early preceding fall. Corn land ploughed 

 spring. Corn, root, and potato land manured. 



2nd year. Grain, mixture, peas 1 bus., barley 1 bus., oats, Q bus., 

 sown at rate of 3 bus. per acre. Seeded down with red clover, 6 Ibs., 

 alsike, 2. Ibs., alfalfa, 7 or 8 Ibs., and timothy, 6 Ibs. per acre. 



3rd year. Part pasture, part hay or hay cut early and pasture 

 part of aftermath. Cut two crops hay off part of area. 



4th year. Hay and pasture. Part intended for roots, potatoes 

 or peas to be ploughed early in August, rolled, disced and cultivated. 

 Corn area ploughed next spring. Manure applied as convenient 

 during summer, winter and spring preparatory to corn and other 

 hoed crop. 



Where practically the whole farm consists of arable land under 

 cultivation it will be found much more profitable to soil or feed 

 cattle during summer, in part at least, rather than depend upon 

 pasture exclusively. 



