REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURIST 307 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



all but the ' 1/ teeth removed. These were set so close as to necessitate the cutting of 

 everything that passed between the standards. As in plot 2, much more time was 

 required to load roots topped and bottomed this way than when handled as in plot 1. 



CARROTS. 



On account of trouble in keping red carrots in good condition for any length of 

 time, it was decided to abandon for a while the use of this root as a field crop. The 

 method of growing the white carrots was quite similar to that described in previous 

 reports and the variety grown was the Improved Short White. The seed was sown 

 May 15. The carrots made a good rapid growth and were harvested October 21. The 

 yield was 26 tons 1,080 lbs., or S84§ bushels from 1 acre. 



Cost of growing one acre— 



Rent of land $ 3 00 



Gang ploughing in autumn, 4-10 days at $2.50 1 00 



£ manure, 15 tons per acre, $1 per ton 3 00 



Ploughing in spring, $ days at $2.50 2 00 



Harrowing, 1J hours at 25 cents 37i 



Drilling, 3£ hours at 25 cents 87i 



Rolling, 3 hour at 25 cents 18| 



Seed, 3 lbs. at 45 cents 1 35 



Sowing, 4 hours at 12£ cents per hour 50 



Hand-wheel hoeing, twice, l£ days at $1.25 1 8TJ 



Thinning, 3i days at $1.25 per day 4 37j 



Hoeing once, lj days at $1.25 per day 1 56i 



Cultivating, single horse, 1 3-10 days at $1.75 per day .... 2 27* 



Ploughing out carrots, team, 3£ hours, at $2.50 per day . . 87i 



Pulling, topping, loading and unloading, 8 days at $1.25 . . 10 00 • 



Drawing, l£ day at $2.50 3 75 



$37 00 

 Grown on one acre, 26 tons 1,080 lbs. 



Cost to grow 1 ton carrots housed $ 1 39 



Cost to grow 1 bushel carrots housed 4 '18 



Average dry matter per ton 200 lbs. 



Cost of 100 lbs. digestible dry matter 69 h cts. 



SUGAR BEETS. 



Two plots of sugar beets were grown, Danish Improved was the variety selected. 



To gain some information as to the comparative economy of growing sugar beets or 

 mangels for feed, and to ascertain the relative cost of growing a given area (1) as for 

 forage, (2) as for sugar, two plots of one-half acre each were grown side by side. 

 The ground was prepared as for other root crops, and the same amount of barn-yard 

 manure was applied. In thinning for forage, plants were left 8 inches apart ; but for 

 sugar, 6 inches apart. The hoeing, cultivating, &c., was the same for some time, but 

 when a fair growth had been made, that is, when the plants were about two months 

 old, those intended for forage were treated as mangels, i.e., the upper part of the root 

 left exposed, while those intended for sugar were hilled up, the whole root and crown 

 thereof being covered. 



Yield per acre was at the rate of 17 tons 840 lbs. from the forage, and 16 tons 

 600 lbs. from the sugar plot, or 560§ bushels and 543J bushels, respectively 



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