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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



FIELD CROP YIELDS. 



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The yields of crops grown in field lota and under ro^ulnr field conditions averaged 

 as follows in 1913 : 



Field Crop Yields, Nappau, 1913, 



Area. 



Crop. 



Yield per acre. 



Acres. 



1 



10 



5 



40 



24 1 Upland haj- 



2 Wheat. 



<1 



9 



2 



3 



Mangels 



Turnips 



( 'orn 



Marshland hay. 



Upland oats 



Marshland oat.s. 



Barley 



Potatoes 



Tons. Lb. 



19 685 



23 2.3 



12 1,380 



1 1,856 



2 856 



Bush. Lb. 



644 



767 



45 



29 30 



.')9 24 



20 — 



33 44 



376 — 



YIELDS OF M.\NGELS. 



Three varieties of mang'els, considered the most suitable for this district, were 

 grown in one-third acre plots on a clay loam soil. 



Yields OF Field Lots of Mangels, Nappan, 1913. 



Area. 



Name of variety. 



Yield per acre. 



Acres 



i 



1 



JTamrnoth LongRod 

 Yellowlntcrmediatej 

 Yellow Globe 



Tons. Lb. 



18 120 

 20 140 



19 1,795 



Bush. Lb. 



602 

 669 

 663 15 



Nappan. 



