REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURIST ' 87 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Yielded 446 tons of corn. 



Cost of 1 ton in silo $ 1 76 



Average amount of digestible dry matter per ton (75 per cent digestible), 320 lbs. 



Cost to produce 100 lbs. digestible dry matter $ 55 



Cost to produce 1 acre of corn ensilage 26 30 



MANGELS. 



Three varieties of mangels wei'e grown on 6 acres of land. The seed was sown 

 May 12, and harvesting operations began on October 21. The varieties were as fol- 

 lows : — 



Mammoth Long Bed. — 2 acres. Yielded 23 tons 1,295 pounds per acre, or 47 tons 

 590 lbs., equal to 1,576| bushels on the 2 acres. 



Golden Tan/card. — 2 acres. Yielded 52 tons 980 lbs., equal to 1,749 bushels on 

 the 2 acres. 



Giant Yellow Globe. — 2 acres. Yielded 56 tons 1,370 lbs., equal to 1,889| bushels 

 on the 2 acres. 



Cost of growing 6 acres of mangels — 



Rent of land, at $3 per acre $ 18 00 



Gang ploughing in autumn, 2 days 4 hours at $2.50 6 00 



One-fifth cost of manuring at 15 tons per acre 18 00 



Ploughing in spring, at .$2 per acre 12 00 



Harrowing, 4 hours at 25 cents per hour 1 00 



Drilling, 21 days at $2.50 per day 6 25 



Seed, 24 lbs. at 18 cents, $4.32; sowing, 4^ days at $1.33^, 



$6 10 32 



Thinning, 15 days at $1.33J per day 20 00 



Hand wheel hoeing, 8 days at $1.33^ 10 67 



Hoeing 12 days at 133^ 16 00 



Cultivating, single horse, 9 days at $1.75 15 75 



Pulling, topping, loading, unloading, 32 days at $1.33^. . . 42 66 



Drawing to roothouse, team, 6| days at $2.50 16 25 



Cost to grow 6 acres $ 192 90 



Total yield, 156 tons 940 lbs., or 5,215| bushels. Average, 26 tons 156 lbs., or 

 869 bushels per acre. 



Cost to produce 1 ton of mangels housed $ 1 23^ 



Cost to produce 1 bushel of mangels housed 03 ^^^^ 



Average dry matter per ton 246 lbs 



Cost to produce 100 lbs. digestible dry matter''" 50 



Cost to produce 1 acre of mangels 32 15 



TURNIPS. 



Two varieties were grown, sown June 11, harvested October 27. Manure was 

 applied during the winter and spring at the rate of about 15 tons per acre. 



Champion Purple Top Swede. — 1 acre yielded 17 tons 1,490 lbs., or 591^ bushels 

 per acre. 



Prize Purple Top Swede. — 1 acre yielded 18 tons 1,190 lbs., or 619^ bushels per 

 acre. 



* Analyses made in Chem. Div. C. E. F., 1902 show larger percentages of dry matter than usual. 



