DIVISION OF FORAGE PLANTS 



627 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



An experiment with coal ashes and chloride of lime was tried on land known 

 to be affected with club-root. The chloride of lime was applied at the rate of 2,400 

 pounds per acre, and at the rate of 1,200 pounds per acre, fourteen days before seed- 

 ing. The coal ashes were applied at the same time at the rate of one ton per acre. 

 The land was thoroughly worked afterwards. The coal ashes reduced the number 

 of roots affected by the disease slightly, the chloride of lime, on the other hand, 

 appeared to increase the disease, as there were more roots affected on the plots treated 

 than on the check. 



MANGELS. 



Nine varieties of mangels were sown on May 27, in drills 30 inches apart. The 

 young plants were thinned to about 12 inches apart in the row3. The root3 were 

 pulled October 14. 



Mangels. — Test of Varieties. 



u 

 <o 



.a 



s 



3 



1 



2 

 3 

 4 



5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



Name of Variety. 



Prize Mammoth Long Red 



Gate Post 



Giant Yellow Globe 



Half Sugar White 



Selected Yellow Globe 



Giant Yellow Intermediate 



Perfection Mammoth Long Red. 



Yellow Intermediate 



Dignity 



Average . 



Description of 

 Variety. 



Long Red. 



Globe 



Long White 

 Globe ....... 



Intermediate. 

 Long Red . . 

 Intermediate. 

 Long Red . . . 



Yield per Acre. 



Tons. 



20 

 20 

 19 

 18 

 18 

 18 

 17 

 16 

 14 



18 



Lb. 



1712 

 260 



1402 



1356 

 564 

 432 



1904 

 142 

 710 



498 



Yield per Acre. 



Bush. Lb. 



695 

 671 

 656 

 622 

 609 

 607 

 598 

 535 

 478 



608 



12 



00 

 42 

 36 

 24 

 12 

 24 

 42 

 30 



18 



CARROTS. — TEST OF VARIETIES. 



Five varieties of carrots were sown an May 27 in rows fifteen inches apart. The 

 land was prepared in the same way as for the turnips. They were pulled November 

 4, 1912. 



Carrots. — Test of Varieties. 



u 



s 



3 



1 



2 

 3 

 4 

 5 



Name of Variety. 



Mammoth White Intermediate 



Improved Short White 



White Belgian 



Ontario Champion 



Half Long Chantenay 



Average , 



Description of 

 Variety. 



Half Long, 



Short 



Long 



Long 



Half Long . 



Yield per Acre. 



Bush. 



752 

 745 

 621 

 620 

 590 



666 



Lb. 



24 



48 

 30 

 24 

 42 



10 



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