278 FORAGE CROPS 



meut Station in 1904, 1905 and 1906 from sowings 

 made during May: 



Minimum Average Maximum 



Mangels 2,168 5,155 8,453 



Half-sugar mangels . 5,480 5,880 6,440 



Sugar-beets .... 6,014 7,090 8,090 



Rutabagas 3,537 4,331 5,079 



Hybrid turnips . . . 2,584 3,694 5,111 



Common turnips . . 1,710 2,680 3,500 



Kohlrabi 3,570 4,070 4,540 



Cabbages 4,076 4,662 5,588 



Carrots 1,878 3,134 4,379 



Parsnips 2,080 3,130 3,680 



"The estimated yield of grain from flint corn, 

 the same seasons, at this station, was approxi- 

 mately 2,000 pounds; while the yield of dry mat- 

 ter in silage from dent corn was about 4,000 

 pounds. It is probable that the season of 1904 was 

 relatively favorable to the production of roots as 

 compared to Indian corn, but this was not true of 

 1905 and 1906. During the latter years the aver- 

 age yields from roots were better than in 1904, 

 although the land used was conceded by all inter- 

 ested to be less favorable than that used in ]904. 



"The present high price of cereals is a factor in 

 favor of the production of root- crops. If corn 

 meal continues to be worth twenty dollars a ton, 

 or more, in New York state, economy in the pro- 

 duction of roots would be indicated, while, if the 

 price should fall to ten dollars a ton, corn meal 

 would probably be the cheaper source of concen- 



