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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPERIMENTAL FARM, BRANDON, MAN. 

 REPORT or THE SUPERINTENDENT, W. C .McKILLICAN, B.S.A. 



The season of 1913 has been nearly a normal Manitoba season. The principal 

 departure from average conditions was in the rainfall, which was rather light in the 

 early part of the season. 



Garden crops were planted in good time, with the soil in good condition. Germina- 

 tion was satisfactory in most instances and, as the land was kept well cultivated, the 

 dry weather did not affect growth to any great degree. The dry weather had a more 

 noticeable effect on annual flowers than anything else, and the bloom was hardly as 

 good as usual until the latter part of the summer. 



POTATOES. 



Twenty-eight varieties of potatoes were planted in the uniform test rows on 

 May 24, and dug on September 16. In order to eliminate as much as possible any 

 chance of experimental error, the duplicate system of testing was followed. The 

 following yields are therefore calculated from the average product of two 66-foot rows. 



Empire State ■ 



Table Talk ,.. 



Wee Macgregor 



Rawlings Kidney (Ashleaf Kidney). 



American Wonder 



Peacock's Surprise 



Reeves' Rose 



Woodbury's White Rose 



Sabean Elephant 



Manitoba Wonder 



Late Puritan 



Early Norther 



Hamilton's Early 



Morgan Seedling 



Irish Cobbler 



Houlton Rose 



Carman No. 1 



New Queen. 



Medium. 



" ..: Russet. 



" Pink Large. 



" White. 



Oval 



Long 



Red Medium. 



White Large... . 



Pink I " ... 



Round iWhite " ... 



Lona 



; Light pink. 



Round : White. 



Long iPink...- I " ... 



Oval White Medium. 



" ,Pink ■ " 



Early Ohio Round.. .... jKed Large... . 



Rochester Rose 'Oval ILight pink iMedium. 



Early Hebron | " Pink | " 



Early Bovee (Medium Long.. . Light pink andj 



I ; white " 



Gold Coin lOval IWhite | " 



Early White Prize ^Long i " ' " ... 



Money Maker. 



May Flower Round .... 



Factor Long Hat. 



Hard to Beat I " 



Small. 



Medium . 

 : Small.. . 



Yield per 

 Acre. 



COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS OX POT.\TOES. 



Three kinds of commercial fertilizers were tested separately on potatoes, and a 

 combination of the three was also used. Acid phosphate was used, representative of 

 fertilizers containing phosphorus. Muriate of potash was chosen as a typical potash 



