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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



J acre. Soil, 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. per acre, applied on the crest of the drills immediately 

 after sowing. Variety, Mammoth White Intermediate ; sown April 27th ; came up 

 May 10th ; pulled October 16th ; yield per acre, 24 tons 840 lbs. 



1 acre. Soil, heavy sandy loam ; previous crop was grain ; ploughed in the autumn 

 of 1893 ; gang-ploughed and harrowed in spring of 1894 ; drills 2 feet apart. Variety, 

 Improved Short White; sown May 1st; came up May 13th ; pulled October 30th; 

 yield 29 tons 1,403 lbs. 



1 acre adjoining the above. Soil and treatment the same. Variety, Mammoth 

 White Intermediate; sown May 1st; came up May 13th; pulled October 25th; 

 yield 27 tons 106 lbs. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH SUGAR-BEETS. 



Six varieties of sugar-beets have been under comparative test, on adjoining plots 

 alongside of the carrot plots, on similar light sandy loam, the treatment of which was 

 the same, both as to preparation and fertilizing. The seed was sown in rows eighteen 

 inches apart, and the yield has been calculated from the product of two rows, each 90 

 feet long. Two sowings of the seed were made : the first, on April 27th, the second, on 

 May 11th, and the crops on both were pulled on October 15th. The ear Her sown plots 

 gave in every instance the larger yield. 



SUGAR BEETS TEST OF VARIETIES. 



Name of "Variety. 



French, very rich 



White Green Top Brabant Improved 



Vilmorin's Improved 



Klein Wanzleben 



French Red Top Improved 



White Improved 



Yield 

 per Acre. 

 1st Plot. 



Tons. Lbs. 



20 

 '20 

 17 

 17 

 16 

 16 



1,624 

 1,059 

 1,816 

 1,171 

 428 

 186 



Yield 

 per Acra 

 1st Plot. 



Bush. 



693 

 6S4 

 596 

 586 

 540 

 536 



Lbs. 



44 

 19 

 56 

 11 

 28 

 26 



Yield 

 per Acre. 

 2nd Plot. 



Tons. Lbs. 



15 

 12 

 13 

 12 

 10 

 12 



8 

 845 

 217 

 523 

 1,215 

 361 



Yield 

 per Acre. 

 2nd Plot. 



Bush. 



500 

 414 

 436 

 408 

 353 

 406 



Lbs. 



8 



5 

 57 

 43 

 35 



1 



EXPERIMENTS WITH POTATOES. 



Fifty-two varieties of potatoes have been grown on adjoining plots with the object 

 of gaining information as to their relative earliness, productiveness and quality. The 

 soil in which they were planted was a sandy loam which was manured in the spring of 

 1893 with a light coating of barnyard manure, at the rate of 10 to 12 tons per acre. 

 The potatoes for planting were cut into pieces with two to three eyes each and planted 

 in rows 2£ feet apart, and 1 foot apart in the rows. They were all planted on May 

 21st and 22nd, and dug on Sept. 18th and 19th, and the yield per acre has been calcu- 

 lated in each case from the weight of tubers obtained from two rows, each 66 feet long. 

 No rot was observed in any of the varieties this season. 



