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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



7 GEORGE V, A. 1917 



Iceberg and Giant Crystal Head proved the best under dry conditions. 



Cultural Experiment for Protection from. Cabbage Maggots. — Two varieties of Cab- 

 bage and two varieties of Cauliflower used in this experiment. Tar paper discs 

 and cbeese cloth covering methods were used. Every third row unprotected. 



Name of variety. 



Cauliflower Early Snowball. 



Imp Early Dwarf Erfurt 



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Cabbage Earlv Jersey Wakefield 

 Copenhagen Market. . . . 



Date of 

 seeding 



Num- 

 ber of 

 plants. 



April 29 

 29 

 29 

 29 

 29 

 29 

 29 

 29 

 29 

 29 

 29 

 29 



25 

 25 

 25 

 25 

 25 

 25 

 25 

 25 

 25 

 25 

 25 

 25 



Date of 

 plant- 



ing. 



July 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 



Treatment. 



None 



Tar paper discs, 



Cheese cloth 



None 



Tar paper discs 



Cheese cloth 



None 



Tar paper discs 



Cheese cloth 



None 



Tar paper discs 

 Cheese cloth 



Affect- 

 ed by 

 Maggot 



Died 

 from 

 other 

 causes. 



Matur- 

 ed. 



21 

 24 

 13 

 23 

 22 

 17 

 25 

 25 

 23 

 25 

 24 

 21 



The four plants in the entire area affected, were of those that received no treatment. 



POTATO EXPERIMENTS. 

 Sprouted versus Unsprouted. 



Note increased yield from sprouted seed. 



Level Cultivation versus Hilled. 



Variety. 



Late Puritan. 



Treatment. 



Hilled after first cultivation. 

 Level, four cultivations 



Date of 

 planting. 



May 7. 



Yield per 

 acre. 



Tons pounds 

 7 1,312 

 6 672 



Note increased yield from hilling. 



The dates of planting for all potato work proved much too late for an abnormal 

 season. The experience of the season indicates that potato culture on the light soils 

 must begin with the planting as soon as the soil is in good condition to till. 



Sidney. 



