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EX PERIMENTA L FA RMS, 



EOOT CEOPS. 

 Two sowings each of mangels, turnips and carrots were made. 



MANGELS, 



Ten varieties of mangels were sown. Two sowings were made two weeks apart. 

 The season has been a very poor one for mangels, the spring growth was very slow, 

 and when the drouth set in they almost stopped growing. 



It will be seen that the late sown seed produced a much lighter ci-op than the 

 earlier sown, with two exceptions, viz., Erfurt Model and Canadian Giant: — 



Name of Variety. 



Erfurt Model, 1st sowing 



do 2nd do 



Mammoth Long Red or Gate Post, 1st sowing . 

 do do 2nd do 



Canadian Giant, 1st sowing 



do 2nd do 



Giant Yellow Intermediate, 1st sowing 



do do 2nd do 



Champion Yellow Globe, 1st sowing. 



do do 2nd do 



Red Globe, 1st sowing 



do 2nd do 



Golden Tankard, 1st sowing . . 



do 2nd do 



Red Fleshed Tankard, 1st sowing 



do 2nd do 



Warden Orange Globe, 1st sowing 



do do 2nd do 



Mammoth Long Red, 1st sowing 



do do 2nd do 



Date 



of 

 Sowing. 



May 12. 



do 26. 



do 12. 



do 26. 



do 12. 



do 26. 



do 12. 



do 26. 



do 12. 



do 26. 



do 12. 



do 26. 



do 12. 



do 26. 



do 12 



do 26. 



do 12. 



do 26. 



do 12. 



do 26. 



Date 



of 



coming up. 



May 22. 



Juue 4 . 



May 21. 



June 4. 



May 22. 



June 3. 



May 23. 



June 2 . 



May 23. 



June 5 . 



May 22. 



June 5 . 



May 21. 



June 4. 



May 22. 



June 3. 



May 22. 



June 4. 



May 21. 



June 3. 



Yield 



per 



Plot. 



Lbs. 



164 



183 



206 



112 



158 



176 



188 



130 



126 



102 



88 



80 



74 



60 



90 



78 



120 



80 



110 



94 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



240 

 268 

 .S02 

 164 

 231 

 258 

 275 

 190 

 184 

 149 

 129 

 117 

 108 

 88 

 132 

 110 

 176 

 117 

 161 

 121 



32 

 24 

 12 

 16 

 44 

 08 

 44 

 40 

 48 

 36 

 04 

 20 

 31 

 00 

 00 

 44 

 00 

 20 

 20 

 18 



