280 



EXPERIME'NTAL FARMS 



5-6 EDWARD Vil., A. 1906 



Sugar Beets — Test of Varieties. 



a 



3 



Name of Variety. 



Red Top Sugar 



Danish Red Top 



Royal Giant 



Improved Imperial. 

 Danish Improved. . . . 



Wanzleben 



Vilmorin's Improved 

 French Very Rich. . . 



Yield 

 per Acre. 

 1st Plot. 



Tons. Lbs. Bush. Lbs 



28 

 28 

 27 

 21 

 23 

 16 

 16 

 14 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



1st riot. 



J 



1,912 



1,000 



1,176 



330 



821 



1,592 



1,440 



120 



9G5 

 950 

 919 

 805 

 780 

 559 

 557 

 4GS 



12 

 

 36 

 36 

 24 

 52 

 20 

 40 



Yield 

 per Acre. 

 2nd Plot. 



Tons. Lbs. 



19 912 



15 1,464 



16 1,592 

 960 

 304 

 168 



12 1,232 

 11 344 



17 

 19 

 12 



Yield 

 per Acre. 

 2ud Plot. 



Bush. Lbs. 



648 

 520 

 559 

 582 

 638 

 402 

 420 

 372 



32 

 24 

 52 

 40 

 24 

 48 

 32 

 24 



EXPERIMENTS WITH CAKEOTS. 



Ten varieties of carrots were under test. Two sowings were made of each sort, the 

 first on May 2-5 and the second on June 8, in rows 24 inches apart, and thinned to aboul 

 3 inches apart in the rows. The ground was similar to that used for the turnip and 

 mangel plots, and received the same treatment. The crop was pulled October 17. The 

 yield was calculated from the weight of roots talcen from two rows each 6G feet long. 

 The following table gives the yield per acre obtained: — 



Carrots — Test of Varieties. 



1^ 



Name of Variety. 



1 Improved Short White . . 



2 New White Intermediate 



3, Giant White. Vo.'^ges 



4 Mammoth White Intermediate. 



5 Carter's Orange Giant 



6j White Belgian 



7jOntario Champion 



8 'Long Yellow Stump-rooted... . 

 9!Early Gem 



10 Half Long Chanten.ay 



Yield 

 per Acre. 

 1st Plot. 



18 

 17 

 17 

 17 



Yield 

 per Acre. 

 1st Plot. 



Tons. Lbs. Bush. Lbs 



19 304 



19 



18 1,544 



18 1,392 



18 1,240 



18 784 



24 



808 

 504 

 200 



638 

 633 

 625 

 623 

 620 

 613 

 600 

 580 

 575 

 570 



24 

 20 

 44 

 12 

 40 

 4 

 24 



Yield 

 per Aci'e. 

 2nd Plot. 



11 

 11 

 11 



Yield 

 per Acre. 

 2nd Plot. 



Tons. Lbs. Bush. Lbs. 



12 1,683 

 12 320 



11 1,712 



12 1,080 

 11 344 



1,864 

 344 

 800 



10 1,736 



11 40 



428 

 4fi5 

 395 

 418 

 372 

 397 

 372 

 380 

 362 

 367 



8 

 20 

 12 



24 



44 

 24 



16 

 20 



EXPERIMENTS WITH POTATOES. 



Eorty-one varieties of potatoes were under test this year. The land w.as a clay 

 loam on which potatoes had been grown last year (1904), for which crop 20 one-horse 

 cart loads of barnyard manure had been spread on the previous autumn and ploughed 

 under, together with a fairly good growth of clover. Last fall this land was left without 

 ploughing after the potatoes were dug. This spring it was worked up well with spring- 

 tooth and spade harrow ; ploughed and again worked up well. Rows were run 30 inches 

 apart and from 3 to 4 inches deep. Potato fertilizer at the rate of 400 lbs. per acre 

 was spread in the rows before planting. The sets were planted one foot apart in the 



