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EXPERIMENTAL FARMti 



2 GEORGE V., A. 1912 



EXPERIMENTS WITH CARROTS. 



Five varieties of carrots were sown May 3, and a second seeding was made two 

 weeks later. The seed of only three varieties germinated in the first seeding and none 

 in the second. The seed was sown in drills twenty inches apart. The stand was so 

 poor that thinning was practically unnecessary. The roots were pulled October 5. 



Carrots (non-irrigated)— Test of Varieties. 





a 



1 

 2 

 3 



Name of Variety. 



Ontario Champion 



White Belgian 



Mammoth White Intei mediate 



Yield per Acre. 

 1st Sowing. 



Tons. 



1 

 1 

 



Lbs. 



970 



970 

 1,980 



Yield per Acre. 

 1st Sowing. 



Bush. 



49 



49 

 33 



Lbs. 



30 

 30 



EXPERIMENTS WITH SUGAR BEETS. 



Three varieties of sugar beets were planted on summer-fallowed land on May 3, 

 and a second seeding was made two weeks later, but the later seeding did not ger- 

 minate. Seed of one variety was supplied from the Knight Sugar Company of Ray- 

 mond, and was planted May 12, but it failed to come up. This failure was, no doubt, 

 due to drought and not from lack of vitality on the part of the seed. The seed was sown 

 in drills twenty inches apart but a very poor stand was obtained from all three 

 varieties. The roots were pulled October 5. 



Sugar Beets (non-irrigated) — Test of Varieties. 



E XPERI M E X T S WIT H POT A T< >ES. 



Fifteen varieties were planted on summer-fallowed land, in rows thirty inches 

 apart on May 13. The potatoes for planting were cut into pieces with two or three 

 eyes in each, although medium rather than large-sized potatoes were selected so as to 

 avoid cutting as much as possible. They were dug October 6, and the yield was com- 

 puted from two rows each sixty-six feet long in each instance. The potatoes were 

 all sound, being affected with neither rot nor scab, but they were rather small, and 

 those classed as marketable were not of a size to sell to the best advantage They 

 were dug October 6. 



