DIYISIO]^ OF FORAGE PLANTS 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Carrots. — Test of Varieties. 



Sugar Beets. 



' The sugar beets were grown on the same kind of land aii4 under the same treat- 

 ment as the mangels, but were thinned to only 8 inches in the row. The seed was 

 sown on May 7 and the crop harvested November 10. 



The following table will show the results of the varieties tested: — 



Sugar Beets. — Test of Varieties. 



GRASSES AND CLOVER. 



With a view of producing, by continuous natural mass selection, strains of clovers 

 and grasses particularly adapted to the coast districts of British Columbia, a series of 

 experiments was started with clover and a few grasses including Timothy, Orchard 

 grass and Italian Rye grass. 



The different plots made fair growth during the season, although badly infested 

 with weeds. However, at the end of the season, there was a reasonably good stand of 

 clover. Some of the timothy plots were exceptionally good. 



Agassiz. 



