AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENTS

Waikato Argus, Volume I, Issue 48, 29 October 1896, Page 4

AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENTS

Winter Fallowing op Stup.islk Land Bsfoke dkini: i'ur in Turnips. Result „ % £ "Z y c tS "« c « "* Kind of turnip. n is tns cts tns cts Devonshire Greystonc ... 31 1 20 s Purple Top Mammoth ... 37 0 3:5 0 Early Six Weeks ... 33 14 32 0 Whitestouc ... ••• •'" ' •>'- '■* V. Winter Fallowing of Lea Land Before being rcT in Trnsirs. Devonshire Oreystouc ... 35 1 32 11 Turple Top Mammoth ... 35 II 3.1 0 Greeu Top of Aberdeen... 25 3 21 10 Imperial Green Globe ... 23 2 20 3 Stubbier 34 0 31 1 Fosterton's Hybrid ... 23 21!) 1G Purple Top of Aberdeen 24 9 20 10 * fed o(T with sheep in spring. The conclusion we conic to Irom tne experiments Nos. 1. I and ;">, is that land fallowed throughout the winter instead of being in crop is better suited to the growth of turnips. Whether it is more profitable to have spring feed or to lot the land lie fallow we leave farmers to judge. SWEDES AFTER LICA. .Sown on 12th November, on the flit, in rows, 21 inches apart: Kinds Yield Drummond's Improved 33tons Tait's Best of all ... 32 „ 7c\vts Paragon Purple Top ... 31 ~ 13 ~ Sutton's Champion ... 28 ~ 8,, ~ Crimson King 28 ~ 14 „ ~ Purple Top ... 28 ~ 8 „ ~ Magnum Bonum '2.S ~ 1,, ~ Queen ... 31 „ 14 ~ Tne crop was small on account of the dry summer, as well as the light land on which they grew. The largest croppers were the three first named. VII. Carrots. Sown on 15th October, on the flat in rows 21 inches apart : Kinds Yield Shorthorn *>2tons lOcwts Intermediate Bed ... 2S ~ 8,. Intermediate Yellow .. 2!) ~ 1 ~ Giant White Be'gian ... 32 ~ Altringham Long Bed 29 ~ VIII. Results of Potatoes Imported 1893-94 All planted on October 25th. Magnum Bonum : Came up, Nov. 24 ; flowered, Jan. 1 ; ripe, May 10 ; yield pet acre, 14 tons. Bruce: Came up, Nov. 23; flowered, Dec. 27 ; ripe, May 10 ; yield per acic, 10. V tons. Main Crop Kidney : Came up, Nov. 23 ; flowered, Dee. 27 ; ripe, May 10 ; yield per acre, 0 : i tons. Imperator : Came up, Nov. 23 ; flowered, Dee. 27 ; ripe, May 12 ; yield per acre, 8, tons. Sutton's Early Regent : Came up, Nov. 1!); ripe, April 10; yield per acre 2.J tons. Sutton's Abundance : Came up, Nov. B): ripe, April 10; yield per acre. 1J tons. Brown's Favourite: Came up, Nov. 1!) ; flowered, Jan. 3 ; ripe, April 20 ; yield per acre, 4; tons. Beauty of Hebron : Came up, Nov. 19 ; flowered, Jan. 3 : ripe, April 20 ; yield per acre, 6.1 tons. Baylor's Ironclad: Came up, Nov. 19; ilowered, Jan. 3 ; ripe, April 20 ; yield per acre, 51 tons. White Elephant: Came up, Nov. 19; flowered, Jan. 3 ; ripe, April 23 ; yield per acre, 0] tons. Queen of the South : Came up, Nov. 19 ; flowered, Dee. 24 ; ripe, April 10 ; yield per acre, 21 toes. Early Puritan : Came up, Nov. 21 : flowered, Dee. 17 ; ripe, May I ; yie'd per acre, 9[ tons. Paragon: Came up, Nov. 21 ; Ilowered, Dee. 25 ; ripe, May 1 ; yield per acre, 10} tons. Northern Kidney : Came up, Nov. 21 ; flowered, Dec. 25 ; ripe, May 1 , yield per acre, 131 tons. Berkshire Kid'ney : Came up, Nov. 2:> ; flowered, Dec. 24 ; rip?, May 1 ; yield per acre, 101 tons. Climax : Came up, Nov. 21 ; flowered, Dec. 10; ripe, April 10; yield per acre, 41 tons. Ash Leaf" Kidney : Came up, Nov. 23 ; flowered, Dec. 21; ripe, May 1 ; yield per acre, 10 tons. Blue Derwents: C.xme up, Nov. 23; flowered, Dec. 24 ; ripe, May 10 : yield per acre, S tons. Dr. de Latour's Bi uee ; grown from show cuttings, 1593 (Ull. of seed planted) : Came up, Nov. •!•! ; flowered Dee. 29 ; ripe, May 10 ; yield, 241 b. IX. Results or Potatoes Imported from Scotland, 1893. Grower —Finlay, Fift shire. Up To Date : Came up, Jan. 8 ; (lowered, Feb. 8 ; ripe, May 13 ; yield per acre, 10} tons. Farmers' Glory : Came up, Jan. 10 ; flowered, Feb. 8 ; ripe, May 20 ; yield per acre, 111 tons. Good Hope : Came up, Jan. 8 ; flowered, Feb. 1 ; ripe, May Hi ; yield per acre, 121 tonsLady Rosabelle: Came up, Jan. 7 ; flowered, Feb. 7 ; ripe, May 10 ; yield per acre, lOy tons. British Queen : Came up, Jan. 1 ; flowered, Feb. 1 ; ripe, May 0 ; yield per acre, 121 tons. Ruby Queen : Came tip, Jan. I; flowered, Jan. 23; ripe, April 20; yield per acre, 4 tons. Snow Drift : Came up, Jan. 5 ; flowered, Feb. 10 ; ripe, May 1 ; yield per acre, GJ tons. Eighty Fold : Can e up, Jan. (i ; flowered, Feb. 8 ; ripe, May 3 ; yield per acre, 8| ton-:. Conquest : Came up, Jan. (i ; Ilowered, Feb. 8; rite, May 5; yield per acre, 81 tons. Challenge: Came up, Jan. 8; Ilowered, Feb. 13 ; ripe, May 3 ; yield per acre, 71 tons. Aurora : Came up, Jan. 10 ; flowered, Feb. 10 ; ripe, May 5 ; yield per acre, 1J tons. Exhibitor: Cairo up, Jan. 9; flowered, Feb. 8 ; ripe, May 15 ; yield per aero, 8] tons. Jcafiic Dean : Can.e up, Jan. 10; flowered, Feb. 20 : ripe, May 10 ; pield per acre, 8 1/blh tons. Early Beauty : Came up, Jan. 5 ; flowered, Fob. 1 ; ripe, May 7 ; yield per acre, 10} tons. Lady Francis : Came up, .Jan. 7 ; flowered, Feb. 1 ; ripe, May 8 ; yield per acre, 12. J tons. Her Majesty : Came up, Jan. 1 1 ; flowered, Feb. 10 ; ripe, May 20 ; yield per acre, 13, : ton?. The Bruce : Came up, Jan. S ; flowered, Feb. '2l ; ripe, May 20 ; yield per acre, 1(31 tons. Tink Eyed Russet : Came up, Jan. 11 ; Ilowered, Feb. 21 ; ripe, May 10 ; yield per acre, 12} tons. These potatoes were planted on December 4th, owing to late shipment. X. Koml Bali. (Sown 12ih November on the Hat, 12 inches between p'ants, in rows 21 inches apart: — Kind. Results. Green ... ... 17 tons 4 cwt, Purple 14 ~ 7 ~ Fair crop. Greedily cat.'ii by she p. XL Sugar Beit. Sown 121 h November, rows 21 inches and distance between plants nine inches: — Kinds. Klmi/is. t.>n'<. cwt. Vclinorcn's White Imperial 10 10 French 17 3 Weight of sorts, lib to 211 b. Fair crop Report on estimation of sugar in suijarbret ::rown on farm, 18'JU. \>y Ceo. Gray, F.C.S.

IRKNCII. Weight of Percentage No. too'. of sugar. Shape "of root. 1. 16? os! 15-30 Fair •?. 21 loz 11.52 Good 3. 39"/. 12.24 Good vklmorkn's white imperial. 1. 12-Joz 9.89 I'cor, lorked 2. ISf.'oz 1410 Boor, forked 3. 25.|0z 12'59 l\nr, forked NIT. Yields of Different Kinds of M.\ NULL'S. The field had been winter fallowed after gras-, and the mangels sown on the 15: h and 10th October, in rows 28 inches apart. The manure used was a mixture applied at the rate of 2 cwts. per acre. The mixture was as follows:—J cwt. superphosphate, 1 cwt. bone meal, 1 cwt. blood manure. \ cwt. salt. Kinds Yield Crimson Tankard ... 20tons scwts Golden Tankark ... 28 „ 5,, Prize Globe .. ... 25 ~ Orange Globe 33 ~ 0,, Giant Long Yellow ... 27 ~ 5., Long Red 38 ~ Yellow Intermediate ... 38 ~ 12,, The yield of mangels was somewhat poor owing to their being badly attacked by the fly. The crop was very patchy.