REPORT OF MR. AXGVS MACKA7. 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Mangels — Test of Varieties, 



407 



Sugak-Bekts — Test of Varieties. 



2 



8 



Name of Variety. 



Red Top Sugar 



Improved Imperial. 



Wanzleben 



Danish Red -top 



VUmoiin's Improved 

 Danish Improved . . 



1st Plot 

 Sown. 



May 18. 

 18. 

 18. 

 18. 

 18. 

 18. 



2nd Plot 

 Sown. 



May 25. 

 25, 

 25. 



25, 

 25, 

 25 



1st Plot 

 Pulled. 



Sept. 28 

 » 28 

 „ 28 

 ,. 28 



,. 28 

 M 28 



2nd Plo- 

 Pulled. 



Yield 

 )er Acre. 

 1st Plot. 



Sept. 28 

 I. 2}- 



II 2< 



H 2i 



9: 



Tons Lbs 



12 930 



11 1,295 



11 740 



11 50 



10 1,090 



10 970 



Yield 

 per Acre, 

 list Plot. 



Bus. Lbs. 



415 

 388 

 379 

 367 

 351 

 349 



30 

 15 



30 

 30 

 30 



Yield 



per Acre. 



2od Plot. 



Tons Lbs 



15 

 9 

 12 

 12 

 11 

 10 



1,125 

 1,860 

 1,740 

 1,620 

 1,970 

 10 



Yield 

 per Acre. 

 2nd Plot. 



Bus. Lbs. 



518 

 331 

 429 

 427 

 399 

 333 



45 



30 

 30 



EXPERIMENTS WITH POTATOES. 



Eigh'^y-two varieties of potatoes were planted on a low, damp plot of summer- 

 fallow, which gave the seed a good start, and, on the whole, the crop was the most 

 satisfactory ever growTi on the farm. The growth of all varieties was very even, and 

 the tubers very sound and large. The land was ploughed and harrowed immediately 

 previous to planting. They were planted on May 14. The yield per acre has been 

 calculated in each case from the weight of tubers obtained from two rows, each 66 feet 

 long. Xo rot has occurred this season on any of the varieties under trial. 



* Did not germinate. 



