DiriSIOy OF FORAGE PLANTS 



929 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



MANGELS. 



Ten varieties of mangels were sown May 22 on fallowed land. The seed was 

 sown in drills 30 inches apart, and on June 28 the young plants were thinned to 

 12-inch spaces in the row. ISFecessary cultivation was given, and from the 13th to 

 the 15th of October, a crop of good quality though somewhat below a fair average as 

 to yield, was harvested. 



The mangels were not seriously molested hj pests nor were they affected by 

 disease. 



Mangels. — Test of Varieties. 



No. 



1 

 2 

 3 



4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 10 



Name of Variety. 



Selected Yellow Globe 



Giant Yellow Globe 



Prize Mammoth Long Red 

 Giant Yellow Intermediate 



Dani.sh Sludstrnp , 



Yellow Leviathan 



Gate Post 



Mammoth Long Red 



Golden Tankard 



Perfection Mamiroth Rod. 



Avernge 



Yield per Acre. 



Tons. 



l(j 

 1.3 

 13 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 11 

 11 

 10 

 10 



12 



lb. 



750 

 1,250 



1,250 

 1,000 



1,750 



1,750 

 1,2.50 



900 



Yield per Acre. 



Bush. 



545 

 454 

 433 

 420 

 416 

 400 

 395 

 366 

 362 

 354 



415 



lb. 



50 

 10 

 20 



50 

 40 



50 

 40 

 30 

 10 



CARROTS, 



I 



Eight varieties of carrots were sown on May 22. The plants were thinned to 

 6-inch spaces in the row. The land was cultivated from time to time to keep down 

 weeds, and maintain a favourable condition of soil. The crop was harvested from the 

 11th to the 14th of October. 



The low yield is due to the work of gophers and rabbits, which did great damage, 

 especially to the young plants, preventing them from developing properly. 



Carrots. — Test of Varieties. 



No. 



1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



Name of Variety. 



White Belgian 



Ontario Ch.impion 



Giant Wliitn Vosgt'S 



Half Long Chantenay 



Improved .Short White 



Mammoth White Interrfiediate 

 Coopers Yellow Intermediate 



Long Re4 Surrey 



Long Orange 



Average 



Yield ])er Acre. 



Ton.s. 



2 



o 



2 



2 

 2 



2 

 1 

 1 

 1 



11). 



1,250 

 SoO 



(■)!!0 



550 



500 



.^00 



1,950 



1,400 



1,250 



869 



Yield per Acre. 



Bush. 



87 

 82 

 76 

 75 

 75 

 75 

 65 

 56 

 54 



lb. 



30 

 30 

 40 

 50 



50 

 40 

 10 



81 



Scott. 



