REPORT OF TEE CHEMIST 



145 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Analysis of Roots, C.E.F., 1902. 



Mangels, Half-sugar Rosy 



II II 



" Half -sugar White 



II II . . . • 



II Giant Sugar feeding. 



Sowing. 



First , 



Second 



First 



Second . . . . 



First . 



Second 



II Giant Yellow Globe 



II Giant Sugar Feeding IFlat culture. 



'Drill 



II Golden Tankard 



II Gate Post Red . . 



Swede, Prize Purple Top 



II Champion Purple Top 



Sugar Beet, Danish Improved 



Ordinary culture 

 Special culture .. 



Sugar 

 in Juice. 



Per cent. 



Average 

 Weight of 

 one Root. 



Lbs. Oz. 



2 

 1 

 1 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 3 

 2 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 



5 

 9 

 3 



8 

 

 1 

 9 

 

 7 

 2 

 2 

 8 

 10 

 8 

 2 



Comparing the results with those obtained in previous years, a decided improve- 

 ment as to the dry matter and sugar content is noticeable. Evidently the season has 

 been one favourable to sugar production. The feeding value of many of the roots of 

 this season is fifty per cent higher than that of the roots of 1901. 



Of the mangels tested from two sowings, those of the second sowing show a slightly 

 higher value. This may be accidental, and therefore needs corroboration before any 

 definite conclusions can be drawn. 



Attention may again be directed to the so-called sugar mangels, Half-sugar Rosy, 

 Half-sugar White, &c., which are evidently roots of a high order as far as composition 

 is concerned. 



BARLEY. 



The use of this grain for feeding is, we imagine, becoming more common in Canada 

 and, in a large measure, in many parts of the Dominion may now be found replacing 

 oats in the ration, chiefly due no doubt to the high price of the latter grain. Barley, 

 like other cereals, is subject to variation in composition, the climatic conditions under 

 which it is grown undoubtedly being the principal factor in its modification. The 

 probabilities are, for instance, that barley grown in Manitoba and the North-west Ter- 

 ritories will be richer in protein than that raised in the irrigated districts of British 

 Columbia, which would make the former better for feeding purposes, while the latter 

 would be more valuable for brewing. 



Compared with oats, barle}', speaking generally, contains less protein but more 

 starch. In oil or fat, oats are considerably richer. As part of the grain ration it has 

 given excellent results with all classes of farm stock, but especially is it valuable for 

 pork production and poultry fattening. 



At the request of the Agriculturist of the Central Experimental Farm, we have 

 analysed a sample of Hulless White barley, grown by P. E. Woods, Grand Prairie, B.C. 

 For the purpose of comparison we add the average composition of Ontario barley, as 

 ascertained by the examination of 20 samples in 1895. 

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