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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 

 TURNIPS. 



Name of Variety. 



Skirvings Champion, 1st sowing 



Skirvings Champion, 2nd sowing 



Elephant, 1st sowing 



Elephant, 2nd sowing 



Rennie's Prize Purple Top, 1st sowing 



Rennie's Prize Purple Top, 2nd sowing. . . 



East Lothian Purple Top, 1st sowing 



East Lothian Purple Top, 2nd sowing 



Marquis of Lome, 1st sowing 



Marquis of Lome, 2nd sowing 



Carter's Elephant, 1st sowing 



Carter's Elephant, 2nd sowing 



Jumbo, 1st sowing 



Jumbo, 2nd sowing 



Westbury Improved, 1st sowing 



Westbury Improved, 2nd sowing 



Selected Purple Top, 1st sowing 



Selected Purple Top, 2nd sowing 



Skirvings, 1st sowing 



Skirvings, 2nd sowing 



Bloomsdale Swede, 1st sowing. 



Bloomsdale Swede, 2nd sowing 



Landreth's Southern Snow, Globe turnips, 



1st sowing 



Landreth's Southern Snow, Globe turnips, 



2nd sowing 



Sown. 



May 17. 



" 31. 



" 17. 



" 31. 



" 17. 



" 31. 



" 17. 



" 31. 



" 18. 

 June 1 . 

 May 18. 

 •Tunc 1. 

 May 18. 

 June 1 . 

 May 18. 

 June 1. 

 May 18. 

 June 1, 

 May 18. 

 June 1. 

 May 18. 

 June 1. 



May IS. 



June 1. 



Up. 



May 27. 



June 4. 



May 27. 



June 4. 



May 27. 



June 5 . 



May 27. 



J une 4 . 



May 28. 



June 7. 



May 28, 



June G. 



May 27. 



June 6 . 



May 26. 



June 6 . 



May 26. 



June 6. 



May 28. 



June 7. 



May 29. 



June 6. 



May 28. 



June 5 . 



Harvested 



Nov. 



13. 

 13. 

 13. 

 13. 

 13. 

 13. 

 13. 

 13. 

 13. 

 13. 

 13. 

 13. 

 13. 

 13. 

 13. 

 13. 

 13. 

 13. 

 14. 

 14. 

 14. 

 14. 



14. 



14. 



Yield per 

 Acre. 



Tons. Lbs. 



20 

 18 

 21 

 23 

 20 

 24 

 23 

 23 

 21 

 27 

 25 

 25 

 33 

 24 

 23 

 21 

 27 

 23 

 16 

 10 

 14 

 9 



1,184 



1,620 



1,560 



992 



40 



136 



1,608 



992 



1,560 



1,704 



1,920 



1,744 



12 



488 



728 



272 



800 



784 



208 



1,384 



1,920 



40 



8 1,424 



8 SOS 



Yield per 

 Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



693 

 627 

 726 

 783 

 667 

 802 

 793 

 783 

 726 

 928 

 865 

 862 

 1,101 

 808 

 778 

 704 

 913 

 779 

 53l i 

 350 

 4S2 

 300 



290 



2S0 



40 

 00 

 00 

 12 

 20 

 16 

 28 

 12 

 00 

 24 

 20 

 24 

 42 

 08 

 48 

 32 

 20 

 44 

 48 

 24 

 00 

 40 



24 



8 



This last named variety is a white turnip only fit for fall feeding. 



Mangels. 



The soil for these tests had been dressed with barnyard manured the previous 

 autumn, and was well prepared, but the yields are small on account of the high water 

 in June, which injured some plots much more than others. 



Eight A ? arieties of mangels were tested. Two sowings of each variety were made, 

 one April 22nd and the other two weeks later, they were sown 30 inches apart, and 

 thinned to 6 inches in the row. 



Name of Variety. 



Sown. 



Rennie's Mammoth Long Red, 1st \ pril 20 . . 



2nd May 4.. 



Evan's Mammoth Long Red, 1st I April 20. . 



2nd iMay 4.. 



Rennie's Golden Tankard, 1st April 20. . 



2nd May 4.. 



Mammoth Long Red Gatepost, 1st April 20. . 



2nd May 4.. 



Pearce's Canada Giant, 1st April 20.. 



2nd May 4.. 



Improved Prize Long Red, 1st April 20. 



2nd . 



Carter's Warden Orange Globe, 1st. 



2nd. 



Giant Yellow Intermediate 1st 



2nd 



May 4.. 

 April 20.. 

 May 4 . 

 April 20.. 

 May 4.. 



Up. 



May 



2. 

 16. 



5 

 18. 



5. 

 18. 



7. 

 19. 



6. 

 18. 



I . 



18. 

 3. 



17. 



7. 

 21. 



0J 



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Nov. 14. 

 14. 

 14. 

 14. 

 14. 

 14. 

 14. 

 14. 

 14. 

 14. 

 14. 

 14. 

 14. 

 14. 

 14. 

 14. 



Weight 

 per Acre. 



Bush. lbs. 



381 20 



189 . . 



714 20 



816 28 



689 20 



586 40 



633 .. 



352 . . 



555 52 



560 40 



610 8 



660 .. 



491 20 



473 44 



922 32 



604 16 



