306 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



1-2 EDWARD VII., A. 1902 

 TURX1PS. 



Two varieties were grown, sown June 8, harvested November 4 ; manure was 

 applied during the winter and spring at the rate of about 15 tons per acre. 



Champion Purple Top Swede. — 1 acre, yielded 18 tons 520 lbs., or 608| bushels 

 per acre. 



Prize Purple Top Swede. — 1 acre, yielded 17 tons 1,450 lbs., or 590g bushels per 

 acre. 



Cost— 



Rent of land, at $3 per acre $ 6 00 



Gang ploughing, 8-10 days at $2.50 . . • 2 00 



| manure, 15 tons per acre, valued at $1 per acre 6 00 



Ploughing in spring, at $2 per acre 4 00 



Harrowing, 2-10 days at 25 cents per hour 50 



Drilling, 8-10 days at 25 cents per hour 2 00 



Rolling, 1 hour at 25 cents 25 



Seed, 6 lbs. at 20 cents 1 20 



Sowing, 8 hours at $1.25 per day 1 00 



Hand-wheel hoeing, 1 6-10 days at $1.25 2 00 



Thinning, 4 days at $1.25 5 00 



Hoeing, once, 2A days at $1.25 3 13 



Cultivating, single horse, 2 days, at $1.75 per day .... 3 50 



Pulling, topping, loading and unloading, 9 men at $1.25 . . 11 25 



Drawing, 2 days at $2.50 5 00 



$52 83 

 Total yield from 2 acres, 35 tons 1,970 lbs. 



Cost to produce 1 ton turnips housed $ 1 47 



Cost to produce 1 bushel turnips housed 4 -41 



Average digestible dry matter in 1 ton 209 *8 lbs. 



Cost to produce 100 lbs. digestible dry matter $ 70 



Cost to produce 1 acre of turnips 26 42 



HARVESTING TURNIPS. 



Much is heard as to the best methods of harvesting turnips, and in order to get 

 some definite information as to the comparative economy of some of the more com- 

 mon plans, a record was kept of the time occupied in harvesting each of 3 equal plots. 



Plot 1. — Size, | of an acre. The manual labour required to harvest this plot 

 was equal to 1 man for 24 hours. The turnips were pulled by hand, and the roots 

 and tops removed by a large knife in the hands of the operator. 



Plot 2. — Size, | of an acre. The manual labour required to harvest this plot was 

 equal to 1 man for 26 hours 40 minutes. The turnips were topped by means of hoes 

 while still firm in the earth. They were then bottomed, or the roots removed, with the 

 same implements. The topping and bottoming took much less time when done this 

 way than when each turnip passed through the hands of the operator, but much more 

 time was required to load the turnips. 



Plot 3. — Size, | of an acre. The manual labour required to harvest this plot 

 was equal to 1 man for 24 hours 5 minutes, besides horse labour of 1 horse for 5 

 hours. The turnips were topped by means of hoes while still firm in the earth. They 

 were then bottomed, or the roots removed, by means of a single horse cultivator with 



