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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5-6 EDWARD VII^ A. 1906 

 EXPERIMENTS WITH FERTILIZERS ON PLOTS OF MANGELS AND TURNIPS— Cbnciudeci. 



12 

 13 



14 



15 



IG 



17 



18 



19 



Fertilizers applied each year from 

 1889 to 1898 or 1899. No fertilizers 

 used from that time to 1905. Clover 

 sown in 1900 in place of the roots 

 and ploughed under in May, 1901, 

 before the roots were sown. In 1903 

 clover was again sown and plough- 

 ed imder in May, 1904. In 1905 

 fertilizers again applied as in 1899. 

 Clover discontinued. 



Average Yield 



FOR 



Thirtekn Years. 



Mangels, 



Weight 



of Roots. 



Per Acre . 



12 



11 



20 



21 



Unmannred from the beginning . 



Bone, finely ground, 500 lbs.; wood 

 ashes, unleached, 1,000 lbs. per 

 acre, used each year from 1889 to, 

 1899 inclusive. No fertilizers used 

 from 1900 to 1905. In 1905 fertili- 

 zers again used as at first 



Wood ashes, unleached, 2,000 lbs. per 

 acre, used each year from 1889 to 

 1899, inclusive. No fertilizer used 

 from 1900 to 1905. In 1905 fertUi- 

 zer again used as at first 



Common salt (Sodium chloride), 400 

 lbs. per acre, used each year from 

 1889 to 1899 inclusive. No fertili- 

 zer used from 1900 to 1905. In 1905 

 fertilizer again used as at first 



Mineral superphosphate, No. 1, 500 

 lbs.; nitrate of soda, 200 lbs. per 

 acre, used each year from 1889 to 

 1899 inclusive. No fertilizers used 

 from 1900 to 1905. In 1905 fertili- 

 zers again used as at first 



Mineral superjihosphate, No. 1, 350 

 lbs.; wood ashes, unleached, 1,500 

 lbs. per acre, used each year from 



1889 to 1899 inclusive. No fertili- 

 zers used from 1900 to 1905. In 1905 

 fertilizers again used as at first 



Mineral superphosphate, No. 1, 500 

 lbs., muriate of petash, 200 lbs. per 

 acre, used each year from 1889 to 

 1899 inclusive. No fertilizers used 

 from 1900 to 1905. In 1905 fertili- 

 zers again used as at first 



Double sulphate of potash and mag- 

 nesia, 300 lbs. per acre in 1889 and 



1890 (muriate of potash, 200 lbs., 

 siibstituted each year since) ; dried 

 blood, 250 lbs.; mineral superphos- 

 phate. No. 1, 500 lbs. per acre, used 

 each year from 1889 to 1899 inclu- 

 sive. No fertilizers used from 1900 

 to 1905. In 1905 fertilizers again 

 used as at first 



Wood ashes, unleached, 1,500 lbs.; 

 common salt (sodium chloride), 300 

 lbs. per acre, used each year from 

 1889 to 1899 inclusive. No fertili- 

 zers used from 1900 to 1905. In 1905 

 fortilizers again used as at first 



Mineral superphosphate. No. 2, 500 

 lbs. per acre, used each year from 

 1889 to 1899 inclusive. No fertili- 

 zer used from 1900 to 1905. In 1905 

 fertilizer again used as at first 



Tons. 

 7 



Turnips, 



Weight 



of Roots. 



Per Acre , 



lbs. Tons. lbs. 

 966 7 1407 



12 



13 



12 



14 



14 



356 



266 



1814 



9 628 



8 1523 



IGth Season, 1905, 

 Varieties. 



East Half 

 Plot. 



West Half 

 Plot. 



Turnips, 

 Purple 



Top Swede 

 Weight 



of Roots. 



Mangels, 



Mammoth 



Long Red, 



Weight 



of Roots. 



Per A ere . 



Tons. lbs. 

 2 430 



4 1040 



5 840 



8 896 3 1590 



1801 11 837 



735 



1762 



11 301 



11 1465 



Per Acre. 



Tons. lbs. 



7 260 



13 1580 



Average Yield 



FOR 



Fourteen Yeaes. 



Mangels, 



Weight 



of Roots. 



Per Acre. 



Tons. lbs. 

 7 918 



12 571 



12 600 11 422 



4 540 



3 1570 



4 140 



13 450 



14 530 



16 1150 



458 12 1395 



1922 



14 1725 



10 256 



12 1983 



13 1163 



Turnips, 



Weight 

 of Roots. 



Per Acre. 



Tons. lbs. 

 7 675 



8 1989 



8 1077 



8 276 



10 1884 



10 1319 



15 1580 13 150 



4 960 16 1590 



11 881 3 810 



11 1544 



3 110 



11 443 



17 300 



16 1500 



14 800 



15 214 



14 1977 



12 299 



10 1810 



11 382 



