REPORT OF MR. JAMES MURRAY 



367 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Potatoes — Test of Varieties. 



u 



i 



Name of Variety. 



Average 

 Size. 



10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 1G 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 



1 Manitoba Wonder 



2 Morgan Seedling , 



3jEmpire State 



4jCarnian No. 1 



5 Money Maker 



Gi Late Puritan 



7 Aujerican Wonder 



slGold Coin 



9 Reeves' Rose 



Everett 



Early White Prize 



Ash leaf Kidney 



Early Ohio 



Peacock's Surprise 



Irish Cobbler 



Hamilton's Early 



Rochester Rose 



Oreer's Standard 



Vick's Extra Early 



Woodbury's White Rose 



Factor 



Hard to Beat , 



Dalmeney Beauty 



Medium 



11 

 Large . . 



11 . . 



it . . 



11 

 Medium 

 Large . . 

 Medium 

 Small . . 



11 . . 

 Large . . 



11 . 

 Medium 

 Small . . 



11 . . 



11 . . 

 Medium 

 Small . . 



Total 



yield per 



Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



436 

 418 

 410 

 407 

 405 

 377 

 370 

 353 

 348 

 311 

 341 

 339 

 337 

 289 

 289 

 278 

 275 

 264 

 212 

 205 

 183 

 157 

 135 



20 



50 

 40 

 10 

 40 

 20 

 50 

 20 



10 

 20 

 40 

 40 

 40 



40 

 40 

 20 

 20 

 40 

 40 



M 



field per 

 Acre of 



irketable. 



Bush. Lbs. 



381 

 381 

 385 

 377 

 374 

 352 

 348 

 339 

 380 

 304 

 304 

 326 

 315 

 271 

 264 

 249 

 245 

 245 

 179 

 190 

 157 

 124 

 113 



20 

 2C 

 10 

 40 



20 

 10 



20 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 



20 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 14 



Yield per 



Acre of 



Lhimarket- 



able. 



Bush. Lbs. 



55 

 36 

 25 

 29 

 31 

 25 

 22 

 14 

 18 

 36 

 36 

 12 

 22 

 18 

 25 

 29 

 29 

 18 

 33 

 14 

 25 

 33 

 22 



40 

 40 

 20 

 10 

 40 



40 



20 

 40 

 40 

 50 



20 

 40 

 20 

 20 

 20 



40 



40 



Form and 

 Colour. 



Pink. 



Light pink. 



White. 



White. 



Long, white. 



Long, white. 



Long, white. 



White. 



Pink. 



Light pink. 



White. 



Round, white. 



Pink. 



Long, russet. 



Round, white. 



Round, white. 



Round, pink. 



Round, white. 



Round, white. 



Long, white. 



Round, white. 



Flat, white. 



Yellowish- white 



CROP ROTATIONS IN MANITOBA. 



Since the settlement of Manitoba thirty years ago it has been known as a grain 

 producing province. The virgin condition of the prairie permitted the land to be 

 brought under cultivation at little expense, and the acreage in cereals increased 

 rapidly. A soil more than usually rich in plant food and a climate particularly suit- 

 able enabled more grain growing to be continued for many years at a profit. 



An abundance of hay in sloughs and on unoccupied land rendered unnecessary 

 the cultivation of hay crops, and, as little stock was kept, pasture was easily secured. 

 The bulk of the land held by every farmer was therefore available for grain growing. 



When the soil was new, manure was not required. Later, when it should have 

 bad a good effect, a too liberal application often had a deleterious instead of a benefi- 

 cial result on account of the soil being dried out. The use of manure was, therefore, 

 in many cases abandoned. 



The control of weeds was, from the first, one of the problems which annually 

 pressed for solution. The summer-fallow was most generally used for this purpose. 

 and in the case of most weeds with good results. Good crops, comparatively free from 

 weeds, usually succeeded the fallow for a few years. When weeds again became 

 numerous the same remedy was applied. 



This system of farming has in large measure been continued up to the present, 

 although of late years there has been a tendency on the part of some farmers t > 

 adopt other systems. For this change there are several causes. The continual removal 

 of grain crops from the land with nothing added to counteract the effect, has resulted 

 in the soil being gradually impoverished and less able to produce abundant crops. 

 The continued, cultivation and the exposure of the soil to the sun and air by summer- 

 fallowing has had the effect of working the fibre out of the soil and depleting the 

 humus, thus making it much more liable to blow, more difficult to work, and less con- 



