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Two silos, 9x0, and 21 feet high, are built in the we&t end of the barn, extend- 

 ing from the floor of the basement to 11 feet above the floor of the upper storey. The 

 silos ai-e conslj'ucted of 3x12 inch studding and double boarded both inside and out; 

 tai" paper was also placed between each two layers of boards. 



Two excellent springs have been found near the barn, one of these has been 

 flowing all winter. 



A house for the use of the Superintendent is also finished. This will allow of 

 the one at present occupied by the Supeiintendcnt being used as a boarding-house, 

 which is greatly needed on tbe farm. 



Accommodation for swine, sheep and poultry is greatly needed, and the build- 

 ings at present in use as implement sheds are only temporary, and should be replaced 

 by permanent ones. 



NEW BREAKING AND FALLOW LAND. 



The former occupant having broken up portions of the valley in irregular 

 patches, the inteivening spaces have been cleared of scrub, stones, etc., and broken 

 up. This will add veiy much to the appear.-uicc of the farm, and largel}'- increase 

 the area for cultivation. Eight acres on the side of the blufl' overlooking the valley 

 have also been cleared and ploughed. Altogether, 140 acres of new land has been 

 broken and backset during the year. 



About 95 ac OS of fallow land has been piepared. For comparison, a small 

 portion Avas ploughed once, and the balance twice. The weeds were kept down 

 between ploughings by means of surface cultivation. 



ROADS, GRADI.NGS, &C. 



Two avenues, each 550 yards long, leading from the public road to the farm 

 buildings, have been graded during the past year, and 230 yards gi-avelled. Nearly 

 a mile of road has also been gi-adcd on the upland prairie, and another road through 

 the valle}^ a mile long laid out and partly graded. Considerable grading has also 

 been done on approaches to the new barn, &c. 



VISITORS TO THE TARM, 



I take pleasure in reporting a rapidlj'-increasing interest in the work of the 

 Experimental Farm, as evidenced by the large and increasing number of visitors 

 during the summer months. 



Since the completion of the different railroads centei-ing in Brandon, the ad- 

 vantage of this location as a site for the Experimental Farm is very apparent. It 

 is within easy reach of farmers living in all portions of the Province, and the system 

 inaugurated last year by the different railroad companies, of granting reduced fares 

 on special days, enables all to visit the farm at very little expense. 



In July the County Council of the municipality of Cornwallis visited the farm 

 in a body, and at their next meeting passed a resolution strongly endorsing the work 

 of the farm, and advising all in their municipality to visit it. 



The British Delegates, with their fi'iends, paid a visit to the farm in Septembi r. 

 As the harvest was about over, and there was no opportunity of examining the 

 growing crop-i, samples of the produce of the farm were displayed in the new bai-n. 

 All expi'essed a deep interest in the work of the farm generally, but particularly 

 in thOfC experiments connected with the culture of grasses, roots and fodder 

 plants. 



CORRESPONDENCE, &C. 



The cori'eepondence between the farmers of the Provimeand the Experimental 

 Farm is rapidly increasing. In 1889, 467 letters were received ; in 1890, 842, or an 

 increase of nearl}^ lUO per cent. ^lany of these letters are of such a nature as to 

 occupy considerable time in answering. The correspondence and the book-keeping 

 connected with the farm has so far been carried on by the Supe;-intendent. 



