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EXFERIM i:\TAL FARMS 



5 GEORGE v., A. 1915 



TURMI'S. 



Ten varieties of turnips were grown, and, being badly infested witb the cabbage 

 maggot, gave only fair yields. On account of the unevenness of stand, some of the 

 turnips were very coarse. The Baiigholm heads the list with a yield of 30J tons per 

 ^ere, being 10 tons in advance of the lowest yielder. 



The turnips were sown in drills 2i feet apart and 14 inches apart in the drill. 



On account of the infestation of the cabbage maggot, one-half of each of the two 

 'duplicate plots of all varieties was treated with either kerosene emulsion or crude 

 carbolic acid. This work was done by Mi*. R. C. Treherne, of the Division of Ento- 

 mology. From what can be learned from the year's experiments, however, little or 

 no benefit was derived from the application of either one of the two insecticides 

 referred to. 



Seeding took place on May 8, and the crop was harvested November 10. 



Turnips. — Test of Varieties. 



No. 



1 

 2 

 3 



4 

 6 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 10 



Name of Variety. 



Banp'liohn 



Oomitig's Lajiland 



Good Ldck 



Hartley's Bronze Top. . . 

 Hall's VVestbury ..... 



Magnum B(tnuni 



Perfection 



Halewood 's Bronze Top. 



Jumbo 



Mammoth Clyde 



Average 



Yield per Acre. Yield per Acre, 



Tons. Lb. 



30 



27 

 25 

 25 

 24 

 24 

 23 

 22 

 22 

 20 



1,000 



"966 



75 

 1,625 

 1,075 



850 

 1,975 



925 

 1,275 



24 



1,370 



Bush. Lb. 



l,01(j 

 91 '0 

 848 

 834 

 827 

 817 

 780 

 766 

 748 

 687 



40 



26 

 35 

 5 

 55 

 50 

 15 

 45 

 55 



822 



50 



Carrots. 



Of the nine varieties of carrots tested. Improved Short White, for the third suc- 

 cessive year, beads the list, with a yield of 28 tons G12 pounds to the acre. 



The carrots were planted in drills the same width apart as the mangels, namely 

 2J feet, and were left 7 inches apart in the rows. 



It should be mentioned especially that carrots do exceptionally well on the aver- 

 age sandy soil of the Experimental Farm. The handling of the crop, including sing- 

 ling out in the rows and pulling is, however, a little more expensive than the handling 

 of mangels. 



Seeding took place on the 8th of May and the crop was harvested November 11. 



Agassiz. 



