REPORT OF MR. W. H. FAIRFIELD 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPERIMENTS WITH MANGELS. 



Ten varieties of mangels were sown on May 4, and again the same number on 

 May 18, in rows 30 inches apart and 66 feet long on backsetting; the soil was a sandy 

 loam. Both plantings were pulled October 16. The yield in each case was com- 

 puted from the weight of roots obtained from two rows each 66 feet long. 



Mangels — Test of Varieties (Non-irrigated.) 



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1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 10 



Name of Variety. 



Gate Post 



Giant Yellow Globe 



Selected Yellow Globe 



Perfection Mammoth Long Red 



Yellow Intermediate 



Giant Intermediate 



Crimson Champion 



Half Sugar White 



Mammoth Red Intermediate . . . 

 Prize Mammoth Long Red 



Yield per Acre. 



1st Plot. 



Tons. Lbs . 



13 

 13 

 13 

 12 

 11 

 11 

 11 

 11 

 10 

 10 



1,984 



796 



136 



24 



1,760 



1,496 



1,496 



1,364 



1,912 



1,780 



Bush. Lbs . 



446 

 446 

 435 

 400 

 396 

 391 

 391 

 389 

 365 

 363 



24 

 36 

 36 

 24 



36 

 36 

 24 

 12 



2nd Plot. 



Tons. Lbs . 



896 

 1,160 

 1,860 

 1,200 

 1,556 

 500 

 100 

 1,404 

 1,728 

 1,576 



Bush. 'Lba . 



281 

 286 

 231 

 220 

 292 

 275 

 168 

 323 

 228 

 259 



36 



36 



20 

 24 

 48 

 36 



Average yield per acre : First so-vving 12 tons, 275 lbs.; second sowing 7 tons, 1,398 lbs. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH CARROTS. 



Six varieties of carrots were sown on May 4 and the same number again on May 

 18, in rows 66 feet long 20 inches apart, on backsetting; the soil was a sandy loam. 

 Both plantings were pulled October 16. The yield in each case was computed from 

 the weight of roots obtained from two rows each 66 feet long. 



Carrots — Test of Varieties (Non-irrigated). 



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Name of Variety. 



Giant White Vosges , 



Improved Short White , 



Ontario Champion , 



Mammoth White Intermediate. 



White Belgian 



Half Long Chantenay 



10 

 9 

 8 

 7 

 6 

 4 



Yield per Acre. 



1st Plot. 



TCHIB. libs . 



1,186 

 77 

 1,107 

 1,404 

 1,068 

 1,425 



Bush. Lbs. 



353 

 301 

 285 

 256 

 217 

 157 



6 

 17 



7 

 43 

 48 



5 



2nd Plot. 



Tons. Lbs, 



1,405 



1,405 



1,068 



58 



930 



296 



Bush. Lbs . 



256 

 256 

 217 

 234 

 115 

 204 



44 

 44 

 48 

 18 

 30 

 55 



The average yield, first sowing, was 7 tons, 1,711 lbs. per acre ; second sowing, was 6 tons, 860 lbs. 

 per acre. 



