FIELD EXPERIMENTS IN I914. 



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Table showing varieties grown, fertilisers used and yield and 

 quality of rutabagas grown in cooperative test at the farm of 

 F. P. Washburn, Perry, in 1914. 





Variety. 



Fertilizers. 



Yield. 



QUADITT. 





ft 



H 



fSft 



Per 

 Acre. 



■a 

 

 







Black 

 hearted. 



i 



Bushels. 

 Tons. 







1 

 2 



Carter's Imperial 



Carter's Imperial 



Carter's Imperial 



600 pounds fish chum 



400 pounds chum 



100 pounds acid rock 



30 pounds muriate 



4775 

 5635 



4750 



4485 

 4805 



4890 

 4025 



4775 



4100 



1900 

 2835 



795 

 940 



V95 



748 

 800 



815 

 670 



23.8 

 28.2 



23.8 



22.4 

 24.0 



24.5 

 20.1 



% 

 45 



35 



44 

 66 



.0 

 72 



66 



88 



100 



- 



% 

 100 



55 



65 



48 

 26 



16 

 18 



24 

 



100 



7o 





80 pounds acid rock 



45 pounds tankage 





4 



Carter's Imperial 



Carter's Imperial 



Carter's Imxjerial 



Carter's Imperial 



Carter's Imperial 



SMwings Purple Top.. 



Golden Neckless 



White Egg 



15 pounds nitrate 











5 



6 



21 pounds muriate 



3 loads barn dressing in drill 



2 loads dressing harro'wed in 



4 pounds nitrat • 



65 pounds acid rock 



8 

 8 



7 

 8 



21 pounds muriate 



2 loads dressing ploughed in 

 150 pounds acid rock in drill 



2 loads dressing plowedin.. 



14 

 10 





65 pounds acid rock 









79523. 8 



682j20.5 



632 19.0 

 945I28.3 



10 



9 

 10 



Same as plots 8 and 10 



Same as plots 8 and 9 



12 





Total for the acre . . 











46975 



782 23.5! 





















The average yield per acre for all of the plots and varieties 

 was 782 bushels. The estimated cost of labor, fertilizer, rent 

 of land and seed, was $59.05. At this rate the turnips cost 7.6 

 cents per bushel, or about $2.50 per ton. 



At Highmoor Farm the Imperial Swede rutabagas were 

 grown in 1914 to be used as winter food for sheep. The land 

 was the rather heavy loam characteristic of the farm. It was 

 fertilized with 5 cords of stabk manure and 500 pounds of a 

 4-8-7 fertilizer per acre. The yield was less than that on the 



