DIVISION OF FORAGE PLANTS 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



BULLETIN ON CORN GROWING. 



A bulletin has been written on ' Corn Growing in Manitoba,' wbicb will be avail- 

 able to all who write asking for a copy. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH EIELD ROOTS. 



TURNIPS. 



Fourteen varieties of turnips were grown in uniform test rows. They were planted 

 on May 9, in clay loam which had been summer-fallowed the previous year. The cool, 

 damp weather in the latter part of the season was favourable, and an excellent crop 

 was harvested. The crop was dug on September 27 and the following yields were 

 harvested : — 



Turnips. — Test of Varieties. 



£ 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



Name of Variety. 



Bangholm 



Canadian Gem 



Carter's Imperial 



Carton's Model 



Gar ton's Superlative 



Good Luck 



Halewood's Bronze Top 



Hall's Westbury 



Hartley's Bronze To]) 



Hazard's Improved Bronze Top 



Magnum Bonum 



Northwestern Purple Top 



Perfection Purple Top 



Prize Purple Top 



Average . 



Five Year Averages. 



Six of these varieties have been grown for five years, and one more for four years. 

 The following are the averages obtained : — 



V 



Si 



3 



1 



2 



3 

 4 

 5 

 6 



7 



Name of Variety. 



Halewood's Bronze Top 



Magnum Bonum 



Hall's Westbury .. 



Hartley's Bronze Top. ....... 



Perfection Purple Top 



Good Luck 



Bangholm (average of 4 years) 



Average. 



Tons 



27 

 26 

 26 

 25 

 25 

 23 

 29 



Lb. 



1378 

 743 

 448 

 371. 

 75 

 745 



1323 



Yield per Acre. 



Bush. 



922 

 879 

 874 

 839 

 834 

 779 

 988 



Lb. 



58 

 3 

 8 



31 



35 

 5 



43 



