894 



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5 GEORGE v.. A. 1915 



_ It will be noted from tlie above table that it was quite late when the eorii was, 

 planted ; hence it did not get very well matured. 



It will also be noted that Ninety Days, Early Longfellow, and Compton's Early 

 v/eve three of the heaviest yielders, giving 11 tons 1,100 pounds, 14 tons 850 pounds, 

 ami 14 tons 500 pounds, respectively; also that the latter two were better matured 

 than the former, being in the soft glaze stage. Canada Yellow, though the lightest 

 yielder, was sti'll more matured than any of the other varieties, and as it is a Nova 

 Scotia seed, it will no doiibt become a very useful corn for this section, due to its 

 early maturing qualities. 



The following three varieties for this section can therefore be recommendcil : 

 Canada Yellow, Early Longfellow, and (\impton's Early. 



TITRNIPS. 



Twelve varieties of turnips were sown in uniform plots, in duplicate sets of one 

 hundredth of an acre each. The two plots of each variety were not placed side by side 

 but on different parts of the experimental field. 



The land was a clay loam, which had been pastured the previous summer, 

 manured at the rate of 20 tons per acre, and ploughed under in the fall of 1912. In 

 the spring of 1013 it was cutaway-harrowed oiice, ploughed the second time, and cut- 

 away-harrov%'ed twice. Then a commercial fertilizer made up of the following 

 mixture: Superi)hoj»phate 1| pounds; bone meal, 1^ pounds; nitrate of soda, 1 pound: 

 muriate of potash, 1 pound; was sown at a rate of 400 pounds per acre, and harrowed 

 in with a smoothing harrow. The seed was sown with a Planet Jr. band drill nt the 

 rate of 3 pounds per acre. The turnips were hoed twice, and thinned out to about 12 

 inches a])art in the rows. The.v were cultivated five times during the season. 



The follovring table gives the comparative results, calculated from the average 

 yield of the two plots of each variety. 



TrijMi's. — Test of Varieties. 



No. 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



Name of Variety. 



Hall's Westluiry 



MaS'nuin Bonuiii 



Hartley's Bronze Top. 

 Hali'wood's Bronze Top 



Perfection 



Goo;l Luck 



Jumbo , 



Miuninoth Clydp 



Baiij,'holm Seli^cted 



Corning Lapland , 



Xew Century. . . 



Hazard's Improved .... 



Averao^e. 



Sown. 



Pulled. 



Yield per Acre. 



Ttms. Lb. 



38 

 34 

 32 

 3.5 

 42 

 39 

 37 

 35 

 3.5 



:^9 



35 



1,000 

 1,3:50 



.500 

 1,750 

 1,750 



750 

 1.250 



750 

 1,2..0 

 l.COO 



20 



500 



36 l,r.75 



Yield pir Acre. 



Bu.^^h. Lb. 



1,183 

 1,280 

 1,141 

 l,0!t5 

 1,105 

 1,412 

 1,320 

 1,2'45 

 1,187 

 1 1S3 

 1,:^04 

 1,175 



1,227 



20 

 10 

 40 



50 

 50 



:^ii 



50 

 50 

 30 

 2(1 

 10 



Note from the above table that Good Luck gave 42 tons 750 pounds; Jumbo, 30 

 tons 1,250 pounds; New Century, 39 tons 250 pounds; Magnum Bonum, 38 tons 1,350 

 pounds; and Mammoth Clyde, 37 tons 750 pounds per acre, all of which are good 

 yields. 



N.\Pi\^x. 



