REPORT OF TEE AGRICULTURIST. g3 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Total crop, 71 tons. One ton cost in root-house $1.63, or 4*89 cents per busheL 

 Cost of producing 100 pounds digestible diy matter, 77 cents. 



CAKROTS. 



Three varieties of carrots were grown in half-acre lots side by side. The land 

 wns cultivated the previous autumn, ploughed in th^ spring and manured at the rate 

 of 15 tons per acre. Particulars of the varieties are as follows: — 



Mammoth White Intermediate. — ^ acre. Sown May 16, harvested October 25. 

 Yielded 27 tons 1,930 pounds or 932^ bushels per acre. 



Improved Short White. — i acre. Sown May 16, harvested October 25. Yielded 

 27 tons 1,160 pounds or 919^ bushels per acre. 



Guerande or Ox Heart (Red). — ^ acre. Sown May 16, harvested October 25. 

 Yielded 24 tons 1,520 pounds or 825J bushels per acre. 



The white varieties gave the larger returns. The red contain more dry matter or 

 food per ton, but do not keep so well. The white varieties give about 169 ;2 pounds 

 digestible dry matter to the ton, while the red give about 233-0 pounds to the same 

 quantity of roots. 



Below is a statement of the cost of producing carrots. 



Cost of Growing One and One-half Acres of Carrots. 



Rent of land, U acres, at $3 $4 50 



Cultivating in autumn 4 times 2 25 • 



Ploughing in spring at $2 3 00 



1 manure, at 15 tons per acre, $1 per ton 4 50 



Plarrowing twice, 2^ hours at 25 cents 62 J 



Drilling, 5 hours at 25 cents 1 25 



Rolling, 1 hour 25 



Seed, 4^ pounds at 45 cents 2 02 



Sowing, 5 hours at $1.25 per diem 63 



Pland-wheel hoeing twice, at $1.25 2 50 



Thinning, 5i days at $1.25 6 88 



Hoeing once, 2 days at $1.25 2 50 



Cultivating single horse 4 times, 16 hours at 17i cents. ... 2 80 



Ploughing team, 5 hours at $2.50 1 25 



Pulling, topping and loading, 12 days at $1.25 15 00 



Drawing in and unloading, 2 days at $2.50 5 00 



$54 95 



Yield, 40 tons carrots. Cost, $1.37 per ton housed, or 4-11 cents per bushel. 

 Average dry matter per ton, 200 pounds. Cost of 100 pounds digestible dry mat- 

 ter. 68 cents. 



SUGAR B1':ETS. 



Two plots of sugar beets were grown. Vilmorin's White Improved was the 

 variety selected. 



To gain some information as to the comparative economy of growing sugar beets 

 or mangels for feed, and to ascertain the relative cost of growing a given area (1) as 

 for forage, (2) as for sugar, two plots of one-quarter acre each were grown side by 

 Bide. The ground was prepared as for other root crops, and the same amount of barn- 



