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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS WITH FIELD CARROTS. 



Land in summer-fallow the previous year, treated with ten tons per acre of 

 rotted stable manure, applied in spring. Carrots were sown in flat drills eighteen 

 inches apart. Two sowings were made, one on 6th June and one on 20th June. Soil 

 clay loam. 



Variety. 



Large Short Vosges . . . . 



Early Gem 



Improved Short White 



Chantenay 



Half Long Danvers 



White Intermediate 



Long Red without core. 



White Belgian 



Carter's Orange Giant . 



Yield from Plots sown 

 6th June. 



Yield i)er Acre. 



Bush. 



Tons. lbs. 



1,240 



820 

 760 

 760 

 760 

 340 

 600 

 600 

 120 



Yield from Plots sown 

 20th June. 



Yield per Acre. 



Bush. 



146 

 139 

 132 

 132 



9.5 

 117 



95 



95 



Tons. lbs. 



760 

 340 

 1,920 

 1,920 

 1,700 

 1,020 

 1,700 



2 1,700 



POTATOES. 



The potato crop throughout the central and western parts of the province is 

 lio-hter this year than it has been for a number of years; the dry summer and fall 

 reducing the yield to less than one-half of an average crop. Fortunately the eastern 

 parts of the province fared better and are in a position to supply the deficiency in 

 the west. 



The land on the Experimental Farm selected for this crop was a stiff clay soil, 

 very retentive of moisture and for that reason suffered but slightly from the drought, 

 but the cold, wet soil, delayed germination in spring, making the plants late to ripen 

 and injuring the quality so badly that tests in this particular would be misleading, 

 and arc not included in the tables this year. 



The accompanying tables give particulars of this crop. The returns j)er acre 

 are based on the product of 2 rows, each one chain long. 



