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farm at East Learmouth. Mr. Davidson arranged for all the 

 varieties to be grown under exactly the same conditions, and on 

 12th November a large party of agriculturists inspected the 

 trials. As one of the party the writer noted the good results 

 given by the following swedes : — Caledonian (bronze top) ; 

 Up-to-Date (bronze top) ; Champion (purple top) ; and 

 ]\Iagnum Bonum (purple top). The appearance and apparent 

 hardiness of the Caledonian swede, which was then quite a new 

 variety, were especially noteworthy, while the Favourite (purple 

 top) Aberdeen turnip also attracted attention. It was decided 

 to include all these varieties in the trials at Cockle Park, 

 together with Early Sheepfold and Selected Fosterton, both 

 green top yellow turnips which had also made good growth. 

 It will be seen from the results given in the tables that the two 

 last -mentioned varieties should be included among the soft 

 turnips and not among the ordinary varieties. 



It is satisfactory to note that in 191 9 Mr. William Davidson 

 obtained the £100 Victory Cup offered by Messrs. Sutton & 

 Sons for the heaviest yield of swedes in the United Kingdom. 

 The winning variety was Caledonian, which was found to weigh 

 58 tons an acre, this being 13 tons heavier than the crop of the 

 next competitor. It will be seen from the tables that Cale- 

 donian swede has given the largest amount of feeding material 

 per acre at Cockle Park in the years it has been tested. 



Averagre Percentagre of Dry Matter in Swedes, — The tests made 

 from 1901-1919 gave an average result of about 12 per cent, 

 dry matter in swedes. The amount varied from 10*32 per cent, 

 in 1 901 to 14-96 per cent, in 1904. This means that 20 cwt. of 

 swedes in 1904 were about equal in feeding value to 29 cwt. 

 in 1901. In summers when frosts occur on the grass at Cockle 

 Park there are indications that the swedes are Hkely to be 

 lower in dry matter than when such frosts are not prevalent. 



The average amounts of dry matter in turnips and soft 

 turnips are given in the tables. 



Table I. — Varieties of Swedes and Turnips, 1915-1S. 

 Results per Acre. 



Percentage Weight 

 Weight of Dry of Dry 

 of Roots. Matter. Matter. 

 Swedes — Tons cwt. Tons. 



Average for eight varieties (4 years) . . 26 2 J i2"05 3*10 

 Turttips — 



Average for five varieties (4 years) .. 26 19 9*95 2*67 



Soft Turnips {igi5 and igi6) — 



Average for five varieties (2 years) .. 25 12 8-46 2*19 



