. Annual report of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, Ithaca, Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). 92 Bulletin 243. rows varied in length between 60 and 70 feet. They were 27 inches apart. The plats were a little over one-hundredth of an acre in area. The original plan comprised ten sections, the first, fourth, seventh and tenth being mangels which were used as a check, the remainder being devoted to other roots. The roots under trial were mangels, half-sugar mangels, rutabagas, carrots, parsnips, cabbages, hybrid turni
. Annual report of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, Ithaca, Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). 92 Bulletin 243. rows varied in length between 60 and 70 feet. They were 27 inches apart. The plats were a little over one-hundredth of an acre in area. The original plan comprised ten sections, the first, fourth, seventh and tenth being mangels which were used as a check, the remainder being devoted to other roots. The roots under trial were mangels, half-sugar mangels, rutabagas, carrots, parsnips, cabbages, hybrid turnips, common turnips and kohlrabi. A rectangular piece of land being chosen, it was divided lengthwise and half of it was sown early in May, the remainder being sown the mid- dle of June, with the object to ascertain the influence of early and late sowing. On the " no rotation early sown " area the mangels were at- tacked by leaf-spot while young, with disastrous effect, see pp. 56, 58. The elevation is 836 feet above sea level. In 1904, there were 71 clear days, 115 partly cloudy and 180 cloudy days. It rained on 166 days. The total rainfall was inches. This is inches below normal. The total snowfall (unmelted) was inches. The prevailing direction of the wind was northwest. The winter of 1903-4 was unusually severe, and the spring was late. At Ithaca the ground was frozen to a depth of five feet or more; this, with a deficiency in tem- perature from January ist to April 30th, rendered spring work late. The temperature during May was above normal, but during every other month it was below normal, the annual deficiency being 29° F. A killing frost occurred as late as INIay 12 and corn was injured by a frost on September 22-23. The land was man- ured at the rate of about 10 tons per acre, and jilowed about eight inches deep as early as possible in the spring. The land was harrowed four times, Fig. 21.—Yellow Globe mangel. Typkal^of this as SOOn as plowe
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