REPORT OF TEE DIRECTOR 



31 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPERIMENTS WITH FERTILIZERS ON PLOTS OF MANGELS AND TURNIPS- 



Concluded. 



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 13 



14 



15 



16 



If 



Fertilizers applied each year from 

 1889 to 1898 or 1899. No fertiH- 

 zers used from that time to 1905. 

 Clover sown in 1900 in place of the 

 roots and ploughed under in May, 

 1901, before the roots were sown. 

 In 1903 clover was again sown and 

 ploughed under in May, 1904. In 

 1905-0-7-8 fertilizers again applied 

 as in 1899. Clover discontinued. 



Average Yield 



FOR 



Sixteen Years. 



Mangels. 



Weight 



of Roots. 



Per acre. 



18 



19 



20 



21 



Unmanured from the beginning. . . 



Bone, finely ground, 500 lbs., wood 

 ashes, unleached, 1,000 lbs. per 

 acre, used each year from 1889 to 

 1899 inclusive. No fertilizers used 

 from 1900 to 1905. In 1905-0-7-8 

 fertilizers again used as at first . . . 



Wood ashes, unleached, 2,000 lbs. 

 per acre, used each j'ear from 1889 

 to 1899, inclusive. No fertilizer 

 used from 1900 to 1905. In 1905-G- 

 7-8 fertilizer again used as at first. 



Common salt (Soclitnn chloride), 400 

 lbs. per acre, used each year from 

 1839 to 181.-9 inclusive. No fertilizer 

 used from 1900 to 1905. In 1905G- 

 7-8 fertilizer again used as at first. 



Mineial superphosphate, No. 1, 500 

 lbs., nitrate of soda, 200 lbs. per 

 acre, used each year from 1889 to 



1899 incliLsive. No fertilizers used 

 from 1900 to 1905. In 1905-G-7-S 

 fertilizer.s again used as at first. . 



Mineral superphosphate, No. 1, 3-50 

 lbs., wood ashes, unleached, 1,500 

 lbs. per acre, used each vear from 



1889 to 1899 inclusive. No ferti- 

 lizers used from 1900 to 1905. In 

 1905-6-7-8 fertilizers again used as 

 at first 



Mineral superphosphp.te. No. 1, 500, 

 lbs., muriate of jjotash, 200 lbs. 

 per acre, used each year from 1889 

 to 1899 inclusive. No fertilizers 

 used from 1900 to 1905. In 1905-6- 

 7-8 fertilizers again used as at first, 



Double sulphate of potash and mag- 

 nesia, ;'>00 lbs. per acre in 1889 and 



1890 (nuiriate of potash, 200 lbs., 

 substituted each year since), dried 

 blood, 250 lbs., mineral super- 

 phos]jhate No. 1, 500 lbs. per acre, 

 used each year from 1889 to 1899 

 inclusive. No fertilizers used from 



1900 to 1905. In 1905-6-7-8 ferti- 

 lizers again used as at first 



Wood a.shes, unleached, 1,500 lb.s., 

 common salt (Sodium chloride), 

 300 lbs. per acre, used each year 

 from 1889 to 1899 inclu.sive. No 

 fertilizers used from 1900 to 1905. 

 In 1905-6-7-8 fertilizers again used 

 as at first 



Mineral superpliosphate. No. 2, 500, 

 lbs. per acre, used each year from 

 1889 to 1899 inclusive. No fertilizer 

 used from 1900 to 1905. In 1905-6 

 7-8 fertilizer again used as at first. 



Tons. lbs. 



7 277 



12 389 



11 109 



9 1383 



12 643 



12 1802 



12 1933 



14 300 



14 1992 



14 547 



Turnips, 



Weight 



of Roots. 



Per acre. 



Tons. lbs. 

 6 1973 



8 1450 



8 155 



7 901 



9 1507 



10 728 



10 1524 



11 1127 



10 521 



10 1140 



17th Season, 1908, 



Varieties. 



Eist Half 

 Plot. 



Turnips : 



Purple 



Top 



Swede, 



Weight 



of Roots. 



Per acre. 



Tons. lbs. 

 1 1500 



2 



2 20 



3 200 



4 1800 



5 1740 



4 1380 



3 32i! 



2 ISOO 



2 1500 



West Half 

 Plot. 



iMangels : 

 Mammoth 

 Long Red, 

 Weight 

 of Roots. 



Per acre. 



Tons. lbs. 

 2 460 



5 200 



6 320 



6 300 



4 1380 



6 420 



8 1700 



8 680 



8 640 



5 1300 



Aver.age Yield 



FOE 



Seventeen Years. 



Turnips, 

 Weig ht 

 of Roots. 



Per acre. 



Tons, lbs, 

 6 1357 



8 659 



7 1441 



7 330 



9 936 



10 199 



10 810 



11 138 



9 1655 



10 220 



