REPORT OF MR. S. A. BEDFORD. 



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RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS WITH TURNIPS DURING 1893. 



Land in summer-fallow the previous year, treated with ten tons rotted manure 

 per acre, applied in the spring of 1893. Turnips were sown in flat drills 2^ feet 

 apart. Two sowings were made, one on 3rd June and one on 19th June. Taken up 

 Oct. 10th; soil, clay loam. 



Variety. 



Carters 's Prize Winner . . 

 Selected Purple Top .... 



Selected East Lothian 



Sutton's Champion 



Bangholm Improved 



Skirving's Purple Top 



Rennie's Prize Purple Top 



Marquis of Lome 



Jumbo or Monarch 



Carter's Elephant 



Mammoth Purple Top . . . 

 Monarch 



Yield from Plots sown 

 5th June. 



Yield per Acre. 



Bush. 



352 



312 

 293 

 293 

 278 

 275 

 272 

 253 

 249 

 234 

 187 

 139 



Tons. lbs. 



10 1,120 



9 720 



8 1,580 



8 1,580 



8 

 8 

 8 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 5 

 4 



680 

 500 

 320 



1,180 



940 



40 



1,220 

 340 



Yield from Plots sown 

 19th June. 



Yield per Acre. 



Bush. 



296 

 293 

 253 

 281 

 253 

 231 

 246 

 234 

 227 

 202 

 225 

 92 



Tons. lbs. 



1,760 

 1,580 

 1,180 



860 

 1,180 

 1,860 



760 



:40 

 1,620 



120 

 1,500 

 1,520 



YIELD OF MANGELS AND SUGAR BEETS. 



Sown in flat drills 2^ feet apart on clay loam soil, summer-fallowed the previous 

 year, treated with ten tons of rotted barn yard manure applied in spring of 1893. 

 Two sowings were made, one on 6th June and one on 20th June. The roots were pulled 

 on 6th October. 



Variety. 



Mammoth Long Red 



Champion Yellow Globe 



Giant Yellow Intermediate 



Gate Post 



Golden Tankard 



Canadian Giant 



Warden Orange Globe 



Red Globe..-. 



Red Fleshed Tankard 



Erfurt Model 



Green Top Brabant (Sugar Beets) . 

 Vilmorin's Improved do 



French New Rich do 



Klein Wanzleben do 



Yield from Plots sown 

 6th June. 



Yield per Acre. 



Bush. 



429 

 420 

 378 

 344 

 344 

 340 

 340 

 319 

 261 

 155 

 385 

 344 

 322 

 316 



12 



12 



11 



10 



10 



10 



10 



9 



7 



4 



11 



10 



9 



9 



Tons. lbs. 



1,740 



1,200 



680 



640 



640 



400 



400 



1,140 



1,660 



1,300 



1,180 



640 



1,320 



960 



Yield from Plots sown 

 20th June. 



Yield per Acre. 



Bush. 



274 

 386 

 293 

 278 

 312 

 305 

 288 

 259 

 181 

 146 

 264 

 246 

 264 

 246 



Tons. lbs. 



8 

 11 

 8 

 8 

 9 

 9 

 8 

 7 

 5 

 4 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 7 



440 



1,160 



1,580 



680 



720 



300 



1,280 



1,540 



860 



760 



1,840 



760 



1,840 



760 



