REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR AND ACTING AGRICULTURIST. 



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EXPERIMENTS WITH FERTILIZERS ON HALF PLOTS (^^th ACRE) OF CARROTS 



(IMPROVED SHORT WHITE), AFTER OATS. 



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9 

 10 



11 



12 

 13 

 14 



15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 



Fertilizers applied each Year. 



Bam-yard manure, well rotted, 15 tons per acre. ............ 



Barn-yard manure, freah, 15 tons per acre 



Unmanured 



Mineral phosphate, untreated, finely ground, 500 lbs. per acre 

 Mineral phosphate, untreated, finely ground, 500 lbs. ; nitrate 



of soda, 200 lbs. per acre 



Barn-yard manure, partly rotted and actively fermenting, 6 



tons per acre ; mineral phosphate, untreated^ finely groimd, 



500 lbs. per acre, composted together, intunately mixed, 



and allowed to heat for several days before using 



Mineral phosphate, untreated, finely jrround, 500 Iba. ; nitrate 



of soda, 200 lbs. ; wood ashes, unleached, 1,000 lbs. per 



acre 



Mineral phosphate, untreated, finely ground, 500 lbs. ; wood 



ashes, unleached, 1,500 lbs. f)er acre. 



Mineral superphosphate, No. 1, 500 lbs. per acre 



Mineral superphosphate. No. 1, 350 lbs. ; nitrate of coda, 200 



lbs. per acre 



Mineral superphosphate. No. 1, 350 lbs. ; nitrate of soda, 200 



lbs. : wood ashes, unleached, 1,500 lbs. per acre 



Unmanured 



Bone, finely ground, 500 lbs. per acre 



Bone, finely ground, 500 lbs. ; wood ashes, imleached, 1,500 



lbs. per acre 



Nitrate of soda, 200 lbs. per acre ........ 



Muriate of potash, 150 lbs. per acre 



Sulphate of aamaonia, 300 lbs. per acre 



Sulphate of iron, 60 lbs. per acre 



Common salt (Sodium chloride), 300 lbs. per acre 



Land plaster or gypsum (Calcium sulphate) 300 lbs. per acre.. 

 Mineral superphosphate. No. 2, 500 lbs. per acre 



Average 

 Yield for 

 six years. 



Weight of 



roots 

 per acre. 



Tons. Lbs. 



18 1,875 



20 1,003 



12 1,990 



13 511 



15 1,633 



19 



15 



61 



305 



12 345 

 9 1,798 



12 



81 



15 1,160 



11 541 



12 183 



17 

 15 

 16 

 11 

 12 

 14 

 14 

 11 



1,630 

 359 



1,093 



331 



173 



68 



738 



1,525 



7th Season, 



1897. 



Improved 



Short 



White. 



Weight of 



roots 

 per acre. 



Tons. Lbs. 



25 

 24 

 10 



990 



120 

 1,870 



9 1,890 



12 



60 



19 330 



18 1,470 



14 

 10 



370 

 360 



13 1,570 



15 1,840 



♦4 790 



•7 800 



*9 



13 



15 



9 



10 



11 



9 



8 



850 

 1,240 



190 

 1,530 

 1,480 

 1,340 

 1,060 

 1,670 



Average 



Yield for 



seven years. 



Weight of 



roots 

 per acre. 



Tons. Lbs. 



19 1,749 



21 20 



12 1,401 



12 1,565 



15 551 



19 



99 



15 1,329 



12 

 9 



920 

 1,878 



12 579 



15 

 10 

 11 



16 

 14 

 16 

 10 

 11 

 13 

 13 

 11 



1,257 

 577 

 843 



1,233 

 1,913 



678 

 1,931 

 1,788 

 1,393 

 1,355 



689 



* Plots 12, 13 and 14 were on a piece of rising ground on light boQ and were injured by wind ; plot 12 

 suffered more than the others. 



POTATO PLOTS. 



The alternate halves of the wheat and barley plots which were occupied by carrots 

 and sugar beets in 1891, 1892 and 1893 were planted with potatoes in 1894, 1895, 

 1896 and 1897. These were planted in rows 2J feet apart, with the sets about one foot 

 apart in the rows. 



Those grown in 1897 after wheat were planted 14th May, came up 9th June and 

 were dug 10th October. On each of these plots there were nine rows each of Empire 

 State, Early Sunrise and Clarke's No. 1. 



Those grown after barley were planted 14th May, came up 9th June, and were dug 

 29th September. On these plots there were nine rows each of Yanier, Lee's Favorite 

 and Northern Spy. In the tables following, the yield of each variety for each plot is 

 given, also the crop, in bushels, per acre. 

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