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EX t ' E RIM EN TAL FA RMS 



2 GEORGE V., A. 1912 



The seed was sown on the flat, turnips, mangels and sugar beets on two separate 

 date?, and carrots once. When up sufficiently high, the plants were thinned to twelve 

 inches apart in the rows, rows twenty-seven inches apart. Heavy raing in August 

 insured a large crop of turnips and mangels. 



Turnips — Test of Varieties. 



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1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 10 



Name of Variety. 



Mammoth Clyde 



Hall's Westbury 



Hartley's Bronze 



Jumbo 



Perfection Swede 



Magnum Bonum 



Halewood's Bronze Top 



Good Luck 



Carter's Elephant. . . . 

 Bangholm Selected 



Yield per Acre, 

 1st Sowing. 



Tons. Lbs. 



33 

 31 

 29 

 29 

 29 

 28 

 25 

 25 

 21 

 19 



1,188 

 1,C24 

 1,532 



608 

 80 



760 

 1,216 



556 

 1,164 



544 



Yield per Acre. 

 1st Sowing. 



Bush. Lbs. 



1,119 

 1,060 

 992 

 976 

 968 

 946 

 853 

 842 

 719 

 642 



48 

 24 

 12 

 48 



36 

 36 

 24 

 24 



Yield per Acre, 

 2nd Sowing. 



Tons. Lbs. 



27 

 28 

 26 

 22 

 23 

 24 

 23 

 28 

 24 

 22 



1,308 

 1,024 



536 

 1,936 



200 

 1,500 



728 

 1,420 

 1,104 

 1,804 



Yield per Acre . 

 2nd Sowing. 



921 

 950 

 875 

 765 

 770 

 825 

 875 

 957 

 818 

 763 



Bush. Lbs. 



48 

 24 

 36 

 36 



36 



24 

 24 



Mangels — Test of Varieties. 





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Name of Variety. 



Giant Y«ilow Intermediate 



Half Sugar White 



Giant Yellow Globe 



Gate Post 



Selected Yellow Globe 



Prize Mammoth Long Red. . . . 

 Perfection Mammoth Long Red 

 Yellow Intermediate 



Yield per 

 Acre. 



1st Sowing. 



Tons. Lbs. 



31 

 29 

 28 

 26 

 26 

 26 

 23 

 22 



1,624 

 1,796 

 1,156 

 1,196 

 1,196 

 536 

 464 

 1,276 



Yield per 

 Acre. 



1st Sowing. 



Bush 

 1 



060 

 996 

 952 

 886 

 886 

 875 

 774 

 754 



Lbs. 



21 

 36 

 36 

 36 

 36 

 36 

 24 

 36 



Yield per 

 Acre. 



2nd Sowing. 



Tons. Lbs. 



23 

 24 

 26 

 19 

 27 

 24 

 21 

 17 



1,388 

 576 

 140 



1,732 

 252 



1,368 

 768 



1,036 



Yield per 

 Acre. 



2nd Sowing. 



Bush. Lbs. 



789 

 809 

 869 

 662 

 904 

 822 

 712 

 583 



43 

 36 



12 

 12 

 48 

 48 

 56 



Carrots — Test of Varieties. 



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% 



fc 



Name of Variety. 



Mammoth White Intermediate 



White Belgian 



Half Long Chantenay 



Ontario Champion. 



Improved Short White 



Yield per 

 Acre. 



1st Sowing. 



Tons. Lbs. 



12 



11 



9 



9 

 8 



420 



440 



1,668 



1,536 



104 



Yield per 

 Acre. 



1st Sowing. 



Bush. Lbs. 



407 

 374 

 327 



325 

 268 



1 



2 



48 



36 



24 



