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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH MANGELS. 



The light rainfall of the past year has reduced the crop of mangels to one-half of 

 last year's returns. 



Eighteen varieties were sown, but the seed of three of these germinated badly, 

 and the yield given is not a fair test of these varieties. 



The first set of plots were sown on the 20th of May, the second on the 3rd of June, 

 and the roots from both were pulled on 30th September. 



They were sown after turnips, the soil was a rich sandy loam which was ploughed 

 deeply in the fall, the seed was sown in flat drills 30 inches apart, and the yields per 

 acre have been estimated from the product of two rows each 66 feet long. 



Mangels — Test of Varieties. 



Name of Variety. 



Champion Yellow Globe 



Mammoth Long Ked 



Selected Mammoth Long Red 

 Giant Yellow Tntermediate. . 



Canadian Giant 



Norbitan Giant 



Red Fleshed Globe 



Giant Yellow Globe 



Ward's Laige oval shaped. . . , 



Golden Tankard 



Giant Yellow Half Long 



Mammoth Long Red (Evans). 



Warden Orange Globe 



Gate Post ... . 



Golden Fleshed Tankard.. . . 



Red Fleshed Tankard 



Large Oval Globe 



Yellow Intermediate 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



1st Plot. 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



1st Plot. 



Tons. Lbs. Bush. Lbs 



26 

 25 

 23 

 22 

 21 

 20 

 20 

 19 

 18 

 17 

 15 

 15 

 14 

 14 

 13 

 11 

 10 

 6 



8 



424 



464 



352 



32 



1,976 



392 



808 



1,488 



584 



1,944 



l,ti80 



1,832 



776 



400 



176 



856 



672 



866 



840 

 774 

 739 

 700 

 699 

 673 

 646 

 624 

 576 

 532 

 528 

 497 

 479 

 440 

 369 

 347 

 211 



48 

 24 

 24 

 12 

 32 

 36 

 12 

 48 

 48 

 24 

 24 



12 

 36 



30 

 36 

 12 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



2nd Plot. 



Bush. Lbs. 



501 

 532 

 888 

 550 

 686 

 787 

 466 

 532 

 655 

 497 

 585 

 611 

 413 

 668 

 396 

 202 

 347 

 567 



36 

 24 

 48 



24 

 36 

 24 

 24 

 36 

 12 

 12 

 36 

 36 

 48 



24 

 36 

 36 



EXPERIMENTS WITH CARROTS. 



As usual carrots have suflfered more from the light rainfall than any of the other 

 field roots, and the yield of all varieties is much below the average. 



Fifteen varieties of carrots have been under test this year. The soil was a rich 

 sandy loam which had been deeply fall ploughed ; the previous crop was turnips. The 

 seed was sown in flat drills 18 inches apart at two diflPerent dates, the first plots on the 

 20th of May, the second on the 3rd of June, and all were pulled on the 30th September. 



The yields per acre have been calculated from the product of two rows each 66 

 feet long. 



