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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



Summary. 



Name of Variety. 



Average 



Yield for three 



Sowings. 



Half Long White 



Improved Short White 



Improved Half Long White . . . 

 Mammoth White Intermediate 



Guerande 



Giant Short White Vosges 



White Belgian 



Carter's Orange Giant 



Early Gem 



Iverson's Champion 



St. Valery 



Half Long Stump Rooted 



Bush. Lbs. 



Sugar Beets. 



Yield of sugar beets. Treated the same as mangels. The first plots were sown on 

 8th May the second series on 15th May and the third 22nd May, and all were pulled 

 on 21st September. In every case the earliest sown gave the largest return. We 

 find the sugar beet very useful for feeding calves j they are more readily eaten by young 

 animals than mangels. The yield in these tests has been calculated from the product 

 of one row 66 feet long. 



Name of Variety. 



Yield per Acre. 



1st Plot. 



French Red Top Sugar 

 Vilmorin's Improved. . 

 Klein Wanzleben 



Tons. Lbs. 

 20 1712 

 19 280 

 15 360 



1st Plot. 



Bus. Lbs 

 695 12 

 638 

 506 



Cattle. 



I regret that owing to the prevalence of tuberculosis among our cattle it has been 

 found necessary to slaughter during the summer the larger portion of the farm herd. For 

 this reason very few experiments with cattle have been undertaken of late. 



The cattle that survived the test are in apparent good health and it is believed that 

 the disease has been stamped out ; the barn has been thoroughly disinfected. 



Feeding Cows. 



Many inquiries are received from farmers regarding the comparative amount of 

 food consumed by the different breeds of cattle. 



