978 FORAGE CROPS 
ment 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 8,500 
Kohlrabi ...... 8,570 4,070 4,540 
Cabbages. ..... 4,076 4,662 5,588 
Carrots... 1... 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 Jand used was conceded by all inter- 
ested to be less favorable than that used in 1904. 
“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- 
