EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



FLAX. 



7-8 EDWARD Vri., Ai^t90« 



The plots of flax were one-fortieth of au acre. The seed was sown on May 21st 

 at the rate of 60 lbs. to the acre. The soil was a sandy loam. ; i 



The yield per acre is expressed in pounds and also in ' bushels ' of 56 pounds. 



FlAX- 



Varieties. 



Name of Vai-iety. 



Date of 

 Ripening. 



NovaroEsic-"'; . 

 Ci'ttuiion . . . 



Aug. 



3 I.a Plata . 



4 



5 



6 



7 



Russian 



Yellow Seed .... 



Riga . . 



White Flowenii'?. 



17. 



n. 



q 



Y. 



7. 

 7. 

 7. 



No. of 



Days 



Maturing, 



Averasre 



Length of 



Plants. 



88 

 80 

 80 

 78 

 78 

 78 

 78 



Inches. 



29 

 38 

 30 

 34 

 31 

 35 

 26 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



Lbs. 



1,020 

 800 

 760 

 720 

 720 

 640 

 640 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



J3 

 w 



P 



m 



18 

 14 

 13 

 12 

 12 

 11 

 11 



SI 



1-5 

 12 

 16 

 32 

 48 

 48 

 24 

 24 



Weight 



per 



Measured 



Bushel 



after 



Cleaning. 



Lbs. 



55 



55i 



55 



541 



54 



54 



55 



FIELD EOOTS. 



The advantage of late pulling for field roots having been clearly proved by the 

 experience of several years, comparative tests, by pulling on two different dates about 

 two weeks apart, have been discontinued. All tiie roots were harvested at the one 

 time, but the harvesting was left until quite late so as to enable the roots to make as 

 large a growth as possible. 



The yield per acre of the field roots is calculated from the weight of the crop 

 gathered fvr^A one-hundredth of an acre. 



The sou on which the field roots were grown was a clay loam. 



It is probable that in some instances varieties which are mentioned in these tables 

 under different names are identical in all essential respects. 



In Canada the ton contains 2,000 pounds. 



TITKNIPS. 



Two sowings were made of each vai'iety, the first on May 15th and the second on 

 May 29th. Tlie seed was, used at the rate of about four pounds per acre. Before sow- 

 ing, the land was made up in drills two feet apart and rolled with a heavy land roller, 

 which flattened the drills nearly one-half, leaving a firm seed bed. Wlien the young 

 plants were about three inches high they were thinned out, leaving them about seven 

 inches apart in the rows. 



The roots were pulled on October 24:th. 



