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INDEX 



5-6 EDWARD VII., A. 1906 



Page. 

 Director — Reporf of the — Con. 



Barnyard manure, experiments with.. .. 4 



Branch Experimental Farms 13 



Cerealist, worli of the 11 



Chemist, work of the 13 



Climatic Conditions in Canada 1 



Clover as a fertilizer 5-6 



Correspondence, rapid increase of.. .. 3 



Co-operative trials with pure seed.. .. 9 

 Crop growing, principles which underlie 



successful ^ 



Director, report of the 1 



Distribution of samples of gia.n for 



seed -^ 



Dominion Experimental Farms, when 



organized 1 



Early ripening varieties of grain, need 



of 9 



Early sowing, importance of 6 



Entomologist and Botanist, work of the. 12 

 Experimental Farms, establishment of.. 2 

 " " objects in view in 

 their establish- 

 ment S 



" " to be bureaus of 



information.. .. 3 



Experiments with dairy cows 14 



" " flowers.. 14 



fruits 14 



" " ornamental and tim- 

 ber trees 14 



" " steers 14 



" " swine 14 



" " tree planting 15 



" " uniform test plots of 



■ grain, &c 13 



" " vegetables.. 14 



Fertilizers, results of tests of 4 



■ Free distribution of samples of pure 



seed ^ 



Forest tree experiments 15 



Grain, early ripening vars. from India. 10 



" " " " Russia. 9 



" need of early ripening varieties. 9 



Horticulturist, work of the 12 



How prolific strains of seed are obtained 



in Canada 8 



Increase in agricultural exports, rapid.. 15 



Information, dissemination of 15 



Land, unoccupied in Canada, large area 



of 2 



Maintaining the fertility of the soil.. .. 4 



Plump seed, selection of 7 



Poultry Manager, work of the 13 



Productiveness of varieties persistent.. 7 



Page, 



i)irector — Report of the — Con. 

 Pure seed, free distribution of samples 



of 8 



Red Fife Wheat, efforts to pieserve it 



from deterioration 10 



Rotation of Crops 6 



Seed grain in Canada, improvement of 



by selection 10 



Seed grain in Canada, improvement of. 



by cross fertilizing 10 



Seed, plump, selection of 7 



Soil, maintaining the fertility of 4 



preparation of, for crop 6 



Tree planting, experiments in 15 



Varieties of Seed, selection of best and 



most productive 7 



Entomologist and Botanist — Repoit 



of the 59-81 



Aphelinus niytilaspiais 78 



Apiary 61 



Apple Maggot 76 



remedies for 76 



Arsenate of lead 73 



Arsenite of lime and soda 74 



Arsenites as insecticides 72 



Aspidiotus perniciosus 77 



Bethune, Rev. C. J. S., entomological 



work of -62 



Bud-moth, Eye-spotted 7& 



remedies for 79 



Cankerworms 78 



remedies for 78 



Carpocapsa pomonella 74 



Cattle Horn-fly 79 



remedies for 79 



Cattle Lice 80 



remedies for 80 



Codling Moth 74 



remedies for 75 



Collections of insects, plants and weed 



seeds 59 



Conotraclielus nenuphar 75 



Division of Entomology and Botany, 



work of 63 



collections 59 



correspondence 60 



historical resume 65 



investigations 64 



publications 63 



staff 71 



Entomologist, Dominion, appointed 1S84. 62 

 Entomology, progress of practical, in 



Canada 61 



Fiscal year, new.. 61 



Hwmatobia scrrata 79 



