REPORT OF MR. R. ROBERTSON. 



295 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Nineteen varieties were sown May 29, and a duplicate set of plots two weeks 

 later, June 12. The crop was pulled October 25. 



The following results were obtained, the yield per acre being calculated from 2 

 rows, each 66 feet long : — 



CARROTS-TEST OF VARIETIES. 



No. 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



19 



Name of Variety. 



Half-long White 



Mammoth White Intermediate 



Green Top White Orthe 



Giant White Vosges 



Ontario Champion 



New White Intermediate 



Early Gem 



White Vosges Large Short 



Improved Short White 



Long Scarlet Altringhani 



Guerande or Ox-Heart 



Iverson's Champion 



White Belgian 



Half -long Chantenay 



Yellow Intermediate 



Long Orange or Surrey 



Carter's Orange Giant 



Scarlet Intermediate 



Scarlet Nantes 



Yield 

 per Acre 



1st Plot. 



Tons. 

 30 

 29 

 26 

 2.5 

 25 

 23 

 22 

 21 

 21 

 19 

 19 

 19 

 18 

 17 

 17 

 17 

 17 

 14 

 14 



Lbs. 



1,875 

 80 



1,955 

 325 

 325 



1,025 



1,705 



405 



75 



1,600 

 775 

 280 



1,455 



1,475 



G50 



320 



25 



1,205 

 875 



Yield 

 per Acre 



1st Plot. 



Bush. 



1,031 

 9(W 

 8!« 

 838 

 838 

 783 

 761 

 706 

 701 

 600 

 646 

 638 

 624 

 591 

 577 

 572 

 5<)7 

 486 

 481 



Lbs. 

 15 

 Oi 

 15 

 45 

 45 

 45 

 45 

 45 

 15 

 00 

 15 

 00 

 15 

 15 

 30 

 00 

 5 

 45 

 15 



Yield 

 per Acre 



2nd Plot. 



Tons. 

 15 

 16 

 12 

 15 

 12 

 17 

 15 

 10 

 17 



9 



13 

 14 

 12 

 15 

 13 



9 

 10 



9 



9 



Lbs. 



195 



505 



255 



195 



255 



6.50 



855 



955 



]55 



1,305 



895 



875 



1,57^ 



1,680 



400 



1,.305 



1,4.51) 



1..0 



!J75 



Yield 

 l)er Acre 



2nd Plot. 



Bush. 

 503 

 541 

 404 

 503 

 404 

 577 

 514 

 349 

 5(59 

 321 

 44fS 

 481 

 4i'(i 

 528 

 440 

 321 

 357 

 3(i2 



3it; 



Lbs. 

 15 

 45 

 15 

 15 

 15 

 30 

 15 

 15 

 15 

 45 

 15 

 15 

 15 

 00 

 00 

 45 

 30 

 30 

 15 



EXPEKIMENTS WITH SUGAR BEETS. 



Six varieties of sugar beets were sown May 29, and a duplicate set of plots on 

 June 12. These plots were on land adjoining the other two plots, and was of similar 

 character, receiving the same treatment. The seed was planted in the same manner 

 as the mangel plots. The crop was pulled October 24, and the yield per acre has been 

 calculated from the weight of the crop from 2 rows, each 66 feet long : — 



SUGAR BEETS— TEST OF VARIETIES. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH POTATOES. 



The fcoil on which the potatoes were grown was a heavy loam. The previous crop 

 was oats and pease, cut green for feed ; manure at the rate of 30 one-horse cartloads 

 per acre was spiead and ploughed under in the early fall of 1899. In the spring the 

 land was harrowed with the disc and smoothing harrows and again ploughed, after 

 which the disc and smoothing harrows were again used. Drills were run 30 inches 

 apart and potato fertilizer at the rate of 400 pounds per acre was scattered along in 

 the drill. • 



The seed was cut leaving from two to three eyes in each piece, and planted one 

 foot apart in the drills and covered with the; plough. 



