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EXPERIMEN'TAL r.l7?.l/S 



5 GEORGE v.. A. 1915 



TURNIPS. 



Five acres of land, a sandy loam with clay subsoil lately broken from the forest 

 and in oats last year, with a good catch o.f clover, was sown to turnips. The land had 

 many stumps, large boulders, and much surface stone. The stumps and large boulders 

 were blown out and broken up with dynamite, and 500 loads of stone removed. The 

 time taken in clearing and preparing the land delayed seeding. 



Horse-stable manure was applied at the rate of twenty 35-bushel loads per acre, and 

 worked in with a disc harrow. In addition to the stable manure, chemical fertilizer 

 was applied in the following quantities per acre: TO pounds nitrate of soda, 70 pounds 

 sulphate of ammoriia, 100 pounds acid phosphate, 100 pounds basic slag, equal to an 

 application of 860 pounds mixed fertilizer per acre, analyzing 3-14 per cent nitrogen, 

 10-23 per cent phosphoric acid, and 6-97 per cent potash. 



The- basic slag was applied by itself with the fertilizer attachment on a grain drill 

 and the other chemicals were mixed together and sown with tlie fertilizer attachment 

 on a two-row potato planter. The slight ridges left by the planter were added to by 

 going over with a horse hoe. Where there were many small roots or straw from the 

 manure the rows were dressed off with a dung fork and a roller was put on to consoli- 

 date them. The seed was sown with a hand wheel seeder at the rate of 2 pounds to the 

 acre. The stand was rather thin and the crop was some time in getting away, as the 

 weather was pretty dry. The seed was sown on the 4th and 5th of July. The crop 

 was harvested on the 3rd, 4th, and 5th of November. 



Turnips. — Test of Varieties. 



FrEDERK'TON. 



