88 • EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



2-3 EDWARD VII., A. 1903 



Cost of groiving 2 acres of turnips — 



Rent of land at $3 per acre $ 6 00 



^ manure, 15 tons per acre, at $1 per ton 6 00 



Ploughing in spring, at $2 per acre 4 00 



Harrowing, 2 hours at 25c 50 



Drilling, 8 hours at 25c 2 00 



Rolling, 1 hour at 25c 25 



Seed, 6 lbs. at 20c. ; sowing, day at $1.33-^- 2 53^ 



Hand wheel hoeing, 1 -^-^ days at i^l . 33^ 2 40 



Thinning, 4 days at $1 . 33^. . _ '. 5 83 



Hoeing, "3 daj^s at ^1 . 331 ." 4 00 



Cultivating single horse, 2 days at $1 . 75 , 3 50 



Pulling, topping, loading and unloading, 10 days at ^1-33^-.. 13 33 



Drawing, 2 days at S2 . 50 ". . 5 00 



Cost to produce 2 acres $ 54 84 



Yielded, 36 tons 680 lbs., or 1,21 li bushels. 



Cost to produce 1 ton of turnips, housed S 1 51 



Cost to produce 1 bushel turnips, housed 04|^ 



Average digestible dry matter in 1 ton 215" lbs 



Cost to produce 100 lbs. digestible dry matter 70 



Cost to produce 1 acre of turnips 27 42 



SUGAR BEETS. 



Two varieties were grown on |^-acre plots, \ acre of each sort being in drills ; \ acre 

 of each sort being on the flat as for sugar. Sown, May 12 • harvested, October 27. 

 Manure was applied dui'ing the winter and spring at the rate of about 15 tons per acre. 



Danish Improved. — Yield per acre was at the rate of 17 tons 720 lbs., from the 

 forage, and 17 tons 248 lbs., from the sugar plot, or 562 bushels and 578 bushels, 

 respective!}'. 



Giant Sugar Feeding Mangel. — Yield per acre was at the rate of 20 tons 1,940 



lbs., from the forage, and 21 tons 560 lbs. from the sugar plot, or 699 bushels and 639J 



bushels, respectively. 



Cost of growing 1 acre of sugar beets — 



Rent of land at $3 per acre $ 3 00 



Gang ploughing in autumn, 4 hours at 25c 1 00 



\ manure at 15 tons per acre, %\ per ton 3 00 



Ploughing in spring at i^2 per acre 2 00 



Harrowing in spring 40 



Drilling in spring 75 



Rolling in spring 16 



Seed, 12 lbs. at 20c 2 40 



Sowing, 5 hours at $1,331 66 



Hand wheel hoeing, 6 hours at %\ . 33 J 80 



Thinning, 5 days at $1 . 33-1 6 67 



Hoeing twice, 28 hours. . . 3 73 



Cultivating, single horse, i times at $1 .75 per day, 4 hours 



each time, 16 hours 2 80 



Ploughing out roots, 4 hours at 25c 1 00 



Pulling and topping, 4 days at $1 . 33 1 p-cr day 5 33 



Drawing in roots, 14 hours at •$ 2 . 50 per day 3 50 



Loading and unloading, 4 days at §1 . 33 J , 5 33 



Cost to grow 1 acre % 41 53 



