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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



9-10 EDWARD VII., A. 1910 

 EXPERIMENTS WITH TURNIPS. 



Thirteen varieties were sown in thds test, which was made alongside of the mangels. 

 The soil was the same and the preparation of the soil the same. As in former years, 

 the Elephant was one of the best, being a heavy cropper and the roots even in size 

 and smooth with small tops and very little waste. The year has been unfavourable foi 

 turnips as the roots made little growth until late in the season, after the rains came 

 and the weather became cooler. As in previous years, two sowings were made, the 

 first on May 9 and the second on May 23, and all were pulled and weighed on October 

 31. Two rows of 66 feet each was the size of the plot weighed in the field for this test, 

 but the whole crop was weighed as it was hauled to the root cellar, and the result of 

 the field was practically the same as that of the plots. 



Turnips — Test of Varieties. 



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1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



Name of Variety. 



Elephant (Carters) - . 



Kangaroo 



Jumbo 



Skirvings 



Magnum Bonum 



Mammoth Clyde 



Halewoods Bronze Top . 



Good Luck 



Hartley's Bronze 



Hall's Westbury 



Perfection Swede 



Bangholm Selected 



Derby 



Tons. 



28 

 28 

 27 

 25 

 25 

 24 

 21 

 21 

 21 

 20 

 19 

 19 

 17 



Yield per Acre. 



First Plot. 



Lbs. 



1552 



232 



1968 



1744 



1612 



48 



1032 



768 



240 



128 



1600 



1072 



716 



Bush. Lbs. 



959 



937 

 932 

 862 

 860 

 800 

 717 

 712 

 704 

 668 

 660 

 651 

 578 



12 

 12 

 48 

 24 

 12 

 48 

 12 

 48 



48 



12 

 36 



Second Plot. 



Tons. Lbs. 



Bush. Lbs. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH MANGELS. 



This has been an unfavourable year for mangels, as the cold rains in spring pre- 

 vented the germination of the seed and the stand was uneven in consequence. Eleven 

 varieties were tested under the same conditions. The land was a light sandy loam and 

 had been in clover in 1906, receiving a dressing of about ten loads of manure on the 

 clover stubble. This was turned under early in the spring of 1907, and, after careful 

 preparation, planted in corn. Ploughed and put in good condition early in the spring 

 of 1908, the mangel seed was sown dn two sowings, the first on ]\Iay 9 and the second 

 on May 23 and all were pulled on October 21. The drills were thirty inches apart and 

 in June, when. the plants were well established, they were thinned, where necessary, 

 to about six inches apart in the row. The yield per acre was computed from the yield 

 of two rows each sixty-six feet long. Where there was a fairly even stand, the earliest 

 sowing has yielded the best crop, but, as the first sowing suffered more from the un- 

 favourable spring weather, the comparison, this season, is not a fair one. 



