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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



2-3 EDWARD VII., A. 1903 

 EXPERIMENTS WITH MANGELS. 



Twenty-seven varieties of mangels were tested during the year. Two sowings were 

 made of each variety. The first on May 27 and the second on June 10, and both lota 

 were pulled September 20. The first sown plots of mangels were also injured by water, 

 resulting in a small yield. 



The seed was sown in drills 30 inches apart on sandy loam, and the yield has been 

 calculated from the weight of roots gathered from two rows each 66 feet long. All were 

 pulled on Sept. 20. 



MANGELS— -TEST OF VARIETIES. 



Name of Variety. 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



1st Plot. 



Half Long Sugar Rosy 



Selected Yellow Globe 



Yellow Intermediate. 



Lion Yellow Intermediate 



Champion Yellow Globe 



Selected Mammoth Long Red ... . . 

 Sutton's Prize Winner Yellow Globe 



Mammoth Long Red 



Half Long Sugar White 



Norbiton (iiant 



Giant Yellow Intermediate 



Canadian Giant 



Triumph Yellow Globe 



Gate Post 



Yellow Fleshed Tankard 



Prize Mammoth Long Red 



Red Fleshed Tankard 



Mammoth Oval Shaped 



Mammoth Yellow Intermediate 



Leviathan Long Red 



Gate Post Yellow 



Ward's Large Oval Shaped 



Giant Sugar 



Golden Fleshed Tankard 



Giant Yellow Globe 



Giant Yellow Half Long 



Warden Orange Globe 



I 



Tons. Lbs. 



16 

 15 

 14 

 13 

 13 

 13 

 13 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 11 

 11 

 11 

 11 

 11 

 11 

 11 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 9 

 8 

 7 

 7 

 5 



1,132 



1,944 



248 



1,984 



1,456 



669 



664 



1,344 



552 



288 



1,892 



1,496 



1,232 



440 



176 



176 



176 



1,912 



1,912 



1,232 



1,120 



988 



1,800 



1,952 



1,576 



1,048 



32 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



2nd Plot. 



Bush. Lbs. 



378 24 



589 36 



501 36 



563 12 



488 24 



497 29 



519 12 



576 24 



501 36 



572 .. 



519 12 



506 .. 



"488 24 



514 48 



365 12 



519 12 



519 12 



497 42 



4.53 12 



501 36 



484 .. 



519 12 



479 36 



462 .. 



484 .. 



576 24 



488 24 



EXPERIMENTS WITH CARROTS. 



one. 



A few varieties gave good 



yield 



Tlie yield of carrots was again a very irregular 

 returns while others gave a very small yield. 



The soil was a clay loam, in potatoes the previous year. The estimate of 

 has been nade from the roots produced on two rows each 66 feet long. 



Twenty-one A^arieties were tested. The first sowing was made on May 27. and the 

 second on June 10. The seed was sown in driUs 16 inches apart, and the roots were 

 pulled on October 2. 



