Identifier: p6ontariosession51ontauoft (find matches)
Title: Ontario Sessional Papers, 1919, No.26-41
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: ONTARIO. LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
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Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: Ontario Council of University Libraries and Member Libraries

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ny twitch was left. A field of eight acres badly infested with twitch grass was pastured untilJuly and then ploughed. Eight acres of the field was summer fallowed and laterseeded with winter rye. Rape was sowed in drills in the remaining four acres andused for sheep pasture three weeks before the breeding season, and for finishingspring lambs for market. The rape was cultivated and just before winter setin the top of each drill was turned flat with a plough to give fro t an opportunityto kill any twitch that might be left. The area seeded with rye will be used forearly spring pasture, then ploughed, cultivated and with the rape land plantedwith corn in hills. A six acre field that had also been left in grass for some time and as a resultwas xery badly infested with twitch grass was ploughed immediately after thecrop of hay was harvested. The double cut-away disk was used to cut up the sodand the spring tooth cultivator and drag harrows were kept busy until frost came TJEPORT OF Xo. 29
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1919 MINISTER OF AGEICULTUEE. 7 and until the field was planted to potatoes June 14th and 15th the following spring.There is no twitch left in this field. Any of these four methods of eradicating this troublesome weed have provensuccessful with our conditions and soil—a sandy loam. Early and thorough culti-vation, being careful to keep all roots at or close to the surface, followed by a cropthat will admit of continued cultivation through the hot and dry season seems allthat is required to banish twitch from the soil. A short rotation of crops shouldkeep it out. The crops grown during the season were very satisfactory and as a resultthe farm was able to distribute, at moderate prices, quantities of registered seedof the best varieties, for the use of farmers in the district. Along with the improvement of the farm has been an effort to assemble anddevelop a creditable equipment in live stock. In order to satisfy as to the standardsl)eing attained in this regard several of the animals

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