h'Knjh'T OF Mn'. S. A. BEDFOHn 



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SESSIONAL PA?1£R 



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EXPERIMENTS WITH MANGELS. 



Sixteen varieties of mangels have been on trial at the experimental farm tliis 

 yenr. The yield was excellent and the roots were saved free of injury from frost. 



The soil used for this crop was a black loam fertilized in 1902, with ten loads 

 of well-rotted stable manure, applied in the autumn. The previous crop was potatoes. 

 The first sowing was made on May 7, and the second on May 21. All were harvested 

 on September 24. 



The estimate of yield has been made from the product of two rows each G6 feet 

 long. 



MAlN'GELS — TEST OF VARIETIES. 



a. 

 § 



Name of ^^a^iety. 



1 Mam. Yellow Intermediate , 



2 Gate Post 



3 Half Long Sugar White ..... 



4 Yellow Intermediate 



Pi-ize Winner Yellow Globe 



6 Mammoth Long Red. ...... 



7 Triumph Yellow Globe 



8'Selected Mammotk Long Re, 

 9|Leviathan Long Red 



10;Giant Yellow Intermediate. . 

 ll'Giant Sugar Mangel 



12 Prize Mammoth Long Red. . 



13 Lion Yellow Intermediate.. 



14'Half Long Sugar Rosy 



15| Giant Yellow Globe 



16 Selected Yellow Globe 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



1st Plot. 



Tons. Lbs. 



39 

 37 

 35 

 31 

 31 

 31 

 31 

 31 

 31 

 31 

 29 

 28 

 27 

 26 

 25 

 24 



1,992 



712 



1,544 



1,624 



1,360 



l,09r, 



568 



304 



40 



40 



80 



496 



648 



800 



160 



1,896 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



1st Plot. 



Bush. Lbs. 



1,333 

 1,245 

 1,192 

 1,060 

 1,05(5 

 1,051 

 1,042 

 1,038 

 1,034 



,034 

 968 

 941 

 910 

 880 

 836 

 831 



12 

 12 

 24 

 24 



36 

 48 

 24 



36 

 48 



36 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



2nd Plot. 



Tons. Lbs. 



31 

 29 

 31 

 38 

 30 

 27 

 28 

 29 

 28 

 31 

 27 

 30 

 24 



28 

 35 

 36 



.';6S 



872 

 40 

 32 



1,512 

 120 

 760 



1,928 

 496 

 304 

 648 

 192 



1,104 

 760 



1,280 

 600 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



2nd Plot. 



Bush. Lbs. 



1,042 



981 



1,034 



1,267 



1,025 



902 



946 



9!)S 



941 



1,038 



910 



1,003 



818 



946 



i.ies 



1,210 



48 

 12 



12 



12 



48 

 36 

 24 

 4S 

 12 

 24 



CAEROTS. 



Profiting by last year's experience, a deep friable soil was selected for tins test. 

 The land was plovighed deeply in the fall so as to give the root an opportunity to 

 penetrate the soil. The previous crop was mangels. 



Ten varieties were tried. The first sowing wa5 made on May 7, the second on 

 May 21. This year, with one exception, the first sown plots gave the largest yield. 



The yield per acre has been calculated from the products of two rows, each 66 

 feet long. 



CARROTS — TEST OF VARIETIES. 



u 



c 



5 



1 

 2 

 3 

 4 



5 

 6 

 / 



8 



9 



10 



Name of Variety. 



New White Intermediate 



Long Yellow Stump Rooted . . . 



Ontario Champion^ 



Improved Short White 



White Belgian.... 



Carter's Orange Giant . 



Alammoth White Intermediate 



Half Long Chantenay 



Giant White Vosges 



Early Gem 



IG— 25 ' 



Yield per 

 Acre. 



1st Plot. 



Tons. Lbs. 



38 

 36 

 35 

 33 

 33 

 31 

 30 

 23 

 26 

 22 



1,440 

 600 



1,720 

 440 



1,360 

 280 

 760 

 800 

 880 



Yield per 

 Acre. 



1st Plot. 



Yield per 

 Acre. 



2nd Plot. 



Bu.^h Lbs. Tons. Lbs. 



1,290 



1,210 



1,195 



1.107 



1,100 



1,056 



1,004 



946 



880 



748 



40 24 

 .. ; 29 



20 

 20 



40 



18 

 26 

 18 

 25 

 24 

 24 

 15 

 23 



840 



520 



840 



1,680 



840 



1,040 



1,720 



1,720 



800 



1,080 



Yield per 

 Acre. 



2nd Plot. 



Bush. Lbs. 



814 

 975 

 630 

 894 

 630 

 850 

 828 

 828 

 513 

 784 



20 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 20 

 40 



