REPORT OF MR. THOMAS A. SHARPS 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPERIMENTS WITH MANGELS. 



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Eighteen varieties of mangels were tested this season. Two sowings of each sort 

 were made, the first sown April 25, and the second May 9. Four rows of 100 feet long, 

 30 inches apart were sown at each sowing of each variety, and the weight of the yield 

 computed from G6 feet of the two centre rows in each case. The land was prepared as 

 in the turnip test, and was of the same character. The seed did not germinate evenly 

 and the stand was very irregular, making a light yield per acre. The stand was lighter 

 in the early sown plants than in the second series, but the roots were larger and bettor 

 grown. All were pulled October 22. 



MANGELS — TKST OF VAIIIETIES. 



a> 



Name of Variety. 



1 (Jiant Yellow Globe. . . . 



2 Yellow Intermediate. . . 



3 Mamiiioth Long Red . . . 



4 Triumph Yellow Globe. 



5 Gianc Sugar Mangel . . . 



6 Perfection 



7 Half Long Sugar White, 

 8i Prize Winner Yellow 



I Globe 



9^Selected Yellow Globe. . 



10 Mammoth Yellow In 



termediate 



11 Lion Yellow Interme 



diate 



12 Prize Mammoth Long 



Red 



13 Gate Post 



14 Leviathan Long Red 



15 (:iiant Yellow Interme 



diate 



16 Selected Mammoth Long 



Red 



17 Golden Giant 



18 Half Long Sugar Rosy. 



1st Plot 

 Sown. 



April 



,25 

 25 

 25 

 25 

 25 

 25 



25 

 25 



25 



25 



25 

 25 

 25 



25 



25 

 25 

 25 



2nd Plot 

 Sown. 



May 



1st Plot 

 Pulled. 



Oct. 



22 

 22 

 22 

 22 

 22 

 22 

 22 



22 



22 



22 



22 



22 

 22 



22 



22 



22 



22 

 22 



2nd Plot 

 Pulled. 



Oct. 



22 



22 

 22 

 22 

 22 

 22 

 22 



22 

 22 



22 



22 



22 

 22 

 22 



22 



22 



22 

 22 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



1st Plot. 



S oi 



O ^ 



30 984 



27 912 



27 G48 



24 1,104 



21 240 



10 148 



19 IG 



18 

 18 



17 



IG 



15 

 14 

 13 



12 

 12 

 10 



1,356 

 696 



1,904 



826 



96 



248 



1,984 



208 



1,344 



288 



1,272 



Yitld 



per 



Acre. 



1st Plot. 



3 





1,016 24 



915 12 



910 48 



818 24 



704 .. 



635 48 



633 36 



G22 36 



611 .36 



598 24 



547 16 



501 36 



470 48 



466 24 



437 48 



422 24 



404 48 



354 32 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



2nd Plot. 



O S> 



H ^q 



16 473 



9 . 480 



16 1,264 



10 1,658 

 13 1,192 

 13 1,984 

 13 1,060 



19 1.204 



13 4 



13 928 



13 1,984 



14 24S 

 7 784 



12 1,872 



11 1,760 



7 1,576 



13 796 



8 1,160 



Yield 



per 



Aero. 



2nd Plot 



J3 



541 12 



308 .. 



554 24 



360 5S 



453 12 



460 34 



451 .. 



053 24 



433 24 



448 48 



466 24 



471 48 



246 24 



431 12 



396 .. 



259 36 



446 36 



286 .. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH SUGAR BEETS. 



Eight varieties of sugar beet seed were sown alongside the mangels. The soil was 

 of the same nature and the preparation was the same. Two sowings of each sort were 

 made, but the seed did not germinate sufficiently in any of the plots to admit of any 

 estimate as to their relative productiveness. 



POTATOES. 



Forty-six varieties of potatoes were tested this year. The land was sandy loam 

 which had been heavily dressed with barn-yard manure in the spring of 1903 and 

 sown to pease. It was fall-ploughed last fall and harrowed every few ^ays from early 

 in the spring until May 12. when the potatoes were planted. They were planted in 

 drills thirty inches apart and the sets one foot apart in the drill. They were har- 



