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Larger plot« were sown on soil similar in character and treatment to that on 

 which the first series of experimental plots were g-i own, with the following results: — 



Bangholm Swede (Carter's). — Size of plot, 300x15 feet; yield per acre, 31 tons 

 338 lbs., or l,03&f| bushels. 



Lord Derby Swede (Carter's). — Size of plot, 300x15 feet ; yield per acre, 27 tons 

 498 lbs., or 908if bushels. 



Skirving's Swede (Carter's). — Size of plot, 400x15 feet ; yield per acre, 25 tons 

 348 lbs., or 839g\ bushels. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH MANGELS. 



Twenty-one varieties of mangels were sown in rows 16 inches apart, and culti- 

 vated by hand with a Planet Junior cultivator. The land was a good sandy loam 

 and well prepared. Part of it was manured in the npring of 1888 and part during 

 the winter of 1890, from 18 to 20 tons of barnyard manure being used to the acre. 



There were two series of plots. The fii st was sown on the 2nd of May and 

 pulled Kith October, and the second was sown 14th May and pulled 23rd October. 

 The yield per acre in the first series w^s calculated from the results from two rows 

 in each case 140 feet long, and in the second from one I'ow 132 feet long. The 

 remarks made under turnips, regarding the estimated yields per acre from small 

 plots, will also apply here. 



First Series. 



Pearce & Co.'s Giant (Pearce) 



Warden Prize Yellow Globe (Carter) 



Yellow Intermediate (Rennie) 



Giant Yellow Intermediate (Steele) 



New Giant Yellow Intermediate (Bruce) 



Chirsk Castle (Buist) 



Giant Half -long Yellow (Rennie) 



Mammoth Red or Norberton Giant (Simmers) 



Giant Yellow Globe (Rennie) 



Mammoth Long Red (Steele) 



Golden Fleshed Tankard (Steele) 



Mammoth Red (Buist) • .... 



Mammoth Long: Red (Evans) 



Mammoth Long Red (Carter) 



Red Tankard (Steele) 



Golden Tankard (Evans) 



Golden Intermediate (Carter) 



Mammoth Long Red (Rennie) 



Golden Fleshed Tankard (Simmers) 



Mammoth Long Red (Bruce) 



Mammoth Long Yellow (Carter) 



Second Se7'ics. 



Golden Fleshed Tankard (Steele) 



Warden Prize YeUow Globe (Carter) 



Giant Yellow Globe (Rennie) 



Mammoth Long Red (Bruce) 



Golden Intermediate (Carter) 



Pearce & Co. "s Giant (Pearce) 



Mammoth Long Red (Carter) 



Mammoth Long Yellow (Carter) 



Red Tankard (Steele) 



Mammoth Long Red (Evans) 



Golden Fleshed Tankard (Sinmiers) 



Mammoth Long Red (Rennie) 



Golden Tankard (Evans) 



Mammoth Red or Norberton Giant (Simmers) 

 Mammoth Long Red (Steele) ' " ' 



Yield per Acre. 



Tons. Lbs. 



53 



51 

 49 

 48 

 47 

 42 

 42 

 41 

 39 

 35 

 34 

 31 

 30 

 29 

 29 

 2S 

 28 

 27 

 27 

 27 

 23 



52 

 46 

 45 

 41 

 39 

 38 

 37 

 31 

 30 

 30 

 29 

 29 

 28 

 26 

 25 



1 



1,366 



i,133 



696 



1,320 



6 



1,905 



1,395 



279 



553 



282 



821 



36 



1,479 



1,586 



1,479 



1,490 



601 



1,889 



1,417 



1,206 



796 



1,584 



998 

 1,105 

 1,699 



408 



626 

 1,735 



370 

 1,256 



477 

 1,920 

 1,474 



669 

 1,900 



175 



Yield per Acre. 



Bush. 



l,789ff 



1,718M 

 1,644M 

 1,622 



1,566M 

 l,431|f 



1,423H 

 1,371^ 

 l,325e 

 l,17ie 

 1,147^ 

 l,033ff 



l,024e 

 991M 



9431^ 



931H 



923iJ 



77056 



1,759M 



1,549M 



1,518|| 



1,394^ 



l,306|f 



1,277^ 



1,262^4 



l,039iHJ 



1,020^ 



1,007^ 



998J{^ 



991U 



944M 



898§S 



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