DIVISION OF FORAGE PLAN'^S 



891 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



On account of the growing season being' ideal for roots, large crops have been 

 harvested, except of carrots, which were destroyed by the Carrot Rust Fly immediately 

 after they were thinned. 



A check row was left on either side of each row of fruit trees. The cut-worms 

 were plentiful, but the poisoned bran proved satisfactory in destroying these pests. 

 The cut-worms, however, caused a few misses among all of the roots. The percentage 

 being about eqvial in all varieties the loss was not considered. 



TURNIPS. 



Twelve varieties of swede turnips were sown on May 31, and pulled ISTovember 13, 

 1912. The soil was fairly light in character. Twelve tons of manure were disced into 

 the land. The turnips were sown in drills 30 inches apart and the young plants 

 thinned to about 14 inches in the rows. The yields were computed from one-hundredth 

 acre plots. 



Turnips. — Test of Varieties. 



No. 



1 



2 

 3 

 , 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 

 12 



Name of Variety. 



.Tumbo 



Hazard's Improved 



Mammoth Clyde 



Hall's Westbury 



Good Luck 



Hartley's Bronze Top. . 



Bangholm 



Perfection 



Magnum Bonum . . , . . . 



New Century 



Lapland 



Halewood's Bronze Top 



Average . . . 



Yield per acre. 



Tons Lb. 



36 

 35 

 34 

 33 

 32 

 31 

 31 

 31 

 31 

 30 

 28 

 26 



3L 



1,800 



500 



1,500 



500 



1,500 



1,500 



.500 



500 



500 



1.000 



1,.500 



1,941 



Yield per acre. 



Bush. Lb. 



1,200 

 1,196 

 1,141 

 1,125 

 1,075 

 1,058 

 1,058 

 1,041 

 1,041 

 1,008 

 950 

 891 



40 

 40 



20 

 VO 

 40 

 40 

 20 



•io 



1,065 41 



MANGELS. 



Twelve varieties of mangels were sown on May 17, in drills 30 inches apart. The- 

 young plants were thinned to about 12 inches apart in the rows. The roots were 

 pulled October 21. 



Mangels — Test of Varieties. 



No. 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



Nau>e of Variety. 



Giant Yellow Globe 



Charlottetown Exp. Sta. .seed 



Selected Yellow Globe 



Danish Sliidstrup . . 



Gate Post 



Prize Mammoth Long Red. . 



Yellow Leviathan 



Giant Yellow Intermediate . . 



Mammoth Long Red 



Giant Half Sugar White 



Perfection Mammoth Red. . . . 

 Golden Tankard 



Average. 



Description of Variety. 



Globe 



Long Red. . . . 



Globe 



Intermediate. 

 Long Red . . . 

 Lon^? Red . . 

 Intermediate. 

 Intermediate. 

 Long Red . . . 

 Long White . 

 Long Red 

 Globe 



30 



1,879 



1,031 19 



Charlottetown, 



