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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



9-10 EDWARD VII 

 EXPEKIMENTS WITH CAEKOTS. 



A. 1910 



Six varieties of carrots were sown this year under uniform conditions on clay- 

 loam. The first sowing was made May 4, and the second May 19, both lots being piillod 

 October 27. The estimate of yield per acre is from the product of two rows each 66 

 feet long. The carrots were sown in rows 18 inches apart, and when the plants were 

 two or three inches high, they were thinned out to about four inches apart. 



Carrots — Test of Varieties. 



g 



Name of Variety. 



1st Plot 

 Sown. 



Improved Short White 

 Mammoth White In- 

 termediate 



Giant White Vosge.= . . 



Half Long Chantenay. 



Ontario Champion. . . . 



61 White Belgian 



May 4 . 



., 4. 



„ 4. 



.. 4. 



.. 4 



M 4. 



2nd Plot 

 Sown. 



May 19, 



. 19, 



„ 19 



„ 19 



„ 19 



1, 19 



1st Plot 

 Pulled. 



2nd Plot 

 Pulled. 



Oct. 27.1 Oct. 27. 



27. 

 27. 

 27. 

 27. 

 27. 



27. 

 27. 

 27 

 27 



27 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



let Plot. 



Tons. Lbs. 



15 360 



13 1280 



11 440 



10 1120 



10 680 



9 1300 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



1st Plot. 



Bush. Lbs. 

 506 .. 



454 

 374 

 352 

 344 

 322 



40 



40 

 40 



Yield 

 per A.cre. 



2nd Plot. 



Tons. Lbs. 



12 1960 



11 1760 

 11 



12 200 



10 240 



11 1320 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



2nd Plot. 



Bush. Lbs. 

 432 40 



396 

 366 

 403 

 337 

 388 



40 

 20 

 20 

 40 



EXPEKniENTS WITH SUGAE BEETS. 



Only three varieties of sugar beets were grown this year, all of which are con- 

 sidered suitable kinds to grow for sugar production. As there are, at present, no beet 

 sugar factories in Manitoba, all the sugar beets grown are used for stock feeding. 

 They are relished by all classes of stock, hogs being particularly partial to them. 



Samples of the three varieties from here were sent to Mr. F. T. Shutt, Chemist 

 of the Experimental Farms, for analysis, and the results are given herewith. 



Average weight of one root 



Sugar in juice 



Solids in juice 



Co-efficient of puiity 



Wanzleben. 



1 lb. 7 oz. 

 ir)-.35 

 l!)-46 



78-88 



Vilmorin's 

 Improved. 



1 lb. 8 oz. 

 16 -.09 

 19-33 

 85-8 



French 

 Very Rich. 



1 lb. 7 oz. 

 15-51 

 18-69 



82-98 



These results are very similar to those of last year, and we may conclude that the 

 season was fairly suitable for the production of sugar. 



The sowings were made on clay loam on May 14 and 28, and the roots pulled 

 October 7. The estimate of yield per acre is from the product of two rows each 66 

 feet long. 



