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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



Turnips. — Test of Varieties. 



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Name of variety. 



Mill Pond 



Good Luck 



Webb. 



Perfection 



Jumbo 



New Century 



Hall's Westbury 



Bangholm Selected 



Magnum Bonum 



Hartleys Bronze 



Carter's Elephant 



Mammoth Clyde 



Hazards Improved 



Halewood's Bronze Top 



Average . . . 



Yield per Acre. 



Tons. 



43 



36 

 35 

 35 

 35 

 33 

 33 

 32 

 32 

 32 

 30 

 30 

 29 

 27 



Lb. 



1,600 



800 



1,400 



1,400 



850 



1,400 



1,100 



1,650 



900 



800 



750 



150 



700 



1,850 



33 



1,096 



Yield per Acre. 



Bush. 



1,460 

 1,213 

 1,190 

 1,190 

 1,180 

 1,123 

 1,118 

 1,094 

 1,081 

 1,080 

 1,012 

 1,002 

 978 

 930 



1,118 



Lb. 



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 20 

 00 

 0C 

 50 

 20 

 20 

 10 

 40 

 00 

 30 

 30 

 20 

 50 



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Turnips. — Different Dates of Seeding. 



The following experiment was conducted with Bangholm Selected to determine 

 the best date for seeding: — 



Plot A, sown May 31. 

 Plot B, Bown June 7. . 

 Plot C, sown June 14. 

 Plot D, sown June 21. 

 Plot E, sown June 28. 



Yield per 

 Acre. 



Tons. Lb. 



32 1650 



25 1300 



24 950 



16 1900 



20 1150 



Yield per 



Acre. 



Bush. Lb. 



1094 10 



855 00 



815 50 



565 00 



685 50 



Experiments with Club-root on Turnips. 



The experiment outlined by the Division of Botany, Central Experimental Farm, 

 in 1911, was continued in part. A section that had been treated in 1911 with lime 

 was seeded with Hall's Westbury. The lime had been applied as shown in the 

 following table: — 



Plot 1 received no treatment 



Plot 2 received 150 bushels unslaked lime per acre in 1911 

 Plot 3 received 100 bushels unslaked lime per acre in 1911 

 Plot 4 received 75 bushels unslaked lime per acre in 1911 . 



Yield per 

 Acre. 



Tons. Lb. 



4 580 



19 808 



17 188 



17 1640 



Yield per 

 Acre. 



Busb. Lb. 



143 

 646 

 569 

 594 



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 48 

 28 

 00 



Yield per 



Acre of 



Diseased 



Roots. 



Tons. Lb. 



4 580 



1 640 



820 



1 244 



