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Angel of Midnight, Cloud Early Yellow, and Compton Early. Average yield per acre, 

 18 tons 485 lbs. Turnips. — Bangholm Selected, Perfection Swede, Halewood Bronze 

 Top, Mammoth Clyde, Prize Purple Top, and Purj^le Top Swede. Average vield per 

 acre, 32 tons 1,909 lbs. Mangels. — Yellow Intermediate, Ward Large Oval Shaped, 

 Giant Yellow Intermediate, Giant Yellow Half Long, Gate Post (2nd sowing), and 

 Lion Yellow Intermediate. Average yield per acre, 34 tons 767 lbs. Carrots. — Half 

 Long White, Giant White Vosges, Improved Short White, Iverson Champion, Mam- 

 moth White Intermediate, and New White Intermediate. Average yield per acre, 24 

 tons 917 lbs. Sugar beets. — Danish Improved, Wanzlebener, Danish Red Top, and 

 Vilmorin Improved. Average yield per acre, 24 tons 821 lbs. Potatoes. — American 

 Wonder, Burnaby Seedling, Seedling No. 230, Holborn Abundance, Everett, Vanier, 

 Em]3ire State, Bovee, Seattle, Carman No. 1, American Giant, and Polaris. Average 

 yield per acre, 386 bu. 40 lbs. 



The aterage results obtained for the different crops for 4 and 5 years 

 are also tabulated, and these data are considered to be the more valu- 

 able guide to the farmer in the selection of seed. The varieties which 

 have given the highest averages during this period of years are as 

 follows: 



Oats. — Banner, American Beauty, Columbus, Golden Giant, Bavarian, Golden 

 Beauty, Holstein Prolific, Early Golden Prolific, American Triumph, Abundance, 

 White Schonen, and Wallis. Average yield per acre, 70 Iju. 13 lbs. Two-rowed 

 barley. — French Chevalier, Danish Chevalier, Beaver, Canadian Thorpe, Sidney, 

 and Newton. Average yield per acre, 42 bu. 39 lbs. Six-rowcd-barley . — Manshury, 

 Trooper, Odessa, Oderbruch, Common, and Royal. Average yield per acre, 47 ))u. 4 

 lbs. Spring wheat. — Preston, Wellman Fife, Monarch, Goose, White Fife, Rio Grande, 

 White Connell, Red Fife, Huron, White Russian, Pringle Champlain, and Red Fern. 

 Average yield per acre, 31 bu. 7 lbs. Peas. — Crown, Carleton, Pride, New Potter, 

 King (3 years). Paragon, Mummy, Archer (3 years). Trilby, Duke, Prince Albert, 

 and Centennial. Average yield per acre, 34 bu. 2 lbs. Indian corn. — Red Cob Ensilage, 

 Selected Learning, Thoroughbred White Flint, Giant Prolific Ensilage, Angel of 

 Midnight, and Champion White Pearl. Average yield per acre, 17 tons 1,392 lbs. 

 Turnips. — Selected Purple Top, Perfection Swede, Bangholm Selected, East Lothian, 

 Hartley Bronze, and Jumbo. Average yield per acre, 30 tons 1,104 lbs. Mangels. — 

 Yellow Intermediate, Gate Post, Giant Yellow Intermediate, Mammoth Long Red, 

 Giant Yellow Glol)e, and Prize IMammoth Long Re(^. Average yield per acre, 31 

 tons 427 lbs. Carrots. — Improved Short White, Half Long White, Giant White 

 Yosges, Mammoth White Intermediate, Iverson Champion, and White Belgian. 

 Average yield per acre, 19 tons 1,719 lbs. Sugar beets. — Danish Improved, Red Top 

 Sugar, Wanzlebener, and Improved Imperial. Average yield per acre, 21 tons 

 611 lbs. Potatoes. — Seedling No. 230, Irish Daisy, American Giant, American Won- 

 der, Late Puritan, Empire State, Carman No. 1, State of Maine, Clarke .No. 1, Clay 

 Rose, New Variety No. 1, and Dreer Standard. Average yield per acre, 347 Ini. 

 21 lbs. 



Woody beets [Deut Landw. Fresse, 36 {1899), Xo. 103, p- 117o).— 

 This article summarizes the observations made bj^ different sugar-beet 

 grow'ers on the frequent occurrence of abnormal seed-bearing speci- 

 mens of beets grow^n the same season from spring planted seed. These 

 seed-bearing beets usually have hardwoodv roots of low sugar content. 

 Freezing the 3'oung plants seems to favor the growth of the seed-bearing 

 specimens. Rimpau experimented with 2 beds of sugar beets planted 

 in March. One was protected at night bv a light covering and the 



