862 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



7 GEORGE V, A. 1917 



Three plots of Wee MacGregor were given diSerent kinds of cultivation with the 

 following results : — 



Three cultivations: July 2, 9, and 16. Left level 261 bush, per acre. 



Five cultivations: July 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30. Left level. 2S8 

 Four cultivations : July 2, 9, 16, and 23, and hilled July 



30 254 " 



The average yield of hilled versus uuhilled for the four previous years was : — 



Hilled 414 bush, per acre. 



Unbilled. '." .' 437 " 



Morgan Seedling potatoes were planted at different dates with the following 

 results : — 



May 7 271 bush, per acre. 



" 15 233 



" 23 235 



June 18 131 



Different depths of seeding have been tried for the past four years with the follow- 

 ing results: — 



Potatoes have been planted at different distances apart with the following results 

 for the past four years : — 



Beets. — Six varieties of table beets were sown on May 3 and harvested on Sep- 

 tember 14 with the following results from a row 30 feet long : — 



Variety. 



Ruby Dulcet 



Cardinal Globe 



Eclipse 



New Meteor 



New Early Black Red Ball. 

 Crosby Egyptian 



