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EXPERIMENTAL STATIONS — REPORT FOR 1880. 



latter substances contained in the dry matter and also the actual 

 quantities produced per acre are arranged : — 



EooT Crops, 1880,- 



1 



112 



Acre Plots. 



Here we may note in passing how great is the difference in 

 the percentage of ash contained in the yellow turnips compared 

 with that found in the swedes, the former containing half as 

 much again as the latter. This accords with the experience 

 noticed in the report of the former turnip crop, that the more 

 water the bulbs contained they also contained the more ash. 

 The percentage of woody fibre does not differ in the two kinds 

 of turnip, and averages about 11 per cent. When the percen- 

 tages of ash and woody fibre in the turnips grown with dissolved 

 phosphates are compared with those grown with undissolved 

 phosphates, it is found that the differences are not very great, 

 and the amounts produced per acre were as follows : — 



