REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 



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CARROT PLOTS. 



Carrots have been sown on alternate halves of the oat plots for the past four years, 

 for the purpose of cleaning the land from weeds. This work was begun in 1891, and 

 the plots have been sown each year with the variety known as the Improved Short 

 White. In 1894, carrots occupied the west half of the plots. The seed was sown April 

 24, came up May 7, and the roots were pulled October 18. The crop, this year, is con- 

 siderably below the average of the three preceding years. 



Experiments with Fertilizers on half plots (one-twentieth acre) of Carrots (Improved 

 Short White), after Oats* 



9 

 10 



11 



12 

 13 

 14 



15 



16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 



Fertilizers applied each Year. 



Barn-yard manure, well rotted, 15 tons per acre 



Barn-yard manure, fresh, 15 tons per acre 



Unmanured . . 



Mineral phosphate, untreated, finely ground, 500 lbs. per acre, 

 Mineral phosphate, untreated, finely ground, 500 lbs. ; nitrate 



of soda, 200 lbs. per acre 



Barn-yard manure, partly rotted and actively fermenting, 6 



tons per acre ; mineral phosphate, untreated, finely ground, 



500 lbs. per acre, composted together, intimately mixed, 



and allowed to heat for several days before using 



Mineral phosphate, untreated, finely ground, 500 lbs. ; nitrate 



of soda, 200 lbs. ; wood ashes, unleached, 1,000 lbs., per 



acre 



Mineral phosphate, untreated, finely ground, 500 lbs. ; wood 



ashes, unleached, 1,500 lbs. per acre 



Mineral superphosphate, No. 1, 500 lbs. per acre 



Mineral superphosphate, No. 1, 350 lbs. ; nitrate of soda, 200 



lbs. per acre r . . . 



Mineral superphosphate, No. 1, 350 lbs. ; nitrate of soda, 200 



lbs. ; wood ashes, unleached, 1,500 lbs. per acre. 



Unmanured 



Bone, finely ground, 500 lbs. per acre 



Bone, finely ground, 500 lbs. ; wood ashes, unleached, 1,500" 



lbs. per acre 



Nitrate of soda, 200 lbs. per acre 



Muriate of potash, 150 lbs. per acre 



Sulphate of ammonia, 300 lbs. per acre 



Sulphate of iron, 60 lbs. per acre 



Common salt (Sodium chloride), 300 lbs. per acre 



Land plaster or gypsum (Calcium sulphate) 300 lbs. per acre 

 Mineral superphosphate, No. 2, 500 lbs. per acre 



4th Season 



Improved 



Short 



White. 



Weight of 



roots 

 per acre. 



Tons. Lbs. 



15 

 21 

 13 

 12 



460 



650 



1,040 



1,840 



17 810 



16 1,980 



16 700 



14 

 9 



460 

 770 



14 100 



14 1,980 

 9 1,810 

 9 100 



15 1,870 

 14 1,940 



190 

 340 

 180 

 18 1,160 

 17 1,820 

 13 1,210 



18 

 13 

 14 



Average 

 Yield for 

 four years. 



Weight of 



roots 

 per acre. 



Tons. Lbs. 



20 1,520! 



23 675! 



16 590 



16 102J 



19 269| 



21 925! 



16 l,492f 



13 1,095 

 11 850! 



14 432! 



18 1,852| 



15 1,470! 

 15 1,855 



20 495 



18 1,783! 



19 914f 



14 922! 



15 958 



17 842i 

 17 1,730"" 

 14 1,557£ 



POTATO PLOTS. 



The alternate halves of the wheat and barley plots which were occupied oy 

 carrots and sugar beets in 1891, 1892 and 1893, as explained in the annual report for 1893, 

 were planted with potatoes in 1894. These were planted in rows 1\ feet apart with 

 the sets one foot apart in the rows. 



Those after wheat were planted May 7th came up May 21st and were dug Sep- 

 tember 20th. On each of these plots there were 20 rows of Lee's Favourite and 7 rows 



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