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Jounial of A^ricidturi. . Viclona. 



lo May, 1 91 1. 



Up-to-date, Green Mountain, and Carman No. i ; also a number of 

 unnamed new varieties. The produce from the acre, 10 tons of market- 

 able potatoes, sold for ^39 is. 6d. 



Cabbages. — Half acre (All-head variety). Owing to the low prices rulhig 

 for cabbages last season the returns from the half acre were only ^8 los. 

 Other years, when prices were higher, the same area would have returned 

 between ^17 and ;^2o. Three-quarters of a lb. of cabbage or cauli- 

 flower seed, sown in a prepared bed, will produce sufficient for planting 

 out an acre — about 7,000 plants planted in rows 2 ft. 6in. apart. 



Cauliflowers.^Qniriex acre (Eclipse variety) returned £6 ; planted the 

 same as cabbages — at the rate of 7,000 plants per acre. 



Onions. — Quarter acre (Early Brown Spanish) returned 2 tons 5 cwt. of 

 marketable onions, which were sold for ^4 los. This is equivalent to 



FORAGE PLOTS LUCERNE. WE.STERNWOLTHS RYE GRASS AND MAIZE. 



a return of 9 tons per acre. It requires 2 lbs. of seed to transplant an acre 

 of onions in rows i foot apart, or at the rate of 100,000 plants per acre. 



Turnips. — One-eighth acre (White Stone variety) returned £2 15s., or 

 equivalent to £22 per acre. When planted with a seed drill, the turnips 

 are sown in rows 14 inches apart and require 2 lbs. of seed to sow an acre. 



Carrots. — One-seventh acre (Sinclair's Champion field variety) yielded 

 5 tons 3 cwt. and realized £io 6s. ; equivalent to a return of 36 tons of 

 marketable carrots per acre, or ^72 per acre. These were sown under the 

 same conditions, as regards weight of seed per acre and distance apart in the 

 rows, as the turnips and gave the highest returns of any vegetable grown 

 during the season. i-i5th acre (James' Intermediate table variety) yielded 

 53 dozen bunches which realized £2 13s., or equivalent to ;^39 15s. per 

 acre. 



