REPORT OF THE CEREALIST 



227 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



MILLET. 



The plots of millet were one-fortieth of an acre. The soil was a good rich loam. 

 The seed was sown with a hand seed drill on May 12th. The plots were cut when the 

 seed was in the doughy staite. 



Millet — Test of Varieties. 



t-i 



a 



Name of Variety. 



Date 



of 



Cutting. 



Length 



of 

 Straw. 



1 Italian or Indian 



2 Pearl or Cat- tail 



3 African 



4 Green Californian 



5 VVhite Round French. 



6 Moha Hungarian 



Inches. 



59-63 

 50-54 

 70-74 

 43-47 

 60-64 

 48-52 



Character 



of 

 Growth. 



Strong, 



Weight 



per Acre, 



Green. 



Tons. Lbs. 



14 

 14 

 13 

 11 

 10 

 8 



1,840 

 160 



480 



1,280 

 1,200 



Weight 



per Acre, 



Dry. 



Tons. Lbs. 



1,.S60 

 1,040 

 1,120 

 240 

 1,200 

 1,680 



FIELD ROOTS. 



The advantage of late pulling for field roots having heen clearly proved hy the 

 experience of several years, comparative tests, by pulling on two different dates about 

 two weeks apart, were discontinued this season. All the roots were harvested at the one 

 time, but the harvesting was left until quite late so as to enable the roots to make as 

 large a growth as possible. 



The yield per acre of the field roots is calculated from the weight of the crop 

 gathered from one-hundredth of an acre. 



The soil on which the field roots were grown was a good rich loam. 



It is probable that in some instances varieties which are mentioned in these tables 

 vmder different names are identical in all essential respects. 



In Canada the ton contains 2,000 pounds. 



TUENIPS. 



Two sowings were made of each variety, the first on May 10th and the second on 

 May 23rd. The seed was used at the rate of about four pounds per acre. Before sow- 

 ing, the land was made up in drills two feet apart and rolled with a heavy land roller, 

 which flattened the drills nearly one-half, leaving a firm seed bed. When the young 

 plants were about three inches high they were thinned out, leaving them about seven 

 inches apart in the rows. 



The roots were pulled on October 25th. 



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