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EXPKKl M Ey TAL FA h'.V S 



4-5 EDWARD VII., A. 1905 



FIELD ROOTS. 



The yield of all kinds of field roots has been unusually good on the experimental 

 farm this year, and a few notes on our manner of growing them may prove useful to 

 new settlers in this country. 



For the best results soil intended for field roots should be rich, moist, and fairly 

 free of weed seeds. These conditions can be obtained by sowing on manured sum- 

 mer-fallow land, or by using the same land continuously for a root crop, but alter- 

 nating the kind of root from year to year; for instance, land in potatoes this year 

 could be sown to turnips next season. The latter plan has been adopted here, and about 

 ■ten loads of manure per acre is applied every second or third year. If all root tops 

 and other rubbish is ploughed under deeply, just as soon as the crop is off, and the land 

 rolled, there will be no trouble from cutworms. 



Ail manure should be applied in the autumn. Only vrell rotted manure should be 

 used, and it must be broken up fine for the best results. 



All field roots should be sown much earlier than is generally practiced. Carrots 

 can be sown May 1, turnips May 10, and mangels and sugar beets May 15. 



Ridged di'iils dry out quickly, for that reason only level drills should be used. 



TURNIPS. 



Twenty varieties of turnips have been on trial at the experimental farm this year. 

 The yield was the largest for years, and the quality good. 



The soil was a sandy loam, manured in 1902, and the previous crop was potatoes. 



As usual two sowings were made of each va.riety; in every instance the early 

 Bown plots gave the largest returns. 



The first plots were sown on May 10, the second on May 23, and the roots from 

 both were pulled on October 6. The estimate of yield has been made from the pro- 

 duce of two rows, each 66 feet long. 



TURNIPS — TEST OF VAPaETIES. 



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S 



3 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



IG 



17 



18 



19 



20 



Name of Variety. 



Goorl Luck 



Jumbo 



Ma^Tuim Bonum . . , . . . . 



Hall's Westbuxy 



Bar.gholm, selected. .. . 



East Lothian. 



Perfection Swede 



Kangaroo 



Bartley's Bronze 



N ew Century 



Selected Purple Top 



Imperial Sv.-ede 



Drummond Purple Top., 



Carter's Elephant 



Emperor Swede 



Sutton's Champion .. 



Mammoth Clyde 



Halewood's Bronze Top., 

 Elephant's Master 



Skirvings 



Yield 

 per Aero. 



1st Plot. 



Yield 

 I)er Acre. 



1st Plot. 



Tons. Lbs.; Bush. Lbs. 



43 

 37 

 34 

 31 

 So 

 29 

 29 

 29 

 29 

 2,S 

 28 

 28 

 28 

 28 

 27 

 26 

 26 

 26 

 26 

 26 



1,120 



1.240 



040 



S04 



720 



1,400 



1,136 



80 



80 



1,552 



7G0 



7(30 



760 



760 



1,176 



1.592 



1,.328 



1.328 



800 



800 



I 



1,4,52 



1,254 



1,144 



1,038 



1,012 



990 



985 



968 



9GS 



959 



946 



946 



946 



946 



919 



893 



888 



888 



880 



880 



36 

 32 



36 

 12 

 48 

 48 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



2nd Plot. 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



2nd Plot 



Tons. Lbs. Busli. Lb.? 



23 

 25 

 25 

 23 

 22 

 21 

 21 

 19 

 21 

 23 

 22 

 23 

 21 

 21 

 19 

 21 

 23 

 19 

 19 

 22 



1,520 

 1,480 

 1,480 



200 



880 



768 

 1,500 

 1,600 



240 

 1,520 



616 



200 

 1,500 



768 

 1,600 



768 

 1,520 



280 

 1,600 



880 



792 

 8.58 

 858 

 770 

 748 

 7r2 

 720 

 6G0 

 704 

 792 

 743 

 770 

 726 

 712 

 660 

 712 

 792 

 638 

 660 

 748 



48 



48 

 48 



