843 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



7 GEORGE V, A. 1917 



Variety Test. 



Variety. 



Character of 

 soil. 



Yield per 

 acre. 



Form and Colour. 



Carman, No. 1 



New Queen 



Morgan Seedling 



Dreer Standard 



Vermont Gold Coin 



Everett 



Wee MacGregor (selected) 



Manitoba Wonder 



Wee MacGregor 



Early Norther 



Table Talk 



Houlton Rose 



Dalmcny Beauty 



Eureka Extra Early 



Early Hebron 



Early Ohio (selected) 



Empire State 



Money Maker 



Ra^vlings Kidney 



Bermuda Early 



Irish Cobbler 



Late Puritan 



Early Ohio 



Vick Extra Early (O.S. 1914) 

 Morgan Seedling (O.S. 1914).. 



Clay loam. 



Bosh. 



567 

 547 

 54.3 

 534 

 530 

 523 

 517 

 517 

 508 

 503 

 500 

 500 

 470 

 470 

 468 

 466 

 466 

 462 

 448 

 442 

 429 

 424 

 415 

 292 

 39 



lb. 



36 



48 



24 



36 



12 



36 



12 

 48 

 40 

 32 

 48 

 48 

 36 

 24 

 24 



48 

 12 



36 

 48 

 36 

 36 



Oval— White. 



Oval— Pink and White. 



Round — White. 



Oval— White 



Oval— White. 

 Long — Pink. 

 Oval— White. 

 Oval— White. 

 Oval— White. 

 Long — Red. 

 Oval— White. 

 Oval— Red . 

 Oval— White. 

 Oval— White. 

 Long — Pink and white. 

 Oval— Red. 

 Long — White. 

 Round — White. 

 Oval— White. 

 Oval— Red . 

 Round — White. 

 Oval— White. 

 Oval— Red. 

 Oval— Pink. 

 Round — White. 



Experiments with Potatoes. 



In addition to the above work a series of cultural experiments was commenced on 

 one-twentieth acre plots. These experiments will extend over a period of five years in 

 order to arrive at an average for a number of seasons. An experiment was also com- 

 menced with a view of ascertaining the cost of growing potatoes under existing condi- 

 tions. An exact record was kept of the labour on an acre plot up to the time the potatoes 



Indi.vx Head. 



