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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



No. of row. 



Varieties. 



Sir Walter Raleigh . . 

 Sir Walter Raleigh.. 



Failed to sprout 



Failed to sprout 



Carman No. 3 



Carman No. 3 



Carman No. 3 



Carman No. 3 



Pinkeye 



Pinkeye 



Rose of Erin 



Rose of Erin 



Delaware 



Delaware 



Sir Walter Raleigh. 



Sir Walter Raleigh. 

 Sir Walter Raleigh. 

 Sir Walter Raleigh.. 



Hurst 



Hurst 



Pinkeye 



Pinkeye 



Rose of Erin. 

 Rose of Erin. 



Delaware 



Delaware 



Time of 

 planting. 



Oct, 30. 

 Oct. 30. 



Oct. 30. 



Oct. 30 



Oct. 30. 



Oct. 30. 



Oct. 30. 



Oct. 30. 



Oct. 30. 



Oct. 30 



Oct. 30. 



Oct. 30. 



June 7. 



June 

 June 

 June 

 June 

 June 



June 

 June 

 June 

 June 

 June 

 June 



Mode of 



cultivation. 



Level . 

 Level. 



L«vel. 



Level 



HiUed up. 

 Hilled up. 

 Hilled up. 

 Hilled up. 

 Hilled up. 

 Hilled up. 

 Hilled up. 

 Hilled up. 

 Level 



Level 



Hilled up. 

 Hilled up. 



Level 



Level 



Sprayed or 

 unspraycd. 



Sprayed 



Not sprayed. 



Sprayed 



Not sprayed. 



Sprayed 



Not sprajed. 



Sprayed 



Not sprayed. 



Sprayed 



Not sprayed. 



Sprayed 



Not sprayed. 

 Sprayed 



Level. 

 Level. 

 Level. 

 Level. 

 Level. 

 Level. 



Not sprayed. 



Spra\'ed 



Not sprayed. 



Sprayed 



Not sprayed. 



Sprayed 



Not sprayed. 



Sprayed 



Not sprayed. 



Sprayed 



Not sprayed. 



o 



-a 



rods 

 rods 



4 rods 



4 rods 



4 rods 



4 rods 



4 rods 



8 rods 



8 rods 



8 rods 



4 rods 



4 rods 



8 rods 



8 rods 



4 rods 



4 rods 



8 rods 



8 rods 



4 rods 



4 rods 



8 rods 



8 rods 



4 rods 



4 rods 



a 



o a> 



a 



3 a 



120 

 83 



90 



42 



C2 



40 



58 



38^ 



202i 



176' 



84 



44 



142 



62 

 58 

 52 

 llOi 

 71' 



42 



294 

 128' 

 101 



51i 



27 



10 



5 



9 



fi 



9J 

 14.J 

 124 



7 

 111 



m 

 11 



8 



lOi 

 111 



6?r 



7' 

 9 



10* 

 8-J 

 6 



o 

 -a 



126 

 89§ 



94 



52 



67 



49 



64 



48 

 217 

 1884 



91 



55J 

 152* 



73 



66 



59 



121 



82J 



484 



36* 

 137 

 1114 



60 



334 



346* 

 246i 



258* 



143 



184i 



134; 



176 



132 



298' 



259i 



250i 



152* 



2094 



lOOi 

 181* 

 1621 

 166* 

 113* 



133^: 



100* 

 188* 

 153i 

 165 



92 1-10 



Blossomed. 



July 18. 



July 8. 



July 10. 



July 7. 



July 11. 



Ordinary ripe 



September IS 

 September 2 

 August 18. . . 

 September 1 

 September 12 



Thoroughly ripe. 



September 

 September 

 September 

 September 

 September 



28 

 IS 

 K 

 15 



0'> 



Sprayed: June 17, 23, 28; Julv 5, 7, 16, 24, 28. and .\ugust 12. 

 Cultivated; June 18, 26: July 7. 19, 31. 



TUBXIP.S. 



In 1901, with the exception of Purple-top Strap-leaf, all varieties tested were 

 from seed held over from last season. Two rows of each variety were hand drilled. 

 2 feet apart, and the plants thinned out to 12 inches in the rows. While all 

 varieties might be planted in rows 20 or even 18 inches apart and thus produce 

 more turnips per acre, 2 feet is none too much for the successful development of 

 the plants, as it allows the cultivation of the crop for a longer period, which 

 thereby not only allows the roots to make up in size what they lack in number, 

 but keeps the ground in a better physical condition and frees it from weeds, two 

 factors which must always remain predominant in successful farming operations. 



A deficient stand was secured for the .Jumbo and Purple-top Swedes, two 

 varieties practically identical and more commonly known as Rutabagas. This 

 no doubt was le.ss due to the quality of the seed than to the fact that the plots 

 were located fully 12 feet below the others, thereby causing the plants to suffer 

 more from wet weather. 



As with most root crops, planting in succession of 2 to 1 weeks is advi.sable in 

 order to secure roots of medium size for table use. The larger and full grown 

 specimens answer for stock feeding purposes, but being apt to grow woody and 



