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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



64 VICTORIA, A. 1901 

 EXPERIMENTS WITH SUGAR EEETS. 



Six varieties of sugar beets were tested this year. The soil had been ploughed in 

 the fall of 1899, and given a dressing of stable manure which was well worked into the 

 soil with the spade-harrow and drag. The first sowing was made April 23 and the 

 second on May 10. The seed germinated very badly owing to the wet, cold weather, 

 and the few plants there wei'e up were injured so much by the cut-worms that the land 

 was ploughed. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH POTATOES. 



Ninety-five varieties of potatoes were planted May 17 and 18, or a sandy loam that 

 had a crop of clover turned under in the spring, and which was well prepared by 

 repeated harrowings. The weather was so cold and Avet for a long time after they 

 were planted that the stand was very uneven and the growth feeble. Of som.e varieties 

 not over one-half of the seed germinated, which is, in many cases, the cause of the 

 poor crop. The yield has been calculated from the produce of two rows, 66 feet long, 

 and average rows having been taken, a thin, uneven stand shows a poor result. The 

 quality is, however, excellent, only a few varieties showing any rot. 



Potatoes — Test of Varieties. 



1 Reading Giant. .. . 



2 Seedling No. 230 . . . 



3 Lizzie's Pride ... . 



4 Early Market 



5 Hale's Champio::. . . . 



6 Prolific Rose 



7 Quaker City 



8 Northern Spy 



9 Rose No. 9 



10 Uncle Sam 



11 Dakota Red 



12 Rural Blush 



13 Pride of the Market . 



14!Vani(r 



15iMcTntyre ... 



16, Seattle 



17lBrownell's Winner . 



18 Hopeful 



19! Vigorosa 



20 American Beauty . . . 

 2l'ClayRose ". . . 



22 Swiss Snow Flake. . 



23 Carman No. 1 



24!Houlton Rose .... 



25iBovee 



26 

 27 

 28 



G-reen Mountain.. . 



Early Harvest 



Everett 



29, Early Pride 



30,'Irish Daisy 



31 .Great Divide ... 



32 Early Six Weeks. . 



33 Troy Seedling . . . 



34 Ideal 



35| American Wonder. 

 36lEarlv Furitnn . .. 

 37'Polaris 



Total 



Yield 



Per Acre. 



Yield 



Per Acre 



of 



Sound. 



Yield 

 Per Acre 



of 

 Rotten. 



Yield per 

 Acre of 



Mar- 

 ketable. 



Yield ])er 

 Acre of 

 Unmar- 

 ketable. 



Form and Colour. 



15iish. Ibs.iBiush. lbs. Bush. Ibs.lBu.sh. Ibs.'Bush. lbs. 



297 . . 



292 36 



292 36 



2S0 30 



26S 24 



2r)0 48 



21.-) 18 



237 36 



235 24 



232 16 



232 16 



232 16 



223 53 



212 18 



212 8 



211 12 



211 12 



209 .. 



204 38 



204 38 



198 .. 



197 17 



184 48 



184 48 



180 24 



180 24 



174 54 



173 48 



173 48 



173 48 



173 48 



171 36 



171 36 



169 24 



169 24 



169 24 



169 24 



170 54 



170 24 

 174 54 

 173 48 

 173 48 

 173 48 

 173 48 



171 3(J 

 171 36 

 135 24 

 169 24 

 169 24 

 169 24 



10 



34 



18 



9 30 



239 . . 



204 48 



234 .. 



210 30 

 201 24 



211 48 

 139 .. 

 201 48 

 211 34 

 174 16 

 209 .. 

 185 46 

 160 53 

 180 28 



126 54 



58 .. 



87 4S 



58 36 



70 .. 



(17 . . 



39 .. 



94 . . 



35 48 



23 50 



58 .. 

 23 16 

 46 30 



63 .. 

 31 50 

 42 .33 

 42 14 

 53 .. 



42 30 

 30 40 

 51 38 

 79 15 



59 11 



64 48 

 37 .. 

 30 .. 

 17 24 

 35 .. 



43 30 



60 48 

 35 ... 

 86 48 

 85 .. 

 45 24 

 34 24 



101 39 



34 24 



42 30 



