148 AGEICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



The investigation will be continued, with some modifica- 

 tions, another year. 



P. S. — One of the best results with the cultivation of 

 various kinds of potatoes during the past season was noticed 

 with some seed potatoes sent on by the United States De- 

 partment of Agriculture, called "Polaris," and stated as 

 being imported directly from Ireland. 



Roots. — The seeds used in this trial were sent on by the 

 United States Department of Agriculture, with the excep- 

 tion of No. 7, Saxony sugar beet, which was taken from 

 our own collection of seeds. The supply of seeds was small. 



The land consisted of a good loam in a fair condition of 

 fertilization. It had been manured for several years past, 

 annually, with a mixture consisting of GOO pounds of tine- 

 ground bone, and 200 pounds of muriate of potash, per 

 acre. The seeds, ten varieties in all, were sown May 25. 

 Each variety occupied two rows across the field, of equal 

 length (80 feet). 



No. 1,. . . . Beet, Mangel Wurzel, " Giant Long Red.'' 



2, . . . . Beet, Mangel Wurzel, " Yellow Ovoid." 



3, . . . . Beet, " Eclipse." 



4,. . . . Beet, " Red Globe." 



5, . . . . Beet, " Egyi^tian Turnip." 



6, . . . . Beet, " Long Smooth Red." 



7, . . . . Beet, Sugar Beet, '■ Saxony." 



8, . . . . Turnip, Ruta Baga, " White Sweet German." 



9, . . . . Turnip, " Early Yellow " or " Golden Stone." 



10, . . . . Turnip, Ruta Baga," Skirving's Purple Top." 



The rows were three feet three inches apart. The young 

 plants were, in every case, thinned out or transplanted, as 

 circumstances advised, to about eight inches distant from 

 each other in the rows. 



The transplanting and thinning out took place between 

 July 5 and 11 ; the weather during this time was favorable 

 for transplanting. The seeds of Nos. G and 9 did not prove 

 as good as the others ; the young plants of Nos. 5 and 9, in 

 particular, did not do as well after transplanting as the re- 

 mainder. 



The crop was harvested partly Oct. 31 and paiily Nov. 

 2. The first lot of roots, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, after lieing 

 removed from the ground, was topped at once, and three 



