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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



64 VICTORIA. A. 1901 

 EXPERIMENTS WITH SUGAR BEETS. 



Six varieties of sugar beets were tested in 1900. They were sown side by side on 

 land adjoining that used for the trial plots of turnips, mangels and carrots ; the soil 

 was similar and the treatment and preparation of the land and the method of sowing 

 were the same. Two sowings were made, the first on May 16, the second on May 30. 

 They were also pulled at two different dates ; the first pulling was on October 16, the 

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

 roots gathered from one row 66 feet long. 



SUGAR BEETS— TEST OF VARIETIES. 



Name of Variety. 



Danish Improved . . . . 



2'Wanzleben 



3, Improved Imperial. . . 



4' Red Top Sug;ir 



5 Danish Red Top 



6|Vihiiorin's Improved 



Yield 

 per Acre from 



1st Sowng, 

 1st Pulling 

 October 10. 



Tons. Lbs. 



42 



40 

 38 

 37 

 34 



27 



810 

 355 

 1,335 

 580 

 805 

 615 



Yield 



per Acre from 



2nd Sowing, 



1st Pulling 



October 10. 



Tons. Lbs. 



28 

 31 

 25 

 26 

 31 

 22 



430 

 1,030 



490 

 1,130 

 1,030 



220 



Yield I Yield 



per Acre frtHH per Acre fp 



Ist Sowing, ] 2nd Sowinj 

 2nd Pulling 2nd PuUini 

 November 0. November t. 



Tons. Lbs. I Tons. Lbs. 



35 

 40 

 32 

 36 

 35 

 27 



1,280 ! 35 



520 i 35 



1,340 I 33 



1,200 ! 31 



C20 ; 39 



1,110 ; 25 



1,940 



455 



330 



700 



1,200 



1,150 



Average of 1st sowing, 1st pulling . 

 ti 2ud II 1st II 

 II 1st II 2nd II 

 II 2ud II 2nd n 



Tons. 



. 36 

 . 27 

 . 34 

 . 33 



Lbs. 



1.417 



1,U.j5 



1,355 



963 



The increase in crop from the early sowing of sugar beets was very marked this 

 year, the gain amounting to 9 tons 362 pounds per acre. There was a slight decrease 

 in the crop in the second pulling of the early sown plots, but on those later sown the 

 increase was 5 tons 1,908 pounds per acre. 



FIELD PLOTS OF POTATOES. 



land 



The following field plots of potatoes were included in the ian<a aevoren ro 

 experimental purposes. The land on which these potatoes were planted was similar 

 throughout, and the preparation and treatment were the same for all. The soil was 

 a light sandy loam. The previous crop was pease. During the winter of 1899 and 

 1900 it received a dressing of about 12 tons of fresh barn-yard manure per acre, which 

 was placed during the winter on the frozen ground in small piles of about a third 

 of a cart-load each, to prevent fermentation. This was spread in the spring, ploughed 

 under about six inches deep, and harrowed with the smoothing-harrow, then made 

 into drills 2i feet apart and six inches deep for planting. 



