244 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4 GEORGE V., A. 19U 



The season at Nappan, N.S., opened with a cold, late spring and was decidedly- 

 wet throughout the summer. However, in spite of these somewhat untoward condi- 

 tions, two of the varieties produced very rich roots and the average from the three 

 must be considered as excellent. The average weight of root was somewhat less than 

 usual, which may have been due to seasonal conditions. The soil was a clay loam. 



At < 'ap Rouge, Que., "the season was very bad. an early drought being' followed 

 by several weeks of rain. The remainder of the summer was characterized by raw, 

 wet, dull Aveather. Tbis resulted in the root crop generally being a failure. The beets 

 were exceedingly small but their sugar-content, considering the conditions of growth, 

 was fair. The soil was a sandy loam. 



The results obtained on the Central Farm, Ottawa, have almost invariably been 

 good, and those of the past season are among the very best in the series. The data 

 show a sugar--eontent, for all the varieties, of over 17 per cent, with a coefficient of 

 purity of considerably more than 90. The soil was a sandy loam of good quality. 



The season at Brandon, Man., was not conducive to a high sugar-content, though 

 the yield of roots was quite satisfactory. At seeding time the weather was cool and 

 cloudy. A very wet June and July followed, with August and September character- 

 ized by considerable rain and very little sunshine. The beets show only a moderate 

 sugar-content and fair purity, the average from the three varieties being the lowest 

 in tbe series. The soil was a clay loam. 



The beets grown at Indian Head, Sask., were of medium quality only, but 

 decidedly richer than those at Brandon. The season generally was cool and wet, 9.87 

 inches of rain falling during the summer months. The soil was a clay loam. 



At Rosthern, central Saskatchewan, the season was more than usually wet and 

 the results generally very similar to those obtained at Indian Head. Though in 

 richness the beets from this Station fall behind many others in the series, the yield 

 was very good. The soil was a sandy loam. 



The beets grown at Lethbridge, southern Alberta, were of excellent quality, both 

 on irrigated and non-irrigated soils. They show a somewhat higher standard of 

 quality than the crop of the previous year. The season during the early part was 

 decidedly dry, but there was a more than usual rainfall during the summer and 

 autumn months, so that irrigation was largely dispensed with as unnecessary. Though 

 the yield on the irrigated land was invariably the larger, the results do not show any 

 marked difference (save in the case of one variety) in richness between the beets 

 grown on irrigated and non-irrigated land. Possibly this may be attributed in part 

 to the character of the season, which, as already remarked, was decidedly wet for this 

 locality. 



Results obtained on irrigated and non-irrigated land from two kinds of seed 

 supplied by the sugar factory at Raymond, Alta., are appended. The data are not 

 quite so high as those from the varieties sown in this investigation, but nevertheless 

 indicate a very good beet for sugar extraction. With this Raymond seed, the roots 

 on the non-irrigated land were somewhat richer than those grown with irrigation. 

 The average from the two series stands the highest in the list, though closely followed 

 by those of Ottawa and Agassiz. The soil is described as moderately heavy, chocolate-: 

 coloured loam. 



The season at Agassiz, B.C., may be described as generally cool and wet. Since 

 1906, the beets grown at this Farm have invariably been of an exceptionally high 

 quality, both as to sugar-content and purity, and last season's crop (1912) maintains 

 the good reputation gained for a first-class crop. The long autumn without frost or 

 markedly low temperatures (the beets were pulled November 5), is evidently con- 

 ducive to sugar production. 



At the close of the foregoing table, a number of results are given that have been 

 obtained at Charlottetown, P.E.I., Nappan, N.S., and Agassiz, B.C., from certain 





