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SESSIONAL PAPER No 16 



EXPERIMENTS WITH SUGAE BEETS. 



Eight varieties of sugar beets were tested. These were on plots adjoining th« 

 mangel plots and received the same treatment in every particular. The drj' weather 

 prevailing during the early part of the season also pi'cvented this crop from making 

 good growth. 'J'he seed was sown May 30, and duplicate plots were so^vn June 13. The 

 plots Avere each two rows, GO feet long. The crop was harvested October 12. The 

 following table gives the yield per acre obtained. 



SUGAR BEETS — TEST OF VARIETIES. 



No. 



Name of Variety. 



Red Top Supar 



Royal Giant 



Improved Iiii}>erial. . . 



Wanzleben 



Danish Improved. . . . 



Danish Red Top 



Vihnorin's Improved . 

 French Very Rich . . . 



EXPEEIMENTS WITH CARROTS. 



Ten varieties of carrots were under test. They were grown in plots adjoining thi 

 turnip plots and received the same treatment in every particular. The seed was sown 

 May 30, and duplicate plots were sown two weeks later, June 13. Each plot was two 

 rows G6 feet long. The carrots also failed to make good growth owing to the dry 

 weather prevailing during the first part of the summer. The crop was harvested 

 Octoher 25, and the following yields were obtained. 



CARROTS— TEST OF VARIETIES. 



Si 



3 



1 



2 

 3 



4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 

 10 



Name of Variety. 



Mammoth "White Intermediate 



Carter's Orange Giant 



White Belgian ... 



Long Yellow Stump-rooted. . . 

 New White Intermediate.. 



Giant White Vosges 



Ontario Chain pion 



Half Long Chantenay 



Early Gem.. 



Improved Short Whitr- 



Yield per 



Ac-p. 



1st Plot Sown. 



Ton.=. Lbs. 



21 

 20 

 20 

 10 

 18 

 IS 

 18 

 IS 

 17 

 10 



1,890 



1,010 



200 



1,705 



1,290 



OfiO 



030 



405 



1,475 



1,660 



Yield per 



Acre. 



2nd Plot Sown. 



Bush. Lbs. 



627 

 651 

 624 

 6.32 

 585 

 539 

 010 

 599 

 555 

 478 



45 



5 



30 



45 



30 

 30 

 30 



EXPERIMENTS WITH POTATOES. 



Tlae land on which the potatoes were grown was a clay loam. The previous crop 

 •was clover. The ground was manured early in the fall with stable manure at the 



