RFI'URT OF MR. JAMES MURRAY 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Mixtures of Grain. 



Pitts, 2 bush., Peas, \ bush 



Oats li bush., Peas, £ bush 



( )••! ts, 1 bush., Barley, 1 bush 



Oars, 1^ bush., Barley, £ bush 



O.its, 1 bush., Barley, 1 bush., Peas, 1 bush 



< >:i ts, \ bush., Barley 1 \ bush 



( hits, 1 bush., Barley, li bush ... 



Oats, \\ bush., Barley, 1^ bush. 



1 tanner oats, 2 bush 



Mensury barley, 2 bush . . 



1) uibeney oats, 2 bush 



Arthur peas, 3 bush 



For one year — 



Oats, 1^ bush., Peas, £ bush 



Oats, h bush., Barle)', 1 bush 



Oats, | bush., Peas, 1 bush 



Oats, | bush., Peas, 2 bush 



Oats, | bush., Barley, 2 bush 



Yield per 

 Acre. 



Lbs. 



3,030 

 2,900 

 2,720 

 2,710 

 2,655 

 2,645 

 2,595 

 2,530 

 3,420 

 2,251 

 2,360 

 1,872 



2,780 

 2,400 

 2,220 

 2,130 

 2,120 



EXPERIMENTS WITH FIELD ROOTS. 



Field roots are not grown extensively in Manitoba, but the acreage is gradually 

 increasing from year to year. The long winter makes the use of such feed as roots 

 almost essential, if stock are to he kept in thrifty growing condition. For pigs, young 

 cattle and milch cows, they are particularly desirable. 



Such large crops of roots cannot be expected in Manitoba as in districts of greater 

 rainfall, but when suitable soil conditions are provided and thorough cultivation given, 

 a good crop is assured every year. Turnips will probably continue to be grown most 

 largely as they are less easily injured by frost in spring or fall than mangels or sugar 

 beets. When saved without frost, mangels and sugar beets will keep better than 

 turnips and are more relished by cattle and hogs. 



As roots thrive best in cool moist seasons, a heavy yield could not be expected after 

 such a hot, dry summer as prevailed here last year. Turnips were a fairly good crop 

 is they were materially benefited by rain in the first week of September. 



Two sowings were made in 1910, the first sowing giving the best results as usual. 

 Sowing on the flat was practised on account of the ground retaining the moisture 

 better than when drilled. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH TURNIPS. 



Nine varieties of turnips were sown on clay loam that had been in potatoes the 

 previous year. The first sowing was made May 10, and the second sowing May 21, and 

 'joth were pulled October 17. The rows were thirty inches apart and the young plants 

 were thinned out to about nine inches apart in the row. The yield per acre in each 

 case was estimated from the product of two rows, each 66 feet long. 



