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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



64 VICTORIA, A. 1901 



EXPEKIMENTS WITH MANGELS. 



The number of varieties of mangels under test in 1900 was twenty-two. These 

 were all sown side by side adjoining the turnips ; the land was similar in character 

 and its treatment and preparation was the same. The drills were made up two feet 

 apart and rolled with a heavy land roller to make a firm bed before the seed was 

 Two sowings were made of each sort, the first on May 16, the second on May 



sown. 



30. They were also pulled on two different dates, the first pulling was on October 16 

 and the second on November 6. The yield per acre has been calculated from the 

 weight of roots gathered from one row, 66 feet in length. 



MANGELS— TEST OF VARIETIES. 



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a 



3 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



19 



20 



21 



22 



Name of Variety. 



Canadian Giant 



Giant Yellow Intermediate . . . 

 Ward's Large Oval Shaped. . . 



Mammoth Long Red 



Giant Yellow Half Long 



Yellow Intermediate 



Gate Post 



Half Long Sugar Rosy 



Champion Yellow Globe 



Yellow laterraediate 



Half Long Sugar White 



Prize Mammoth Long Re^l . . . 

 Lion Yellow Intermediate. . . . 



Gate Post Yellow 



Giant Yellow Globe 



Yellow Globe 



Mammoth Oval Shaped 



Norbitan Giant 



Selected ^lammoth Long Red. 



Golden Fleshed Tankard 



Yellow Fleshed Taakard 



Warden Orange Globe 



Yield 



per acre from 



1st Sowing, 



1st Pulling 



October 16. 



Tons. 



51 

 49 

 47 

 46 

 45 

 44 

 42 

 42 

 42 

 42 

 41 

 41 

 41 

 41 

 41 

 41 

 39 

 37 

 37 

 36 

 31 

 31 



Lbs. 



630 

 340 



1,040 

 400 



1,080 

 440 

 480 

 295 

 150 

 150 



1,820 



1,490 

 500 

 500 

 170 

 170 

 2I0 

 910 

 250 



1,590 

 865 

 370 



Yield 



per acre from 



2nd Sowing, 



l5t Pulling 



October 16. 



Yield 



per acre from 

 1st Sowing, 

 2nd Pulling 



November 6. 



Tons. 



34 

 24 

 33 

 39 

 25 

 38 

 34 

 28 

 35 

 40 

 31 

 33 

 40 

 29 

 27 

 37 

 41 

 31 

 .30 

 31 

 30 

 30 



Lbs. Tons. 



310 



1,500 



1,650 



540 



1,150 



560 



1,300 



430 



2!)0 



1,510 



700 



990 



1,180 



1,400 



450 



580 



500 



1,360 



1,050 



1,855 



60 



60 



,51 

 49 

 46 

 40 

 40 

 45 

 41 

 4S 

 43 

 42 

 3;3 

 42 

 40 

 39 

 41 

 40 

 41 

 38 

 ,39 

 37 

 33 

 35 



1,620 

 835 



1,720 

 685 



1,923 

 750 

 253 



1,120 

 130 



1,470 



1,320 

 150 

 685 

 870 

 830 



1,345 

 5 



1,220 



1,860 

 580 

 330 

 455 



Yield 



per acre from 



2nd Sowing, 



2nd Pulling 



November 6. 



Lbs. Tons. 



34 

 27 

 35 

 40 

 31 

 39 

 33 

 3« 

 35 

 41 

 39 

 33 

 39 

 30 

 30 

 46 

 3S 

 32 

 31 

 32 

 31 

 31 



Lbs. 



1,465 

 1,770 



620 



520 

 1,360 



870 

 1,*20 



890 

 1,280 

 1,160 

 1,860 

 1,050 

 1,'.:00 

 1,215 

 1,050 

 1,840 

 1,880 

 1,070 



370 



680 

 1,690 



535 



aw 



Tons. Lbs. 



Average of Ist sowing, 1st pulling 41 1,084 



II 2nd It 1st II 41 553 



u Ist It 2nd 33 338 



M 2ud M 2nd 1 35 223 



SUMMAKY. 



In 1898 there was a considerable increase in the crop of mangels from the early 

 sown pl»ts; this year tBly a small advantage was gained by early sowing. The average 

 of the crops frem tii« first sowing was only 531 pounds per acre above that from the 

 second sowToig. At the same time there was a falli-ng off in both instances in the 

 aecond pulling, probably the result of unfavorable conditions of weather. 



