18 DR. WM. SAUKDERS. 



By Mr. Sproule : 



Q. Don't you think that the early sowing has an advantage over the la\e sowing 

 on account of the fact that with the early sowing the cold prevents the fly from 

 appearing. We always bow early before the fly comes? 



A. I think it would bo an advantage where the fly is troublesome. We have 

 not had much trouble on that account here. 



By Mr. Featherston : 



Q. The fly with us occurs from the 5th to the 15th of June? 



A. Hero again the farmer must adapt his practice to suit the conditions. The 

 results wo have had show a considerable gain from early sowing. 



Sugar beets wo have tried only three yoars. In 1897 there was a gain, taking 

 the average of the results had at all the farms, of 1 ton 1813 pounds, and in 1899 a 

 gain of 3 tons, 200 pounds in favour of the early sowing. 



By Mr. Sproule: 



Q. Have }'OU the yield of the sugar beet there? 



A. The yield per acre of the four varieties of sugar beets which have given the 

 largest crop at ali the experimental farms for tho three years has been as follows: 

 Danish Improved, 22 tons 28 pounds per aero; Red Top sugar 21 tons, 593 pounds; 

 Wanzleben, 21 tons, 1,975 pounds (this is the variety grown chiefty in Germany for 

 sugar), and Improved Imperial, 20 tons, 1,848 pounds per aero. 



Q. Have you the yield of turnips as well ? 



A. Yes sir. The four years experiments with turnips gives the following six- 

 varieties as having done the best, taking all the experimental farms into account. 

 Selected Purple Top, 32 tons 1,272 pounds ; Perfection Swede, 31 tons, 526 pounds; 

 Bangholm Selected, 30 tons l,b'06 pounds; East Lothian, 29 tons 1,847 pounds; 

 Hartley's Bronze, 29 tons 995 pounds; Jumbo, 29 tons 382 pounds, an average of 

 30 tons 1,104 pounds per acre. 



Q. What was the size of the plots? 



A. These calculations were made from two rows in the field, each 66 feet long. 

 We commonly sow four rows of each variety, and take the two inside in each case. 



By Mr. Featherston : 



Q. Where do you measure from ? 



A. We take from the centre of the row in each case, these are all sown the 

 same width, 2\ f'oet apart. 



By Mr. Sproule : 



Q. Do you think the same results would bo obtained in a whole field as that 

 high average? It seems to me you never obtain the same high average as you do 

 in theso experiments. 



A. Usually the plots will give a larger yield. In my evidence last } r oar, how- 

 ever, I quoted a number of instances in which the field crops woro largor than the 

 plots. 



By Mr. Erb : 



Q. Perhaps the farmers do not prepare the soil as well as you do ? 

 A. 1 am sure they don't. 



By Mr. Sproule : 



Q. You give results of 32 tons, that would be 1,120 bushels to the acre, whioh 

 is a very heavy yield for farmers' crops. We consider about 500 to 600 bushels a 

 pretty good yield? 



