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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



INDIAN CORN AND ROOTS. 



On account of the drought, seeds planted in May in almost every case failed to 

 germinate. None of the corn came up and only a very scattering stand of roots was 

 obtained. In the case of potatoes it was possible to plant them a little deeper, so that 

 the sets were in contact with the moist soil below and consequently they all came up. 

 but owing to the prolonged drought, only a very light crop was produced. The yield 

 of roots, in each case, was estimated from the product of two rows, each sixty-six feet 

 long. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH TURNIPS (NON-IRRIGATED). 



Ten varieties were sown on May 12, and a second sowing was made two weeks 

 later. The latter sowing did not germinate and the seed of only two varieties ger- 

 minated from the first seeding. The seed was sown in drills thirty inches apart and 

 there was such a poor stand obtained that practically no thinning was necessary. The 

 roots were pulled October 5. Halewood's Bronze Top yielded at the rate of 1,995 

 pounds per acre and Hall's Westbury 665 pounds per acre. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH MANGELS. 



Eight varieties were sown May 3, and a second sowing was made two weeks later. 

 Practicalhy none of the seed in the second sowing germinated. The stand obtained 

 from the first sowing, the results of which are given, was poor. The seed was sown in 

 drills thirty inches apart and the young plants were thinned out to ten or twelve 

 inches apart in the row, although little thinning was required owing to the poor stand. 

 The roots were pulled October 5. 



Mangels (non-irrigated) — Test of Varieties. 



