REPORT OF MR. R. ROBERTSON 

 SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



279 



Name of Variety, how Fertilized, Size of Plot, Date Pulled. 



Yellow Intermediate — (Pulled October I'S). 



h acre, manure 20 tons, fertilizer 500 lbs. per acre . 



ft It M 250 If 



% II It no other fertiliznr , 



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



Value per acre of pain in crop over manure only, 27 busli. at 



6ct3 , 1 G2 



Loss per acre SO 12 



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



Value per acre of gain in crop over manure only, 56 bush, at 



Gets 3.36 



Loss per acre SO 39 



Yellow 670J-C— (Pulled October 10). 



^ acre, manure 20 tons fertilizer 500 lbs. per acre . 

 3 " " 



11 



250 

 no other fertilizer. 



Cost per acre of 500 lbs. fertilizer at $30 per ton S7 50 



Value per acre of gain in crop over manure only, 57^ bush, at 



6cts 3 45 



Loss per acre §4 05 



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



Value per acre of gain in crop over manure only, 13| bush, at 



6cts 



$0 83 



Loss per acre S2 92 



Mamraoth Long Red — (Pulled October 14). 



^ acre, manure 20 tons, fertilizer 500 lbs. per acre 



20 tons, no other fertilizer . 



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



Value per acre of gain in crop over manure only, 49| bush, at 



6cts 2 96 



Loss per acre $4 54 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



Tons. Lbs. 



21 

 24 

 22 



20 

 19 



EXPERIMENTS WITH SUGAR BEETS. 



1,200 

 180 

 820 



1,360 

 400 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



720 

 803 

 747 



689 

 640 



20 



Eight varieties of sugar beets were sown. The land was similar to that on wbicl-. 

 the mangels and turnips were sown, and it received the same treatment. Two sowings 

 were made of each sort, the first on May 25 and the second on June 8. The seed was 

 sown in rows 24 inches apart, in bunches 12 inches apart in the rows. When the plants 

 were about 3 to 4 inches high the bunches were thinned out to one plant in each place. 

 The whole crop was harvested October 13, and the yield calculated from tbe weight 

 obtained from two rows each GG feet long. 



