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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4 GEORGE V., A. 1914 



STRAWBERRIES. 



The strawberry crop of 1912 gave promise of being another large one and the 

 yield was good up to the last two pickings, when the berries were practically ruined 

 by rain storms. 



The following are the yields of the twenty best varieties. Size of the plots 16£ 

 feet by 5 feet, or one 528th part of an acre: 



Name. 



Parker Earle 



Crescent 



Pearl 



Lovett 



Warfield 



Paris King 



Capt. Jack 



Princess 



Carrie 



Beder Wood . 



Haverland 



Ida 



G. H. Coughill. . . 

 Early Beauty . . . 



Splendid 



Michel Early 



Morgan Favorite. 



John Little 



H. W. Beecher.. 



July 4 



4 

 3 

 2 

 2 



1 

 3 



5 



Date And Pickings. 



July 7 



5 

 6 

 4 

 6 

 6 

 7 

 3 

 8 

 5 

 4 

 6 

 4 

 4 

 7 

 6 

 5 

 3 

 3 

 5 



July 14 



11 

 10 

 7 

 6 

 5 

 5 

 7 

 5 

 6 

 3 

 4 

 8 

 6 

 3 

 5 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 4 



July 20 



3 

 1 

 5 

 4 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 4 

 4 

 3 

 2 

 8 

 5 

 4 



July 22 



1 

 2 

 4 

 3 

 2 



3 

 2 



1 

 2 



4 

 2 



Yield 



per 



plot. 



quarts 



24 



22 

 22 

 21 

 18 

 18 

 18 

 17 

 17 

 17 

 17 

 16 

 16 

 16 

 16 

 16 

 15 

 15 

 15 



Yield 



per 



acre. 



quarts 



12,572 

 11,616 

 11,616 

 11,088 

 9,504 

 9,504 

 9,504 

 8,976 

 8,976 

 8,976 

 8,976 

 8,488 

 8,448 

 8,448 

 8,448 

 8,448 

 7,920 

 7,920 

 7,920 



VEGETABLES. 



Experiments with potatoes. 



Nineteen varieties of potatoes were grown in uniform test plots of one-hundredth 

 acre each, in rows thirty inches apart in the drill. The seed was cut with two strong 

 eyes to the set, and planted in the rows one foot apart. 



The soil was a sandy loam on which clover hay had been grown the previous year. 

 A light dressing of manure was applied and ploughed under. The land was again 

 ploughed and well harrowed, and complete fertilizer applied at the rate of 400 pounds 

 per acre. The drills were harrowed down about the time the potatoes were coming up, 

 and again rowed up. 



The plants were sprayed three times during the season, with Bordeaux mixture, 

 Paris green being added on two occasions to destroy potato beetles. Planted June 8, 

 and dug October 3 and 4. 



