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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH FERTILIZERS ON ROOTS ; PLOTS OF MANGELS AND 



TURNIPS- Concluded. 



o 



o 



10 



11 

 12 

 13 



14 



15 



16 

 17 



18 

 19 



20 



21 



Fertilizers applied each Year. 



Nitrate of soda, 300 lbs. per acre.. . . 



Sulphate of ammonia, 300 lbs. per ac. 



Unmanured 



Bone, finely ground, 500 lbs. ; wood 

 ashes, unleached, 1,000 lbs. per acre 



Wood ashes, unleaclied, 2,000 lbs. p.ac 



Common salt (Sodium chloride), 400 

 lbs. per acre 



Mineral superphosphate. No. 1, 500 

 lbs.; nitrate of soda, 200 lbs. per ac. 



Mineral superphosphate. No. 1, 500 

 lbs. ; wood ashes, unleached, 1,500 

 lbs. per acre 



Mineral superphosphate, No. 1, .500 

 lbs. ; muriate of potash, 200 lbs. p. ac. 



Double sulphate of potash and mag- 

 nesia, 300 lbs. per acre in 1889 and 

 1890 (muriate of potash, 200 lbs., 

 substituted each year since) ; dried 

 blood, 250 lbs. ; mineral superphos- 

 phate. No. 1, 1,500 lbs. per acre. . . 



Wood ashes, unleached, 1,500 lbs. ; 

 common salt (Sodium chloride), 300 

 lbs. per acre ..... 



Mineral superphosphate, No. 2, 500 

 lbs. per acre 



Average Yield 



FOR 



Eight Years. 



Mangels, 



Weight 



of Roots. 



Per Acre. 



Tons. Lbs. 



14 1,209 



11 1,181 



7 1,377 



10 1,041 



11 1,096 



10 95 



13 1,589 



12 1,415 

 12 657 



14 493 



14 1,440 



15 898 



Turnips, 



Weight 



of Roots. 



Per Acre. 



Tons. Lbs. 



8 1,305 



10 62 



6 1,908 



8 165 



7 1,916 



7 1,011 



10 1,226 



9 1,243 

 10 1,033 



11 816 



10 1,052 

 10 1,808 



9th Season, 1897. 

 Varieties. 



West Half 

 Plot. 



Mangels, 



Mammoth 



Long Red: 



Weight 



of Roots. 



Per Acre. 



Tons. Lbs. 



14 470 



11 620 

 4 1,470 



9 840 



8 1,680 



8 1,790 



12 670 



12 120 

 12 1,550 



12 1,190 



13 690 

 13 910 



East Half 

 Plot. 



Turnips, 

 PurpleTop 



Swede : 



Weight of 



Roots. 



Per Acre. 



Tons. Lbs. 



12 590 



14 1,950 



8 1,860 



12 



8 



300 

 420 



7 1,750 

 11 950 



8 670 

 10 1,410 



13 1,290 



10 1,470 

 10 1,500 



Average Yield 



FOR 



Nine Years. 



Mangels, 



Weight of 



Roots. 



Per Acre. 



Tona. Lbs. 



14 1,127 



11 1,119 



7 721 



10 

 11 



796 

 494 



9 1,839 



13 1,265 



I 



12 1,271 



12 756 



14 126 



14 1,134 



15 455 



Turnips, 



Weight of 



Roots. 



Per Acre. 



Tona. Lbs. 



9 114 



10 1,161 



7 400 



8 1,069 

 7 1,972 



7 1,093 



10 1,418 



9 957 

 10 1,075 



11 1,313 



10 1,098 

 10 1,774 



CARROT PLOTS. 



Carrots have been sown on alternate halves of the oat plots for the past seven years, 

 for the purpose of cleaning the land from weeds. This work was begun in 1891, and 

 the plots have been sown each year with the variety known as the Improved Short 

 White. In 1897, carrots occupied the east half of the plots. The seed was sown 5th 

 May, came up 18th May, and the roots were pulled 18th October. The crop this year 

 on plots 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 were above the average of the preceding years. The 

 other plots were all below the average. 



