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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4 GEORGE V., A. 1914 



MANGELS. 



Eight varieties of mangels and seven varieties of sugar mangels, or feeding sugar 

 beets, were grown in uniform test rows. They were sown on May 9, and were harvested 

 on September 19. The yields are calculated from the yield of a row 66 feet long. The 

 soil was clay loam summer-fallowed the previous year. The following yields were 

 obtained : — 



Mangels. — Test of Varieties. 



S3 



a 



i 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



Name of Variety. 



Elwetham Long Red 



Giant Long Red 



Giant Yellow Globe 



Giant Yellow Intermediate 



Golden Tankard 



Manitoba Giant Yellow. 



Perfection Mammoth Long Red. 



Prize Mammoth Long Red 



Danish Improved Sugar Beet. . . 



Giant Half Sugar 



Giant White 



Jumbo 



Leviathan 



Monarch Half Sugar 



Royal Giant. 



Average. 



Description of 

 Variety. 



Long Red 



Long Red 



Yellow Globe 



Yellow half long. . 

 Dark yellow half long 

 Yellow half long . . 



Long Red 



Long Red 



Long Pink 



Long Pink 



Long White 



Long Greenish white 



Long Red 



Long Greenish white 

 Long Pink 



Yield per Acre. 



Tons. 



36 

 33 

 41 

 31 

 36 

 29 

 34 

 39 

 39 

 34 

 32 

 42 

 35 

 33 

 37 



35 



Lb. 



1920 



220 



1160 



700 



1040 



1180 



1300 



1640 



540 



1520 



240 



700 



1060 



880 



1460 



1837 



Yield per Acre. 



Bush. 



1232 

 1103 

 1386 

 1045 

 1217 

 986 

 1155 

 1327 

 1309 

 1158 

 1070 

 1411 

 1184 

 1114 

 1257 



1197 



Lb. 



00 

 40 

 00 

 00 

 20 

 20 

 00 

 20 

 00 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 20 

 40 

 40 



17 



Five Year Averages. 



Five of these varieties have been grown for five years with the following average 



returns : — 



1 

 2 

 3 

 1 

 5 



Prize Mammoth Long Red 



Giant Yellow Globe 



Giant White Sugar . . . 



Perfection Mammoth Long Red 

 Giant Yellow Intermediate 



Average Yield per Acre. 



FIELD CARROTS. 



Six varieties of field carrots were tested in uniform test rows. They were planted 

 on May 9, and harvested on October 4. The yield per acre is calculated from the yield 

 of a row G6 feet long. The soil was clay loam, summer-fallowed the previous year. 



