REPORT OF MR. ANGUS MAGKAY. 



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CARROTS — Test of Varieties. 



Name of Variety. 



Improved Short White. . . 

 Mammoth White Inter- 

 mediate . . 



Iverson's Champion 



White Bel^an 



Green-top White Orthe. . 



Guerande or Oxheart 



Half -long White 



Half -lon|: Chantenay 



Giant White Vosges 



Early Gem 



Carter's Orange Giant.. . . 



Scarlet Intermediate 



Yellow Intermediate 



Long Orange or Surrey . . 

 Long Scarlet Altringham. 



1st Plot 

 Sown. 



2nd Plot 

 Sown. 



1st Plot 

 Pulled. 



May 14 May 27 



14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 



27 



27 

 27 

 27 

 27 

 27 

 27 

 27 

 27 

 27 

 27 

 27 

 27 

 27 



Oct. 



6 



6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 



2nd Plot 

 PuUed. 



Oct. 



Tons. Lbs. 

 3 1,524 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



1st Plot. 



1,128 



996 



852 



600 



600 



204 



72 



1,544 



1,412 



1,016 



1,016 



1,016 



752 



1,960 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



2nd Plot 



Bush. Lbs. 



107 



118 



140 



123 



83 



103 



114 



125 



123 



96 



101 



72 



94 



77 



50 



48 



48 

 48 

 12 

 36 

 24 

 24 

 24 

 12 

 48 

 12 

 36 

 36 



36 



SUGAR-BEETS — Test of Varieties. 



POTATOES. 



One hundred and fifteen rarieties of potatoes were tested. 



One hundred of these were in uniform test plots and were planted on a piece of 

 land which was afterwards nearly submerged by the rains of 15th-l 8th June, and out of 

 the hundred varieties twenty-eight were entirely destroyed. The varieties giving the 

 larger yields were on a high part of the plot and were not put back or injured by the 

 water, on this account, the results reported on this year cannot be regarded as a reliable 

 test of the relative productions of the different sorts planted. Many of the varieties 

 were scabby and a great many small tubers were found in all the sorts. There were no 

 rotten potatoes in any of the plots. 



The potatoes were planted in rows thirty inches apart and twelve inches apart in 

 the rows. The soil was a clay loam and the yield per acre has been calculated from the 

 product of two rows each 66 feet long. 



