. [Report of the commissioners] [microform] : appendices C to S inclusive containing evidence taken by the commissioners, special reports, etc. in vols III, IV and V. Agriculture; Horses; Meteorology; Agriculture; Chevaux; Météorologie. 12 MUSKUKA AND PARRY SOUND tliP oasn ill wliich I followcil that rotation I would 1 lavo had or 30 liiishols of wlioat to tlu^ aero, only Miat. it was lnokrn down l)y a tliiind(>r storm. I tlion cross plongli th« land and put in a crop of potatoes. I have been able to grow all the ;oK woU—in soiiio casM taking seven or eight crops off
. [Report of the commissioners] [microform] : appendices C to S inclusive containing evidence taken by the commissioners, special reports, etc. in vols III, IV and V. Agriculture; Horses; Meteorology; Agriculture; Chevaux; Météorologie. 12 MUSKUKA AND PARRY SOUND tliP oasn ill wliich I followcil that rotation I would 1 lavo had or 30 liiishols of wlioat to tlu^ aero, only Miat. it was lnokrn down l)y a tliiind(>r storm. I tlion cross plongli th« land and put in a crop of potatoes. I have been able to grow all the ;oK woU—in soiiio casM taking seven or eight crops off the land successively of timothy and red elover. The clover is good yet. Aliout one ton per acre is the average yield of hav. I helieve that sheep fanning is the most jirolitable here, and I intend going into it. Peiis yield aiiont 30 bushels to the acre, oats about AO, potatoes 150 to 300. Tli(> grasshoppers hav(( eaten up all my turnips "or three or four years back, but this year I have put them in pretty eai'ly, and they arc doing well. Crab apples do well with me, and I have a young orchard of apple trees of dill'erent varieties, which give promise of good succef-s. I grew a few tobacco plants, and they were not injured by the frost. There is abimdMnic of living water in the district, and lu every respect I believe the country is well adapted to stoek raising on a large scale. 7') .\fr. Stock.—The grasshoppers liavo been a yearly plague for the last few years, but tins year they were not so bad. I'o Ml- Dijmoml.—I fanned in the county of Perth before coming here, and am fa miliar wiih the Canadian system of farming. 1 would like to follow a • cation of crops, but I lie newness of the ,ti d the season inierferod with systematic farmiii"'. Fi'ost does not iii|m'e my crops any'noro than those who were close to the lake, perhaps because I eiilti\a(e my land well. I believe if we could use lime and s;ilt ui)on the land they Would niatcriuily improv
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