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EXPERIMENTAL FIRMS 



2-3 EDWARD VII., A. 1903 



EXPERIMENTS WITH FERTILIZERS ON ROOTS ; PLOTS OF MANGELS AND 



TV Rl^IFS— Concluded. 



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10 



11 



12 

 13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



19 



20 



21 



Fertilizers applied each Yoar from 

 1889 to 1898 or 1899. No fertilizers 

 used since. Clover sown in 1900 in 

 place of the roots and ploughed 

 under in Maj', 1901, before the 

 roots were sown 



Mineral superphosphate. No. 1, 500 

 lbs. per acre, used each year from 

 1889 to 1899 inclusive. No fertili- 

 zers have been applied since then. . 



Nitrate of soda, 300 lbs. per acre, 

 used each year from 1889 to 1899, 

 inclusive. No fertilizers have been 

 applied since then 



Sulphate of ammonia, 300 lbs. per 

 acre, used each year from 1889 to 

 1899 inclusive. No fertilizers have 

 been applied since then 



Unmanured from the beginning 



Bone, finely ground, 500 lbs. ; wood 

 ashes, unleached, 1,000 lbs. per acre, 

 use 1 each year from 1889 to 1899 

 inclusive. No fertilizers have been 

 applied since then 



Wood ashes, unleached, 2,000 lbs. per 

 acre, used each year from 1889 to 

 1899 inclusive. No fertilizers have 

 been applied since then 



Common salt (Sodium chloride) 400 

 lbs. per acre, used each year from 

 1889 to 1899 inclusive. No fertili- 

 zers have been applied since then. . 



Mineral superphosphate. No. 1, 500 

 lbs. ; nitrate of soda, 200 lbs. per 

 acre, used each year from 1889 to 

 1899 inclusive. No fertilizers have 

 been applied since then 



Mineral superphosphate. No. 1, 350 

 lbs. ; wood ashes, unleached, 1,500 

 lbs. per acre, used each j'ear from 



1889 to 1899 inclusive. No fertili- 

 zers have been applied since then. . 



Mineral superphosphate, No. 1, 500 

 lbs. ; muriate of potash, 200 lbs. per 

 acre, used each year from 1889 to 

 1899 inclusive. No fertilizers have 

 been applied since then 



Double sulphate of potash and mag- 

 nesia, 300 lbs. per acre in 1889 and 



1890 (muriate of potash, 200 lbs., 

 substituted each yeai since) ; dried 

 blood, 250 lbs. ; mineral superphos- 

 phate. No. 1, 500 lbs. per acre, used 

 each year from 1889 to 1899 inclu- 

 sive. No fertilizers have been ap- 

 plied since then 



Wood ashes, unleached, 1,500 lbs. ; 

 common salt (Sodium chloride), 300 

 lbs. per acre, used each year from 

 1889 to 1899 mclusive. No fertili- 

 zers have been applied since then. . 



Mineral superphosphate. No. 2, .500 

 lbs. per acre, used each year from 

 1889 to 1899 inclusive. No fertili- 

 zers have been applied since then. . 



Average Yield 



FOR 



Twelve Yeaks. 



Turnips, 



Weight 



of Roots. 



Per Acre. 



Tons. lbs. 



9 481 



9 1,181 



10 1,715 



7 482 



8 1,469 



8 10^ 



7 927 



10 1,908 



9 1,919 



10 1,425 



13th Season, 1902, 

 Varieties. 



11 1,838 



10 1,712 



11 51 



West Half 

 Plot. 



Mangels, 



Mammoth 



Long Red 



Weight 



of Roots. 



Per Acre. 



Tons. lbs. 



15 1,480 



17 760 



13 1,200 

 10 240 



13 



12 



840 



360 



9 1,240 



13 



22 1,840 



15 1,160 



17 560 



21 1,280 



18 840 



East Half 

 Plot. 



Turnips, 

 PurpleTop 



Swede 

 Weight of 



Roots. 



Per Acre. 



Tons. lbs. 



8 640 



7 1,760 



11 760 

 8 600 



11 



960 



88f 



6 1,600 



9 l,OCCr 



15 



16 6 



Average Yikld 



FOR 



Thirteen Years. 



Mangels, 



Weight of 



Roots. 



Per Acre. 

 Tons. lbs. 



9 1,306 



14 823 



12 743 



7 894 



12 



11 



842 



76 



9 1,422 



13 110 



13 1,17!) 



12 1,93 



Turnips, 



Weight of 



Roots. 



Per Acre. 



Tons. lbs. 



339 



918 



10 1,795 

 7 645 



8 1,891 



8 317 



7 825 



10 1,896 



10 694 



11 285 



16 480 14 820 12 503 



9 1,760 15 324 



12 1,490 15 4.' 



10 1,562 



11 309 



