DITISIOy OF FORAGE FLAXTS 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



MAXGELS. 



Eleven varieties of mangels wer • -own in nniform test plots, in duplicate sets of 

 one-hundredth of an acre each. Tl;e land was a clay loam and received the same 

 method of treatment as that allotted to turnips; also the same cultivation. 



All seed was sown on May 21 at the rat-e of pumds per acre. The rows were 

 28 inches apart and the plants 12 inches apart in tin- rows. 



The following tahle gives the comparative re-ults: — 



Maxgels. — Test of Varieties. 



No. 



1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 G 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 10 

 11 



Name of Variety. 



Giant Yellow Globe 



Selected Yellow Glolse . . . . 



Golden Tankard 



Gate Post .... 



Mammoth Long Red 



Perfection Long Red 



Prize Mammoth Long Red 



Danish .Slndstrup 



Giant Yelluw Intermediate 



Yellow Leviathan 



Giant Half Sugar White 



Average . 



Sown. 



M 31. 



Pulled. 



24 

 24 



Yield per Acre. 



Tons. Lb. 



26 

 25 

 22 

 22 

 23 

 23 

 23 

 28 

 26 

 31 

 30 



750 

 1,000 



1,900 

 1,350 

 1,100 

 1,550 

 850 

 1,500 



25 1,636 



Yie d per Acre. 



Bush. Lb. 



879 

 850 

 733 

 733 

 766 

 798 

 789 

 951 

 892 

 1,047 

 1,025 



10 



20 

 20 

 40 

 20 

 10 

 40 

 30 

 30 



860 



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From the above table it will be noted that Yellow Leviathan, Giant Half Sugar 

 White, and Danish Sludstrup are the heaviest yielders, yielding 31 tons 850 pounds; 

 30 tons l.iiOO ponnd.s : and 28 tons 1.100 pounds, respectively. 



Field Crop of Mangels. --- 



Three varieties of mangels were sown on one-third of an acre each. The land was 

 clay Idam and treated in the same way as for turnips. It also received the same 

 cultivation. 



The following table gives the comparative results: — 



Field Crop of Mangels. — Sowai, June 23; pulled>, October 29. 



From the above table it will be noted that Yellow Intermediate gave the heaviest 

 yield, Yellow Globe came second, and Long Red third. Any one of these three 

 varieties is to be recommended for this district. 



16— 58i Nappan. 



