REPOBT OF THE DIRECTOR AND ACTING AGRICULTURIST. 



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EXPERIMENTS WITH MANGELS. 



The number of varieties of mangels under test during 1897 was twenty. Theie 

 were all sown side by side adjoining the turnips, the land was similar and the treatment 

 and preparation the same. The drills were made up two feet 8,part and rolled with a 

 heavy land roller to make a firm bed before the seed was sown. Two sowings were 

 made, the first on the 8th May, the second on the 21st May, and the roots from both 

 were pulled on the 13th October. 



MANGELS — TEST OP VARIETIES. 



Name of Variety. 



1 Giant Yellow Intermediate 



(Steele) , 



2 Gate Post... 



3 Canadian Giant , 



4 Golden Tankard 



6 Mammoth Long Red 



6 Champion Yellow Globe 



7 Selected Mammoth Long Red, 



8 Yellow Intermediate 



9 Red Fleshed Tankard 



10 Red Fleshed Globe 



11 Giant Yellow Globe 



12 Prize Mam. Long Red 



13 Golden Fleshed Tankard 



14 Warden Orange Globe ... 



15 Selected Mammoth Long Red 



Extra 



16 Giant Yellow Half Long . . . 



17 Ward's Large Oval-shaped... 



18 Giant Yellow Intermediate 



(Pearce) 



19 Giant Yellow Globe Special. . . 



20 Norbitan Giant 



2nd Plot ^'^'^^ 



Oct. 



11 



11 

 11 

 11 

 11 

 11 

 11 

 11 

 11 

 11 

 11 

 11 

 11 

 11 



11 

 11 

 11 



11 

 11 

 11 



O 5 

 o .a 



Eh h1 

 46 1060 

 44 1815 

 40 1345 

 35 950 

 34 1960 

 34 1630 

 34 845 

 33 715 

 32 1010 

 32 405 

 31 1855 

 31 1690 

 30 1050 

 29 1730 



29 850 

 29 740 

 28 155 



25 1535 

 24 840 

 19 1325 



Yield 

 per acre, 

 2nd plot 



3 ^ 



1238 26 

 1188 56 

 957 

 743 25 

 941 25 

 743 26 

 797 30 

 726 

 946 55 

 772 45 

 896 30 

 844 15 

 704 

 913 55 



632 30 

 662 45 

 638 



539 56 

 583 

 335 30 



FIELD PLOTS OP MANGELS. 



The following four half-acre plots were all sown in the same field with the smaller 

 plots reported on. The soil was similar and its preparation and treatment the same. 



Giant Yellow Intermediate. — |^ acre. Sown 7th May; came up 16th May; and 

 the roots were pulled 12th October. Yield per acre, 18 tons 1,100 pounds. 



Mammoth Long Red. — ^ acre. Sown 7th May; came up 17th May; and the 

 roots were pulled 12th October. Yield per acre, 17 tons 600 pounds. 



Gate Post. — 5 acre. Sown 7th May ; came up 17th May; and the roots were 

 pulled 12th October. Yield per acre, 21 tons 80 pounds. 



Champion Yellow Globe. — | acre. Sown 8th May; came up 17th May; and 

 the roots were pulled, 13th October. Yield per acre, 23 tons 550 pounds. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH CARROTS. 



Sixteen varieties of carrots were sown side by side on land adjoining that used for 

 the turnips, the soil was similar and the treatment of the land the same. The seed was 

 sown on ridges 2 feet apart, at the rate of 3 to 4 pounds per acre. Two sowings were 



