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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



Experiments with Fertilizers on Roots ; Plots of Mangels and Turnips ^ acre each. 



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Fertilizers applied each Year. 



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 19 



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Barn-yard manure, well rotted, 20 

 tons per acre 



Barn-yard manure, fresh,20 tons p. ac. 



Unmanured 



Mineral phosphate, untreated, finely 

 ground, 1,000 lbs. per acre 



Mineral phosphate, untreated, finely 

 ground, 1,000 lbs. ; nitrate of soda, 

 250 lbs. ; wood ashes, unleached, 

 1,000 lbs. per acre. ... . ... 



Barn-yard manure, partly rotted and 

 actively fermenting, 12 tons per 

 acre ; mineral phosphate, untreat- 

 ed, finely 'ground, 1,000 lbs. com- 

 posted together, intimately mixed 

 and allowed to heat for several 

 days before using 



Mineral phosphate, untreated, finely 

 ground, 1,000 lbs. ; sulphate of pot- 

 ash, 200 lbs. in 1889 and 1890, (sub- 

 stituted by muriate of potash, 250 

 lbs. in 1891 and subsequent years ;) 

 nitrate of soda, 200 lbs. per acre 



Mineral superphosphate, No. 1, 500 

 lbs. ; sulphate of potash, 200 lbs. 

 in 1889 and 1890, (substituted by 

 muriate of potash, 250 lbs. in 1891 

 and subsequent years ;) nitrate of 

 soda, 200 lbs per acre 



Mineral superphosphate, No. 1, 500 

 lbs. per acre 



Nitrate of soda, 300 lbs. per acre. . . . 



Sulphate of ammonia, 300 lbs. per ac. 



Unmanured 



Bone, finely ground, 500 lbs. ; wood 

 ashes, unleached, 1,000 lbs. per acre 



Wood ashes, unleached, 2, 000 lbs. p. ac. 



Common salt (Sodium chloride) 400 

 lbs. per acre 



Mineral superphosphate, No. 1, 500 

 lbs. ; nitrate of soda, 200 lbs. per ac. 



Mineral superphosphate, No. 1, 500 

 lbs. ; wood ashes, unleached, 1,500 

 lbs. per acre 



Mineral superphosphate, No. 1, 500 

 lbs. ; muriate of potash, 200 lbs.p.ac. 



Double sulphate of pot:tsh and mag- 

 nesia, 300 lbs. per acre in 1889 and 

 1890 ; (muriate of potash, 200 lbs., 

 substituted each year since ;) dried 

 blood, 250 lbs. ; mineral superphos- 

 phate, No. 1, 500 lbs. per acre 



Wood ashes, unleached, 1,500 lbs. ; 

 common salt (Sodium chloride) 300 

 lbs. per acre 



Mineral superphosphate, No. 2, 500 

 1 bs. per acre 



Average Yield 



FOR 



Five Yuabs. 



Mangels, 



Weight 



of Roots. 



Per Acre. 



Tons, lbs, 



21 808 



20 1,508 



9 1,682 



8 1,878 



13 498 



17 504 



10 987 



14 450 



9 1,648 



13 1,945 



9 1,200 



7 864 



10 388 



11 1,824 



11 836 

 13 1,977 



12 910 



13 162 



14 870 



15 117 



16 910 



Turnips, 



Weight 



of Roots. 



Per Acre. 



Tons. lbs. 



11 24 



12 1,068 



7 209 



7 1,160 



218 



10 1,216 



7 1,617 



10 1,290 



7 1,950 



7 1,742 



8 1,500 

 7 462 



7 702 



7 1,342 



7 1,750 



9 1,540 



8 1,335 



9 1,997 



9 857 



9 1,115 

 9 1,397 



6th Season, 1894. 

 Varieties. 



East Half 

 Plot. 



Mangels, 



Mammoth 



Long Red; 



Weight 



of Roots. 



Per Acre. 



Tons. lbs. 



22 1,500 

 20 1,410 

 10 1,320 



10 320 



14 1,420 



West Half 

 Plot. 



Turnips, 



Prize Pur 



pie Top 



Swede ; 



Weight of 



Roots. 



Per Acre. 



20 360 



8 1,350 



18 1,950 



11 470 



16 1,260 



16 860 



10 90 



12 

 12 



190 

 240 



8 1,870 



17 480 



15 1,140 



12 580 



13 520 



14 1,230 

 14 460 



Tons, lbs, 



14 420 



14 100 



6 1,510 



6 1,870 



12 920 



17 350 



13 1,940 



14 1,660 



9 1,020 



10 1,790 

 12 1,710 



6 1,880 



7 1,270 

 6 920 



8 100 

 12 1,150 



11 1,040 

 11 360 



12 640 



11 1,960 

 11 1,440 



Average Yield 



for 



Six Years. 



Mangels, 



Weight 



of Roots. 



Per Acre. 



Tons. lbs. 



21 1,257 



20 1,492 



9 1,955 



9 285 



13 985 



17 1,4S0 



10 381 



15 



33 



10 118 



14 831 



10 1,477 



7 1,752 



10 1,022 



11 1.S93 



11 8 

 14 1,061 



12 1,948 

 12 1.89S 



14 478 



14 1,969 

 16 169 



Turnips, 



Weight 



of Roots. 



Per Acre. 



Tons. lbs. 



11 1,090 



12 1,573 

 7 92 



7 945 



11 1,405 



8 1,671 



11 685 



8 462 



8 750 



9 868 

 7 365 



7 797 



7 1,272 



7 1,808 



10 475 



9 286 



10 391 



9 1,821 



9 1,922 

 10 71 



