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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5 GEORGE v.. A. 1915 



PART II.— EXPERIMENTS ON IRRIGATED LAND. 



POTATOES.— TEST OE VARIETIES. 



Twenty-five varieties were planted May 23 on land on which grain had been grown 

 the previous season. Manure was applied after the grain was harvested and the land 

 was fall ploughed. The sets were placed from 12 to 1-i inches apart in the row and the 

 rows Avere 30 inches apart. The crop was irrigated three times. They were dug 

 October 1. 



Varieties of Potatoes (Irrigated).. 



Variety. 



Yield 



per acre 



Marketable. 



Green Mountain 



Vick's Extra Early 



Irish Cobbler 



Early Norther 



Hard to Beat 



New Queen ^r. . 



Rochester Ro.~c' 



Table Talk 



Everett 



Empire State 



Houlton Ro.'<e 



Morgan Seedling 



Ohio (Perry) 



Early Hebron 



Rawlings Kidney (Ashlcaf Kidney 



Wee McGregor 



Dalmeny Beauty 



Dreer's Standard '. 



Money Maker 



Reeves' Rose 



Gold Coin 



American Wonder 



Carman No . 1 



Late Puritan 



Factor 



Bush. Lb. 



Yield 

 per acre 

 Unmarket- 

 able. 



Bush. Lb. 



30 00 



40 00 



" 45 00 



21 40 



30 00 



58 20 



25 00 



42 30 

 33 20 

 30 00 

 18 20 

 23 20 

 28 20 



-30 00 



18 20 



33 20 



43 20 

 21 40 

 16 40 

 33 20 

 23 20 

 20 .50 

 23 20 

 20 00 

 25 00 



Total yield 

 per acre 

 in 1913. 



Bush. Lb. 



655 on 



565 00 



528 20 



.521 40 



513 20 



505 40 



491 40 



484 10 



442 30 



468 29 



440 00 



436 40 



433 20 



430 00 



401 40 



391 40 



391 40 



383 20 



.371 40 



385 00 



365 20 



357 30 



356 40 



345 00 



318 30 



THE VEGETABLE GARDEN— IRRIGATED. 



All kinds of vegetables did well during the season just past. On April 12 the 

 different varieties of lettuce, radish, parsley, turnips, onions, peas, and spinach were 

 planted. The more tender kinds, or those wliich require a longer season, were 

 started in hotbeds. Among these were tomatoes, the seed of which was sown ilarch 

 31. Cabbage, cauliflower, and celery were sown in frames early in April. A few 

 pots each of a number of varieties of squash were also planted in the hotbeds in the 

 early part of April to compare the results from the same seed sown in the open on 

 June 11, after danger of frost was past. 



Letiibridge. 



