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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



Field Crop of Turnips, 



5-6 EDWARD VII., A. 1906 



Name of Variety, how Fertilized, size of Plot, and date pulled. 



Kangaroo — (Pulled November 6). 



acre — Manure 20 tons, fertilizer 500 lbs. per acre 

 II II 20 II II 250 II 

 II II 20 II only ... 



Cost per acre of 500 lbs. commercial fertilizer at $30 per ton ... $7 50 

 Value per acre of gain in crop over manure only 50^ bush, at 



6c. per bush 3 03 



Loss per acre. S4 47 



Cost per acre of 250 lbs. commercial fertilizer at $30 per ton ... 3 75 

 Value per acre of gain in crop over manure only 24^ bush, at 



6o. per bush 1 47 



Loss per acre $2 28 



Best of 4^;— (Pulled November 6.) 



acre— Manure 20 tons, fertilizer 500 lbs. per acre 

 II II 20 It II 2o0 II 

 II II 20 II only 



Cost per acre of 500 lb.'?, commercial fertilizer at $.S0 per ton ... $7 50 

 Value per acre of gain in crop over manure only 50 bush, at 6c. . 3 00 



Loss per acre $4 00 



Cost per acre of 250 lbs. commercial fertilizer at $30 per ton ... 3 75 

 Value per acre of gain in crop over manure only 3| bush, at 6c. . 23 



Loss per acre $3 52 



Eartley^s Bronze — (Pulled November 4). 



acre— Manure 20 toni?, fertilizer 500 lbs. per acre 

 II II 20 II only 



Cost per acre of 500 lbs. fertilizer at $30 per ton $7 50 



Value per acre of gain in crop over manure only 9i bush, at 6c. . 56 



Loss per acre $6 94 



Yield per 

 Acre. 



Tons. Lbs. 



29 

 29 



28 



1,685 

 125 

 655 



26 1,700 

 25 925 



25 700 



29 l,.^-20 

 23 9u8 



Yield per 

 Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



994 

 968 

 944 



45 

 45 

 15 



895 

 848 

 845 



45 



992 



982 



Six acres of turnips were also grown in lots of one acre each. This land varied 

 very much, containing heavy clay loam, black muck, and sandy loam. These varieties 

 of soil ran across the field, while the plots ran the other way. This land was in grain, 

 1904, hay, 1903, and was in rather a poor state of fertility. It was ploughed in the fall, 

 worked up well this spring, after which barnyard manure at the rate of 20 tons per 

 acre was applied with the manure spreader, after which the land was ploughed again 

 and worked up well and sown in drills 2G inches apart. Six varieties were used. 

 Different quantities of commercial fertilizers were used to different parts of each acre. 

 The following table gives the particulars : — 



