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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



Turnips. — Test of Varieties. 



64 VICTORIA, A. 1901 



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2 

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5 

 6 

 7 

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 13 

 14 

 15 

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 18 

 19 

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 21 

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 26 

 27 

 28 



Name of Variety. 



Perfection Swede , 



West Norfolk Red Top. 



Bangholm Selected 



Elephant's Master 



Mammoth Clyde , 



Imperial Swede 



Champion Purple Top. . . 



Selected Purple Top 



Drimimond Purple Top. , 



Prize Winner 



Hartley's Bronze 



Shamrock Purple Top . . , 

 Halewood's Bronze Top. 



New Arctic 



Hall's Westbury , 



Prize Purple Top 



Monarch 



Giant King 



Kangaroo 



Carter's Elephant 



Sutton's Champion 



Selected Champion 



.Jumbo 



East Lothian.. . , 



Marquis of Lome 



Skirvings 



Magnum Bonum 



Webb's New Renown.. . 



Yield 

 Per Acre. 



Ist Plot. 



36 

 28 

 26 

 26 

 25 

 25 

 24 

 24 

 20 

 19 

 19 

 19 

 18 

 18 

 18 

 18 

 17 

 17 

 17 

 17 

 17 

 17 

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 16 

 16 

 16 

 15 

 15 



Yield 

 Per Acre. 



1st Plot. 



Yield 

 Per Acre. 



2nd Plot. 



Tons. Lb.-, Bush. Lbs. Tons. Lbs 



160 

 1,200 

 1,680 



800 

 1,920 

 1,920 

 1,280 

 1,280 

 1,580 

 1,.^80 

 1,160 



280 

 1,400 



520 

 80 

 80 

 1,970 

 1,860 

 1,860 

 1,200 

 1,080 



320 



320 

 1,000 



780 



560 

 1,680 

 1,680 



1,202 40 



953 20 



894 40 



880 . . . 



865 20 



865 20 



821 20 



821 20 



693 . . . 



656 20 



652 40 



638 . . . 



623 20 



608 40 



601 20 



601 20 



597 50 



597 40 



597 40 



586 40 



584 40 



572 . . . 



572 . . . 



550 ... 



546 20 



542 40 



528 . . . 



528 . . . 



31 920 



22 



25 820 



22 220 



25 1,040 

 22 1,020 



26 1,680 



18 80 



19 1,600 

 19 620 



620 

 800 

 14 1,040 

 16 1,880 

 700 



19 

 15 



20 

 16 

 16 

 15 

 13 

 16 



560 

 120 

 360 

 400 

 560 



15 1,240 



16 560 



15 1,680 

 11 1,760 



16 1,660 



18 80 



19 280 

 11 1,980 



Yield 

 Per Acre. 



2nd Plot. 



Bush. Lbs. 



1,018 40 

 733 20 

 847 

 737 



850 40 

 753 20 

 894 40 

 601 20 

 660 



660 20 

 660 20 

 513 20 

 484 



564 40 

 678 20 

 542 40 

 .535 20 

 506 

 440 



542 40 

 520 40 

 542 40 

 528 

 396 

 561 



601 20 

 638 

 399 40 



EXPERTMENTS WITH MA^'GELS. 



Twenty-two varieties of mangels were tested this year. The soil was a sandy 

 loam which had been in clover in 1899 ; the clover sod was turned under in the autumn 

 of 1899, when the land was given a dressing of stable manure, which was well-worked 

 into the soil with the spading-harrow and drag. The land was in good condition when 

 the first sowings were made, April 25. Before the second sowing was made, May 

 12, the weal her had turned cold and wet and continued so all through Maj' and most 

 of June, and in consequence the seed did not germinate well and the stand was very 

 uneven. The growth was only fair when the cut-worms attacked the crop in July 

 and nearly ruined it ; some varieties have made a fair crop, but the unfavourable 

 spring and the cut-worms materially lessened the yield. Two sowings were made of 

 each variety, and four rows each, one hundred feet long were sown in every case, and 

 the yield computed from 66 feet of the two centre rows. The roots from both sowings 

 were pulled October 23. 



