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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



EXPEEIMENTS WITH MANGELS. 



Ten varieties of mangels were sown on land adjoining the turnips; the treatment 

 and preparation of the soil will be found under that heading. The seed was sown in 

 rows 2J feet apart, and the plants afterwards thinned out to 8 to 12 inches apart. 

 Two sets of these plots were sown, the first on 1st June, the second on 9th June ; both 

 were pulled 25th October. The yield per acre has been calculated from the result 

 obtained from two rows each 33 feet long and 2| feet apart. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH MANGELS — FIRST SERIES — SOWN IST JUNE. 



Name of variety. 



Champion Yellow Globe. . . . 

 Mammoth Long Red • ■ . • • 

 Giant Yellow Intermediate . 



Canadian Giant 



Gate Post 



Red Globe 



Warden Orange Globe 



Golden'Tankard 



Red Fleshpd Tankard 



Erfurt Model 



Yield per Acre. 



Yield per Acre. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH MANGELS — SECOND SERIES — SOWN 9tH JUNE. 



EXPEEIMENTS WITH CAEEOTS. 



Eleven varieties of carrots were sown on land adjoining the mangels, and similar 

 in character ; the treatment and preparation of the soil was the same as that for 

 turnips, and the particulars will be found under that heading. The seed was sown 

 on the flat, in rows 18 inches apart. There were two sets of plots ; the first sowing 

 was on 1st June, the second on 9th June, and they were both pulled 25th and 26th 

 October. The yield per acre has been calculated from the produce ol two rows 33 

 feet long and 18 inches apart. 



