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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



9-10 EDWARD VII., A. 1910 



POTATOES. 



Twenty-five varieties of potatoes were planted in this test, on a light sandy loam 

 that was cultivated in the summer of 1907 to get rid of grass and had been manured 

 that spring. The land was in fine tilth when the seed was planted on April 22, and 

 there was a promise of a heavy crop, but the sandy land soon showed the effect of the 

 hot, dry weather and the tops dried up before the roots were matured. The yield was 

 computed from two rows of 66 feet each, dug September 23 and 24. The seed was 

 planted in drills two and a half feet apart, about one foot apart in the drill. The seed 

 was cut to two eyes each. There was no rot in any of the varieties and the tubers are 

 smooth, of average size and of very fine quality. 



Potatoes — Test of Varieties. 



1 

 2 

 3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



Name of Variety. 



American Wonder.. 



Late Puritan 



Vermont Gold Coin . 



Carman No. 1 



Morgan Seedling. . . . 



Burnaby Mammoth . , 



Everett 



Holbom Abundance. 



Country Gentleman . 



Empire State 



Dooley 



Twentieth Cent\iry . . 



Early White Piize.. 



Reeves' Rose 



Uncle Sam 



Moneymaker 



State of Maine 



' Rochester Rose 



l.flj Irish Cobbler 



20|Dreer's Standard. . . . 

 21 1 Early Manistee 



22 Canadian Beauty. . . . 



23 Ash-Leaf Kidney.... 



24 Vick's E.xtra Early. 



25 Dalmeny Beauty .... 



Dug. 



Sept. 24. 



M 24. 



., 24. 



>. 24. 



„ 23. 



M 23. 



u 23 



>. 24. 



>. 24. 



M 23. 



,. 24 



„ 25. 



,t 23. 



,. 24 



„ 23. 



.. 23 



.. 24. 



.. 24 



,. 24. 



» 25. 



M 25. 



M 24. 



.. 25. 



„ 25. 



I. 25. 



Total Yield 

 per acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



435 36 



407 00 



391 36 



390 56 



367 36 



365 12 



360 48 

 352 



347 36 



338 48 



320 40 

 319 



316 48 

 316 



314 36 

 314 



312 24 



294 48 



272 48 

 272 

 272 



268 24 

 264 



2.55 11 



216 32 



Yield per 



acre of 

 Unmarket- 

 able. 



Bush. Lbs. 



65 20 

 52 

 39 



54 56 



44 20 



54 46 



90 12 



63 20 



62 36 



54 48 



32 10 



47 50 



69 48 



69 48 



69 12 

 56 40 

 46 40 



70 48 



54 30 

 38 



40 48 



32 12 



39 30 



55 11 

 54 8 



Form and Colour. 



Long, flat white. 

 Long, white. 

 Oblong, white. 

 Round, white. 

 Long, pink. 

 Oblong, rose. 

 Long, red. 

 Round, white. 

 Oblong, pink. 

 Long, white. 

 Oblong, white. 

 Round, white. 

 Long, white. 

 Round, rose. 

 Round, white. 

 Long, white. 

 Long, pink. 

 Oblong, rose. 

 Round, white. 

 Long, white. 

 Rouud, red. 

 Ohlong, flat white. 

 Oblong, white. 

 Round, rose. 

 Round white. 



FODDER PLANTS. 



The following fodder plants were sown in plots of one-fortieth of an acre each. 

 The land was a light sandy loam that had been given a dressing of stable manure, 

 at the rate of ten loads per acre, which was well worked into the soil with spading 

 harrow and drag and the seed sown May 8. 



Plot 1. White Round French Millet.— Stalks 18 to 24 inches long, heads 2 to 4 

 inches. Season too dry and crop light; weight of crop dried, 183 lbs.; 3 tons 132 lbs. 

 per acre. 



Plot 2. Italian Millet.— Stalks 26 to 30 inches long and fairly leafy. Weight of 

 crop, 297 lbs.; 5 tons, 1,880 lbs. per acre. 



Plot 3. German Millet. — Stalks 20 to 24 inches long, and fairly leafy, heads 

 2 to 5 inches. Weight of crop, 131 lbs. ; 2 tons, 124 lbs. per acre. 



