REPORT OF TEE DIRECTOR 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 

 EXPERIMENTS WITH FERTILIZERS ON PLOTS OF MANGELS AND TURNIPS-Cww^udeci. 



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Fcrtilizora applied each yeai* from 

 1889 to 18!),S or 18'J!). No fertili- 

 zers used from that time to lOOo. 

 Clover sown in 1900 in place of the 

 roots and plouj,'hed under in May, 

 1901, before the roots were sown. 

 In 190.'S clover was afrain sown and 

 ploughed under in May, 1904. In 

 1905-(! fertilizers again applied as 

 in 1899. Cluver discontinued. 



AvEii.\GK Yield 



FOR 



Fourteen Years. 



IMangels, 



W.-ight 



of Roots. 



18 



19 



Per acre. 



Tons. 



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Unmauured from the beginning 



iione, finely giDund, 500 lbs., wood 

 ashes, unleachcd, 1,000 lbs. i>cr 

 acre, used each year from 1889 to 

 1899 inclusive. No fertilizers used 

 from 1900 to 1905. In 1905-6 ferti- 

 lizers again used as at first 12 



Wood ashes, unleached, 2,000 lbs. 

 per acre, used eacb year from 1889 

 to 1899, inclv;sive. No fertilizer 

 used from 1900 to 1905. In 1905-6 

 fertilizer again used as at first. ... 11 



Common salt (Sodium chloride). 400 

 lbs. per acre, used each year from 

 1889 to 1899 inclusive. No fertilizer 

 used from 1900 to 1905. In 1905-6 

 fertilizer again used as at first 10 



Mineral superphosphate. No. 1, 500 

 lbs., nitrate of soda, 200 lbs. per 

 acre, used each year from 1889 to 



1899 inclusive. No fertilizers used 

 from 1900 to 19C5. In 1905-6 fer 

 tdizers again used as at first 12 



Mineral sutjerphosphate, No. 1, 350 

 lbs., wood ashe.s, unleached, 1,500 

 lbs. per acre, used each year from 

 1889 to 1899 inclusive. "No ferti- 

 lizers us3d from 1900 to 1905. In 

 1905-6 fertilizers again used as at 

 first 13 



Mineral superphosphate, No. 1, 500 

 lbs., muriate of potash, 200 lbs. 

 per acre, used each year from 1889 

 to 1899 inclusive. No fertilizers 

 used from 1900 to 1905. In 1905-6 

 fertilizers again Used as at first ... 13 



Double sulphate of pot;tsh and mag- 

 nesia, 300 lbs. per acie in 1889 and 

 1S91> (muriate of potash, 200 lbs., 

 substituted each year since), dried 

 blood, 250 lbs., mineral super- 

 phospliate, No. 1, 500 lbs. per acre, 

 used each year from 1889 to 1899 

 inclusive. No fertilizers used from 



1900 to 1905. In 19i)5-6 fertilizers 

 again used as at first 



20 Wood ashes, unleached, 1,500 lb.«., 

 common salt (Sodium chloride), 

 300 I'os. per acre, u.scd each year 

 from 1SS9 to 189'.) inclusive. No 

 fertilizers usecl from 1900 to 1905 

 In 1905 C fertilizeis again used as 

 at first 



21 Mineral superjjhosphate, No. 2,' 50O 

 llis. per acre, used each year from 

 1889 to 1899 inclusive. No ferti- 

 lizer used from 1900 to 1905. In 1905- 

 6 ftrtili:. T again us;'d as at first... . 



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lbs. 

 918 



571 



422 



250 



198; 



Turnips, 

 Weight 

 of Roots. 



Per acre. 



Tons. lbs. 

 7 675 



8 1989 



8 107: 



8 270 



150 



800 



ISnr Se.\son, 1900, 

 Varieties. 



West Half Ea.st Half 

 Plot. Plot. 



Turnips; 



I'urple 



Top Swede 



Weight 



of Roots. 



Mangels: 



Mammoth 



Long Red. 



Weight 



of Ro'its. 



Per acre. 



Tons. lbs. 

 4 1740 



7 240 



5 7G0 



2 1600 



10 1684 7 1820 



1163 10 1319 



11 443 



Per acre. 



Average Yield 



FOR 



Fifteen Years. 



Mangels. 



Weight 



of Roots. 



Per acre. 



Tons. lbs. Tons. 

 7 40 7 



15 200 12 



12 1980 11 



9 1020 10 



9 IGSO 12 



lbs. 



859 



94G 



659 



174 



1503 



Turnips. 



Weight 



of Roots. 



Per acre. 



Tons. Iba. 

 7 346 



8 1730 



8 656 



7 1558 



9 1897 



8 20 10 200 13 



7 1100 



12 299 6 1900 



214 10 1810 



1977ill 382 



099 10 9G6 



15 1460 13 



504 



10 1943 



16 640 14 



G 1020 17 650 



5 1860 



11 1180 



989 



15 



14 



11 1010 



510 



10 1290 



152410 1680 



