REPORT OF MR. JAMES MURRAY 



365 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPERIMENTS WITH SUGAR BEETS. 



Three varieties of sugar beets were grown under uniform conditions, on land which 

 had produced potatoes in 1909. The rows were thirty inches apart and the plants 

 were thinned out to about 6 inches apart in the row. The first sowing was made May 

 21 and the second June 3. Both lots were pulled October 10. 



Samples of each variety were forwarded to Mr. Frank Shutt, Dominion Chemist, 

 for analysis, and the results are given in the table. 



The yield per acre in each case was estimated from the product of two rows each 

 66 feet long. 



Sugar Beets — Test of Varieties. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH CARROTS. 



Five varieties of carrots were sown under uniform conditions on land which had 

 produced potatoes in 1909. The carrots were sown in rows 18 inches apart, and the 

 young plants were thinned out to about four inches apart in the row. 



The first sowing was made May 10 and the second May 21. Both lots were pulled 

 October 25. The yield per acre in each case was estimated from the product of two 

 rows each 66 feet long. The dry season very seriously affected the yield. 



Carrots — Test of Varieties. 



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■A 



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Name of Variety. 



1st Plot 2nd Plot 



Sown. 



Tniproved Short White 



Mammoth White Intermediate 



Ontario Champion 



White Belgian 



Half Long Chantenay 



Sown. 



May 21 



,. 21 



,. 21 



.. 21 



.. 21 



1st Plot 

 Pulled. 



Oct. 



2nd Plot 

 Pulled. 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



1st Plot. 



25 Oct. 

 25 ,. 

 25 ii 



25 n 

 25 ,. 



\ H h1 



25, 5 1,000 



25 5 120 



25 4 1,680 



25! 4 800 



25 4 800 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



1st Plot. 



.a 



CO 00 



3 X 



PQ J 

 183 20 

 168 40 

 161 20 

 146 40 

 146 40 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



2nd Plot 





 O 



5 



5 

 2 

 3 

 3 



x 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



2nd Plot 



3 



X 

 Hi 



440 190 40 

 880 198 .. 

 280 8S .. 

 480| 124 40 

 920' 132 .. 



