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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



2 GEORGE V., A. 1912 



Indian Corn — Test of Varieties. 





i 



2 



4 

 5 



G 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 10 

 11 



Name of Variety. 



Longfellow 



White Cap Yellow Dent 



Golden Dent , 



Selected Learning 



Angel of Midnight 



Northwestern Dent 



Eureka 



Compton's Early 



Superior Fodder 



North Dakota No. 100 Dent. 

 Davidson 



Date 



of 



Sowing. 



May lit. 



„ 19. 



.. 19. 



i, 19. 



„ 19. 



,. 19. 



.. 19. 



„ 19. 



.i 19. 



,. 19. 

 June 14 



Height. 



Inche 



71 

 67 

 62 

 73 

 66 

 70 

 68 

 61 

 72 

 61 

 56 



Condition 

 when Cut. 



Well tasseled 



Not tasseled 



h 



Just tasseling 



Well tasseled 



it 



Not tasseled 



Commencing to tassel 



Not tasseled 



Well tasseled 



Commencing to tassel 



Weight per 



Acre grown 



in Hills. 



Tons. Jibs. 



21 

 18 

 17 

 17 

 17 

 16 

 16 

 15 

 13 

 10 

 9 



1,327 

 938 



1,196 

 848 

 267 



1,686 

 176 

 201 

 949 



1,954 

 934 



EXPERIMENTS WITH FIELD ROOTS. 



All the root crops of 1910 were grown on clay loam ploughed in 1909, after brome 

 haj r was harvested and given thorough fall work. The dry spring interfered with the 

 germination of mangels and carrots while the late rains were favourable to a good 

 growth of turnips. The yields are computed from the weight of roots on two row3 

 each G6 feet long and 30 inches apart. 



Turnips. 



Twelve varieties of field turnips were tested this year. Seed was sown in drills 

 two and one-half feet apart and the plants were thinned out to ten or twelve inches 

 apart in the row. The first sowing was made on May 26. and the second on June 9, 

 and the roots were harvested on November 2. 



Turnips — Test of Varieties. 



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1 

 2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



Name of Variety. 



1st Plot 



Sown. 



Hall's Westbury 



Rennie's Prize (Ruta- 

 baga) 



Mammoth Clyde 



Jumbo 



Hartley's Bronze 



Derby Bronze Top . 

 Halewood's Bronze Top 



Good Luck 



Magnum Bonum 



Bangholm Selected .... 



Perfection Swede 



Carter's Elephant 



May 



2nd Plot 

 Sown. 



26 June 

 26 .. 



26 

 26 

 26i 

 26 

 26 

 26 

 26 

 26 

 26 

 26 



1st Plot 

 Pulled. 



Nov. 



2nd Plot 

 Pulled. 



No\ 



Yield 

 per Acre, 

 1st Plot. 



31 1,096 

 24 1.896 



22 

 23 

 22 

 23 

 19 

 23 

 21 

 19 

 20 

 21 



1,408 



1,256 



1,804 



992 



SOS 



1,520 



1,824 



1,996 



1,316 



900 



Yield 

 per Acre, 

 2nd Plot. 



Tons. Lbs. 



19 

 20 



676 

 128 



19 1,072 



17 848 



16 1,396 



13 1,456 



16 1,924 



12 420 



13 1,984 

 15 1,416 



14 1,964 

 11 1,100 



Yield 

 per Acre, 

 2nd Plot. 



Bush. Lbs. 



644 36 



668 48 



651 12 



5S0 48 



556 36 



457 36 



565 24 



407 .. 



466 24 



523 36 



499 24 



385 . . 



