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FIELD CROPS OP MANGELS. 



Mammoth Long Red or Gatepost. One acre of this variety was sown on heavy 

 sandy loam, the previous crop was mixed grain. The land was ploughed in the autumn 

 of 1893, and gang-ploughed and harrowed with the smoothing harrow in the sprint of 

 1894. On these plots, 150 lbs. of Royal Canadian Fertilizer were used per acre applied 

 on top of drills. The seed was sown in drills 2£ feet apart on May 3rd ; came up May 

 13th ; pulled October 17th. Yield 21 tons 150 lbs. 



A second acre of the same variety was sown on land adjoining, of the same charac- 

 ter, which was prepared and fertilized in the same way as that last mentioned. The 

 seed was sown May 3rd ; came up May 13th, and the mangels were pulled October 

 16th. Yield 21 tons 1,248 lbs. 



A third acre also of Mammoth Long Red was sown on light sandy loam, the pre- 

 vious crop was wheat. The land received the same treatment as the last two plots 

 referred to. The seed was sown May 9th ; came up May 19th, and the roots were 

 pulled October 12th. Yield 15 tons 1,905 lbs. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH CARROTS. 



Fifteen varieties of these roots were sown, on adjoining plots in rows eighteen 

 inches apart. The soil was a light sandy loam, and the previous crop was oats. The 

 land received a dressing this spring of Royal Canadian Fertilizer, applied on the top of 

 the drills, at the rate of 150 lbs. per acre. 



Two plots of each sort were sown, the first on April 27th, the second on May 11th, 

 and the roots on both were pulled on October 12th. The yield in each case has been 

 calculated from the product of two rows each 90 feet long. With these plots also, all 

 those earlier sown gave a much larger yield than those sown later. 



CARROTS TEST OF VARIETIES. 



FIELD CROPS OF CARROTS. 



1 acre. Soil, light sandy loam ; previous crop was wheat ; ploughed in autumn of 

 1893; gang-ploughed and harrowed in spring of 1894; drills 2 feet apart; dressed 

 with Royal Canadian Fertilizer, 200 lbs. to the acre, applied on the crest of the drills 

 immediately after sowing. Variety, Improved Short White ; sown April 27th ; came 

 up May 10th; pulled October 15th; yield per acre, 24 tons 1,9(50. 

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