REPORT OF MR. W. E. FAIRFIELD 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPERIMENTS WITH CARROTS. 



TEST OF VARIETIES. 



Six varieties were sown on May 4 and the same again on May IS, in rows 20 

 inches apart, on backsetting. The crop was irrigated four times ; July 22, August 1, 

 10 and 29. Both plantings were pulled October Ig. The yield in each case was com- 

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



Carrots — Test of Varieties (Irrigated). 



.D 

 B 



Name of Variety. 



Yield 

 per Acre. 

 1st Plot. 



Ontario Champion 



Giant White Vosges 



Improved Short White 



Mammoth White Intermediate 



Half Long Chantenay 



White Belgian 



Tons. Lbs. 



16 

 15 

 15 

 14 

 12 

 12 



868 

 1,145 



947 

 1,997 

 1,740 



790 



Yield 

 per Acre, 

 let Plot. 



Bush. Lbs. 



547 

 519 

 515 

 499 

 429 

 413 



48 

 5 



47 



57 

 



10 



Yield 

 per Acre. 

 2nd Plot. 



Tons. Lbs. 



11 

 11 

 11 

 11 

 10 

 6 



205 



1,265 



1,463 



641 



592 



1,088 



Yield 

 per Acre. 

 2nd Plot. 



Bush. Lbs. 



371 

 387 

 391 

 377 

 343 

 218 



35 

 45 



3 

 21 

 12 



8 



The average yield first sowing was 14 tons 1,247 lbs. per acre. 

 II second sowing was 10 tons 890 lbs. per acre. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH SUGAR BEETS. 

 test of varieties.. 



Eour varieties were planted May 6 and again May 20, in rows 20 inches apart, 

 in sandy loam that had been backset. They were irrigated three times on July 22, 

 August 1 and 10. Both plantings were pulled October 13. The yield in each ease 

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

 As was done on the non-irrigated farm, average specimens of roots from each variety 

 v^^ere sent to the Chemist, Mr. Frank T. Shutt, and the percentage of sugar in juice 

 and the co-efficient of purity were obtained from the results of his analyses. 



Sugar Beets — Test of Varieties (Irrigated). 



s 



Name of Variety. 



French Very Rich 



Klein Wanzleben (seed from Raymond). 



SjWanzleben 



4 Vilmorin's Improved 



Yield per Acre. 



1st Plot. 



a 

 o 

 H 



14 

 12 

 12 

 10 



1,601 



1,740 



790 



374 



1st Plot. 



I J 



pq 1-^ 



493 21 



429 .. 



413 10 



339 34 



Yield per Acre. 



2nd Plot. 



198 40 



325 3 



362 . . 



307 36 



Sugar 



in 

 Juice. 



p. c. 



15-97 

 18 13 

 15-60 

 16 69 



O 



P.O. 



870 

 89-9 

 820 

 86 7 



Average yield per acre of the four varieties. | J'^^^* ^^^^'"^^ = ^l ^^^^ H^G |bs. 



° -^ *^ (.Second m 8 tons 1,899 lbs. per acre. 



