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A. Yes, that 4s an unusually heavy yield. I am unable to give you the results 

 from recent field crops of turnips at the central farm. At the branch farm at 

 Nappan last year we had from 9()0 to 1,000 bushels per acre. 



By Mr Rogers : 



Q. Sugar beets should pay well at $4.00 a ton at 20 tons to the acre ? 

 A. Tbey would pay very well at that price. 



Bv the Chairman : 



feed. 



Q. What size were the beets ? 



A. These would be rather large for a sugar factory. We have grown them for 



THE PRODUCTIVENESS OP "VARIETIES. 



Additional evidence has been obtained in the past year with reference to the 

 productiveness of varieties. In 1899 we completed the five .years' test of varieties 

 of oats, wheat and barley. Forty-one varieties of oats have been under trial during 

 the whole of that time, and the lints that we have published of the best twelve sorts 

 in each case have been given for three years, four years and five years, and out of 

 these forty-one varieties only fifteen have at any time found their way into the lists 

 of the best twelve. 



By Mr. Feather stone : 



Q. There are only fifteen you recommend for growing? 



A. I said only fifteen have found their way into the lists of the best varieties, 

 nine of the same sorts have appeared each time amongst the best twelve, and eleven 

 of these in the best twelve for 1898 appear also in the best twelve for 1899. That 

 is, taking the average for the five farms. The only change in the list for the past 

 year is the replacing of the White Russian by the American Triumph. White 

 Russian has, however, given good results— 66 bushels and 2 pounds per acre as an 

 average for five years at all the experimental farms. Banner again heads the list 

 this year. 



The average yield of the different varieties for the whole period of five years 

 has been as follows : — 



Banner 



American Beauty , 



Columbus 



Golden Giant ,. 



Bavarian 



Golden Beauty 



Holstein Prolific * 



Early Golden Prolific 



American Triumph 



Abundance .. 



White Schonen ,... 



Wallis 



An average yield of 70 busheld and 13 pounds per acre for the twelve varieties 

 for the full period of five years at all the different farms. 

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