REPORT OF MR. R. ROBERTSON 



285 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Turnips — Test of Varieties. 



6 



Name of Variety. 



New Century 



Jiiinbo 



Kangaroo 



Hiirtley's Bronze 



Imj.'erial Swede. 



6j Hall's Westbviry 



7 'Perfection Swede 



8 Halewood's l>ronze Top. 



UjDrummond Purple IVp . 



10 Sutton's Champion. . . . 



ll'Magnum Bonuni 



12 Man^moth Clyde 



l3|Good Luck 



14] Klephanfs Master 



15;Empire Swede 



lG|Sejected Purple Top . . . 



17iCarter's Elepliant 



IS.Skirvings 



lO.Bangholin Selected 



20 East Lothian 



i 



Yield per acre. 



1st Plot. 



2nd Plot. 



Bush. Lbs. Tons. Lbs, 



1,002 40 



1,000 . . 



977 20 



904 .. 



89.S 20 



890 40 



880 . . 



872 .. 



869 20 



840 .. 



826 40 



821 20 



794 40 



784 .. 



776 .. 



760 .. 



733 20 



720 .. 



706 40 



698 40 



24 

 25 

 21 

 25 

 24 

 24 

 23 

 21 

 21 

 23 

 1(1 

 25 

 21 

 22 

 22 

 18 

 22 

 21 

 17 

 19 



1,120 



880 



1,520 



1,680 



80O 



80 

 880 



1,140 

 400 



1,000 

 720 



1,360 



1,760 

 800 



1,760 



1,160 

 720 

 560 



1,360 



Bush. Lbs. 



818 40 



848 . 



725 20 



861 20 



813 20 



800 . . 



7C8 .. 



714 40 



717 20 



773 20 



560 . . 



845 20 



722 40 



762 40 



746 40 



629 20 



752 . . 



712 .. 



576 . 



656 .. 



FIELD CROPS OF TURNIPS. 



Four acres of turnips were sown in four lots of one acre each. The land was a 

 clay loam in a fair state of fertility, the previous crop having been clover hay. The 

 sod was ploughed in the fall and harrowed with the spring-tooth harrow and worked 

 up in the spring with the spade and smoothing harrows. Manure at the rate of 20 

 tons per acre was spread on and ploughed under. 



Three of the four acres were divided into three parts. To one-third of two of 

 those acres was added complete fertilizer (Bowker's Square brand) at the rate of 500 

 lbs. per acre, to another third complete fertilizer (Bowker's Square brand) at the rate 

 of 250 lbs. per acre was added, the remaining third of each had manure only. To one- 

 third of the third acre Basic slag at the rate of 1,000 lbs. per acre was added, to another 

 third basic slag at the rate of 500 lbs. per acre was added, the remaining third had 

 manure only. The fourth acre had barnyard manure only. 



The fertilizer was put on top of rows and drilled in, the rows were run 24 inches 

 apart and the seed sown on June 16, 21 and 28. The crop was harvested November 

 14, 15 and 17. 



