REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR AND ACTING AQRIGULTURIST. 



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YIELD OF ROOTS PER ACRE, FROM EARLY AND LATE PULLING Concluded. 



Arernge yield per acre from ... 



An average gain in 23 days of 3 ton* SSllbs. per acre. 



Average yield per acre from 



An average gain in 23 dayi of 2 tons 1,361 lbs. per acre. 



1st Sowing 

 Ist Pulling. 



Ton. Lbs. 

 18 91 



1st Sowing 

 2nd Pulling. 



Tons Lbs. 

 21 412 



2nd Sowing 

 1st Pulling 



Tons Lbs. 



14 1,902 



2nd Sowing 

 2nd Pulling. 



Tons Lbs. 



17 1,263 



The results of these experiments point to the advantage of leaving carrots in the 

 ground as long as it is safe to do so before they are pulled . 



FIELD PLOTS OP CARROTS, 



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

 plots of carrots. The soil was similar, and the preparation and treatment of the land 

 the same. 



Mammoth White Intermediate. — | acre. Sown 8th May; came up 19th May; 

 and the roots were pulled on the 19th October. Yield per acre, 19 tons 200 pounds. 



Improved Short White. — ^ acre. Sown 8th May ; came up 19th May ; and 

 the roots were pulled 20th October. Yield per acre, 19 tons 1,762 pounds. 



White Belgian. — ^ acre. Sown 8th May ; came up 1 9th May ; and the roots 

 were pulled 21st October. Yield per acre, 15 tons 1,580 pounds, 



Guerande or Ox-heart. — ^ acre. Sown 8th May; came up 19th May; and 

 the roots were pulled 22nd October. Yield per acre, 17 tons 170 pounds. 



ffalf Long White. — ^ acre. Sown 8th May; came up 19th May; and the 

 roots were .pulled 2c5rd October, Yield per acre, 20 tons 220 pounds. 



Iverson's Champion. — J acre. Sown 8th May; came up 19th May; and the 

 roots were pulled 25th October, Yield per acre, 22 tons 232 pounds. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH SUGAR BEETS. 



Twelve varieties of sugar beets were tested in 1897. The land was adjoining that 

 of the test plots of carrots and mangels, the soil was similar, and the preparation and 

 treatment of the land the same. 



SUGAR BEETS TEST OP VARIETIES. 



Name of Variety. 



Danish Improved, Private Stock 



Rennie's No. 98 



Rennie's No. 96 Red Top.. ..... 



Improved Imperial 



Rennie's No. 95 



Rennie's No. 97 



Danish Red Top 



Danish Improved, 



Red Top Sugar 



Wanzleben 



Rennie's No. 99 Green Top 



V^ilmorin's Improved 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



1st Plot. 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



Ist Plot. 



I 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



2nd Plot 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



2ik1 Plot 



O Xi 



H J 

 25 820 

 25 IGO 

 23 200 

 23 90 

 21 1S90 

 21 570 

 20 1745 

 19 5 

 18 1020 

 18 1015 

 15 1790 

 15 1680 



3 



js 

 ^ 



847 

 836 

 770 

 768 -iX) 

 731 30 

 709 30 

 695 45 

 633 25 

 627 



616 55 

 529 50 

 528 



