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APPENDIX 



TO THE 



REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE 



ox 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



Ottawa, March 31, 1906. 



Sir. — I beg to submit for your approval an interim report for the four months 

 from December 1, 1905, to March 31, 1906, on the work in progress at the several 

 experimental farms. 



This report rendered necessary by the change recently made by parliament in 

 the date of the closing of the fiscal year covers a period when outside farm operations 

 are nearly suspended, and when the energies of the farm staff are largely devoted to 

 correspondence with farmers, the attending of agriciiltural meetings in different parts 

 of the Dominion, and in preparatory work for the approaching spring. 



Under these circumstances it has been thought best to devote a considerable portion 



of the space available in this report to a review of past work and the presentation of 



some facts regarding the progress of agriculture in Canada since the experimental 



farms were established. 



I have the honour to be, sir 



Your obedient servant, 



WM. SAUNDERS, 

 Director of Experimental Farms. 

 To the Honourable 



The Minister of Agriculture, 

 Ottawa. 



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