6-7 EDWARD VII. 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



A. 1907 



INDEX. 



Pagis. 



Agriculturist — Report of the 17 



Beef Production 21 



Cattle ■ 21 



Cattle possible of being kept on a given 



area 18 



Cost of production of crops 18 



Cost of production of 100 lbs. beef.. .. 22 



Dairy Cattle 23 



Horses 21 



1/etter of transmittal 17 



Lines of work on farm 18 



Methods of growing crops 18 



Rations for cattle 22 



Rotation experiments 19 



Rotation, results of introduction of a 



five-year one 18-19-20 



Swine 23 



Soil and soil cultivation 17 



Cerealist— Report of the 83 



Baking Tests 86 



Breeding new varieties of grain 85 



Cereal Division, Establishment of the. 83 



Early sowing 85 



Early varieties of wheat 86 



Importation of cereals S3, 84 



Indian corn 87 



Milling Tests 86 



Quantity of seed per acre 83 



Roots, Field 87 



Test Plots 84 



Chemist— Report of the 47 



Canadian cereals 55 



" soils 50 



Cereals, Canadian 55 



Cheese factories, well waters from.. .. 57 



Chemical Division 47 



" " character and scope of 



work 48 



" " correspondence 48 



" " investigations and re- 

 searches 49 



" " lectures and ad- 

 dresses 49 



" " publications 49 



" " sajnples sent for ex- 

 amination 49 



" " staff of 4S 



Page. 

 Chemist — Report of the — Con. 



Chemistry, relation to agriculture.. .. 48 



Conservation of soil moisture 53 



Correspondence 48 



Creameries, well waters from 57 



Dairying, investigations relating to.. .. 56 



Fertilizers, naturally-occurring 53 



Forage crops, grasses, rape, Indian 



corn, &c 54 



Fruit growing, investigations relative 



to 57 



Grasses 54 



Indian corn 54 



Inoculation for the growth of legumes.. 51 



Investigations relating to dairying.. .. 56 



fruit growing. 57 



" and researches 49 



Lectures and addresses 49 



Legumes, value of, for improvement of 



soils 51 



" inoculation for growth of 52 



Letter of transmittal 47 



Manure, barnyard, preservation of.. .. 53 



Muck soils, improvement of 51 



Publications 



Rape 



Samples sent in by farmers for examina- 



tion. 



Soft pork, character and causes of.. .. 



Soils, Canadian 



" value of legumes for improvement 



0!f 



Soil moisture, conservation of 



" muck, improvement of 



Smut preventive, influence of on wheat 



germ 



Staff of the Chemical Division 



Sugar beets 



Well waters, from farm homesteads, 

 creameries and cheese factories, ex- 

 ■amination of 



Wheat germ, influence of smut preven- 

 tive on 



49 

 54 



49 



r,6 



50 



51 

 53 



5] 



55 

 48 

 55 



57 



55 



Director — Report of the 1 



Advancement of agriculture 15 



Agricultural advancement 15 



Agriculturist, work of the 12 



Agriculture, movement looking to im- 

 provements in 2 



95 



