REPORT OF MR. R. ROBERTSON 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Before the rows were run one-half of each acre plot received complete fertilizer at 

 the rate of 200 lbs. per acre. This was sown broadcast. The yield per acre was cal- 

 culated from the weight obtained from each plot of one-half acre. The seed was sown 

 June 12, and the crop pulled from November 3 to 8. The yields obtained were as 

 follows : — 



FiFXD Cuops OF Turnips. 

 (Sown June 12, Pulled November 3 to 8.) 



Name of Variety and Size of Plot. 



J acre plots— 



Hartley's Bronze, manure with fertilizer 



M II only 



Giant King, manure with fertilizer . . . . 



M M only 



Prize Purple Top, manure with fertilizer 



11 II only •.•.■•■ 



Drummond Purple Top, manure with fertilizer 



,1 II only 



Kangaroo, manure with fertilizer 



II II only 



EXPERIMENTS WITH FIELD MANGEES. 



The land on which these mangels were grown Avas clay loam, and was previously in 

 clover. The second growth was ploughed under in the fall, and in the spring 20 one- 

 horse cart loads of stable manure per acre was spread broadcast and ploughed in. The 

 land was gone over twice with the spade harrow before the manure was applied, and 

 after the ploughing the spade, spring-tooth and smoothing harrows were used. The land 

 was then run into rows, each 24 inches apart, and the seed sown with a seeder in a 

 continuous row, which came up very irregularly, and although there were not many 

 blanks, yet the slow starting plants, of which there were many, made very slow growth. 

 This was apparently due to the poor germinating powder of a large portion of the seed. 



Three varieties were grown of one acre each. One-half acre of each variety was 

 fertilized before the rows were run up by sowing broadcast complete fertilizer at tlie 

 rate of 200 lbs. per acre. The seed was sown May 29 and the crop harvested from 

 October 17 to 23, giving the following yields : — 



Field Crop op Mangels. 



