DIVISION OF FIELD HUSBANDRY 

 SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



135 



CHOP YIELDS. 



Below is a summary of the yields of the crops grown, exclusive of uniform test 

 plots of grain and potatoes. 



Field grain 1,110 bush. 381b. 



Turnips and mangels 6,315 » 15 ■■ 



Fodder corn 25 tous 50 .. 



Hay . 134 .. 1,975., 



The field grain consisted of upland and marsh oats, barley and mixed grain (2 

 bushels of oats, 1 bushel of barley and 1 peck of peas, sown at the rate of three bushels 

 per acre). The yields were as follows : 



8 acres upland oats yielded . . 55 bush. 6 lb. per acre. 



6 ti marsh oats it 22 n 8 m 



13 it barley ■■ 34 n 4 n 



8| ii mixed grain ■• 46 ■■ 20 h 



TURNIPS. 



Six varieties of turnips were grown in fields of one-half acre each. The land was 

 a clay loam in only a fair state of fertility, and was given a dressing of barnyard 

 manure at the rate of 24 tons per acre. Where commercial fertilizer was used in 

 addition to the manure, it was applied at the rate of 300 pounds per acre. 



The following were the results: — 



Varieties of Turnips with Manure alone, and with Commercial Fertilizer in addition 



to Manure. 



Area. 



Acres. 



Name of Variety. 



Improved Greystone, manure with fertilizer 



,, M only 



Rennie's Prize, manure with fertilizer 



,. it only 



Magnum Bonum, manure with fertilizer 



,i ii only 



Best of All, manure with fertilizer 



ii •> only 



Canadian Gem, manure with fertilizer ... . 



M ii only 



Kangaroo, manure with fertilizer 



n ii only 



In addition to the above, four acres of turnips were grown in acre plots, on a 

 clay loam on which was spread manure at the rate of 20 tons per acre. On account 

 of the extremely wet weather this crop received very little cultivation. The following 

 are the results: — 



1 acre mixed Best of All and Greystone 625 bush, per acre. 



1 ii Hartley's Bronze 390 m ■■ 



1 „ Elepha ■; 33 » ■■ 



1 ii mixed Hartley's Bronze and Sutton's Champion 210 ■■ »i 



