. A guide to the experimental farms and stations ... 72 DOMINION EXPERIMENTAL FARMS ROTATION d, commenced 1912. 1st year.—Hoed crop. 2nd year.—Grain seeded down. 3rd year.—Clover hay. 4th year.—Grain seeded to clover. ROTATION d, commenced 1912. 1st year.—Hoed crop. 2nd year.—Grain seeded down. 3rd year.—Hay. AREAS INDICATED BY DOTTED LINES. Area No. 1.—Johnson property. Will be part of farm in1917. Area No. 2.—Beer lot; to be conveyed in 1912. DOMINION EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 73. EXPEniMEHTAL 5TATIDt1KEMTUILLE, 74 DOMINION EXPERIMENTAL FARMS EXPERIMENTAL FARM FOR NOVA SCOTIA NAPPAN, The E
. A guide to the experimental farms and stations ... 72 DOMINION EXPERIMENTAL FARMS ROTATION d, commenced 1912. 1st year.—Hoed crop. 2nd year.—Grain seeded down. 3rd year.—Clover hay. 4th year.—Grain seeded to clover. ROTATION d, commenced 1912. 1st year.—Hoed crop. 2nd year.—Grain seeded down. 3rd year.—Hay. AREAS INDICATED BY DOTTED LINES. Area No. 1.—Johnson property. Will be part of farm in1917. Area No. 2.—Beer lot; to be conveyed in 1912. DOMINION EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 73. EXPEniMEHTAL 5TATIDt1KEMTUILLE, 74 DOMINION EXPERIMENTAL FARMS EXPERIMENTAL FARM FOR NOVA SCOTIA NAPPAN, The Experimental Farm for Nova Scotia, formerly calledthe Experimental Farm for the Maritime Provinces, is situatedat Nappan, in the County of Cumberland, Nova Scotia, abouteight miles from the border of New Brunswick. It is on the lineof the Intercolonial Railway, one half mile from Nappan Stationand five miles from the town of Amherst. The farm contains, in all, about three hundred acres, someforty-five of which is dyke or marsh land, formed by the overflowof the tides from the Bay of Fundy depositing a sediment whichmakes quite valuable soil for the growth of hay in particular,when dyked in as has been done on the Experimental upland, 120 acres of which is under cultivation, consists ofa great variety of soils; most of this is in a fairly good stateof fertihty at present. The remainder of the farm area is inwoods and rough, uncultivated land. The soil of the fa
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