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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



2 GEORGE V., A. 1912 



FIELD CARROTS. 



Five varieties were tested on fallowed sandy loam, manured and prepared the s^aine 

 as for the other roots. The yield was computed in the same way. Two sowings were 

 made, the first on May 28 and the second on June 8, and the roots were pulled on 

 October 15. 



Carrots — Test of Varieties. 



0> 



ft 



Name of Variety. 



Mammoth White Intermediate 



White Belgian 



Ontario Champion 



Improved Short White 



Half Long Chantenny 



1st Sow'ig. 



1st Sowinr. 



Yield per Acre.] Yield per Acr 



Tons. L v s. 



15 

 11 



9 



7 

 G 



168 



308 



1,140 



1,540 



954 



Bush. Lbs. 



502 

 371 

 319 

 259 

 215 



48 

 48 



54 



SUGAR BEETS. 



Three varieties of sugar beets were sown on fallowed sandy loam, manured and 

 ( prepared in the same way as for the other roots. The yields were computed in the same 

 way. They were grown to ascertain their sugar-content, which, from the analysis made 

 hy Mr. Frank Shutt, Dominion Chemist, was low. The roots were pulled on Octo- 

 ber 15. 



Sugar Beets — Test of Varieties. 



POTATOES. 



The yield of the potato crop in 1910 was much below the average. The plants 

 did not recover from the long drought of August and the first half of September. A 

 large percentage of rot was reported throughout the province. 



The seed was cut into sets with one or two eyes in each. These sets were soaked 

 for one hour in a solution of one pint formalin to thirty gallons water, dried and 

 planted in rows thirty inches apart, the sets being placed about one foot apart in the 

 row. The plants were sprayed every ten days throughout the growing season with 

 Bordeaux solution containing Paris green. 



The land was a sandy loam, fallowed, manured and prepared as for the other roots. 

 The yield per acre was computed from the weight of two rows, each sixty-six feet long. 

 'The potato sets were planted on May 26 and were dug on October 7. 



