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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4 GEORGE V., A. 1914 



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 3 



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Variety. 



Hall's Westbury 



Halo wood's Bronze Top 



Bangholm 



Mammoth Clyde 



Hartley's Bronze Top 



Elephant 



Good Luck , 



Jumbo 



Perfection , 



Magnum Bonum , , 



Average of the last 9 varieties 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



1st sowing. 



Tons. Lb. 



56 728 



31 40 



26 8 



24 972 



21 1,428 



20 1,448 



21 1,428 

 1G 1,264 

 17 1,040 

 15 1,416 



21 1,516 



Size 

 of Plot 



1/132 acre 



MANGELS. 



The mangels were planted on ridges; the first crop was sown on May 6 and the 

 second on May 20. Three hundred and fifty pounds of ' B ' fertilizer (Victoria 

 Chemical Co.) was used per acre, and was sown in the drills as they were set up. 

 Ten pounds of seed was used per acre. The mangels were cultivated with a single 

 horse scuffler about the time they appeared above the ground, and this was continued 

 until they were ready for thinning. They were hoed once by hand, and thinned, 

 then hoed once by hand afterwards; the rest of the cultivation was done by horses 

 until the crop began to close over the rows. It will be noted in the following table that 

 the Selected Yellow Globe gave the largest yield, although not the most profitable 

 crop, as they had to be left closer together in the rows and the roots were harder to 

 handle. 



The following table gives the results of the different plots; they were all pulled 

 on November 5 : — 



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Variety. 



Selected Yellow Globe 



Giant Yellow Intermediate 



Giant Yellow Globe 



Yellow Intermediate 



Giant Half Sugar White 



Gate Post ... . 



Mammoth Yellow Intermediate . 

 Perfection Mammoth Long Red . 

 Prize Mammoth Long Red . 



Average 



Yield per Acre. 

 1st Sowing. 



Tons. Lb. 



30 

 28 

 27 

 27 

 23 

 21 

 20 

 20 

 17 



24 



192 

 1,024 

 1,440 



912 

 1,520 



10S 

 1,712 

 1,184 

 1,901 



414 



Yield per Acre. 

 2nd Sowing. 



Tons. 



26 

 30 

 26 

 24 

 22 

 15 

 16 

 19 

 22 



Lb. 



1,328 



1,904 



800 



1,632 



1,936 



604 



736 



1,732 



1,936 



1,845 



Size of Plot. 



1/132 acre. 



1/132 



1/132 



1/132 



1/132 



1/132 



1/132 



1/132 



1/132 



Four fertilizer experiments were also carried on with- the Giant Half Sugar 

 White, results of which will be shown in the following table. The fertilizer was 

 supplied by the German Potash Syndicate. The land on which this fertilizer was 

 used was treated in exactly the same manner as described above for the planting of 

 the other mangels. It was a very comparable piece of soil, and the plots were handled 



