LIBRARY 

 APPEKDIX N E VV YO R 



BOTANICAL 



TO THE 



REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE 



ON 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



Ottawa, 30th November, 1894. 



Sir, — I have the honour to submit for your approval my eighth annual report of 

 the work done and in progress at the several experimental farms established in different 

 parts of the Dominion. 



You will also find appended reports from the following officers of the Central 

 Experimental Farm : From the Agriculturist, Mr. James W. Robertson ; from the 

 Horticulturist, Mr. John Craig ; from the Chemist, Mr. Frank T. Shutt ; and from the 

 Entomologist and Botanist, Mr. James Fletcher. A report is also submitted from the 

 Poultry Manager, Mr. A. G. Gilbert. 



From the branch experimental farms there are reports from Mr. Win. M. Blair, 

 superintendent of the experimental farm for the Maritime Provinces, at Nappan, 

 Nova Scotia ; from Mr. S. A. Bedford, superintendent of the experimental farm for 

 Manitoba, at Brandon ; from Mr. Angus McKay, superintendent of the experimental 

 farm for the North-west Territories, at Indian Head ; and from Mr. Thos. A. Sharpe, 

 superintendent of the experimental farm for British Columbia, at Agassiz. 



These reports contain particulars of the results of the experimental work which has 

 been conducted in agriculture, horticulture and arboriculture embodying the outcome of 

 much practical work in the fields, orchards, barns, dairy and poultry buildings ; also of 

 scientific investigation of chemical problems in the laboratory and the careful study of 

 the life history and habits of noxious insects and plants, with suggestions of measures 

 calculated to lessen the injury they cause. Also details of the experiments which have 

 been carried on during the past year in bee-keeping . 



The increasing demand among farmers for these reports is a gratifying indication 



1 of the desire _~,r information among this class of the community and of the high esteem 



in which these records of the work of the experimental farms are held. It is hoped 



that the facts brought together in the present issue will be found quite as valuable to 



the agricultural community as those contained in any of the preceding reports. 



I have the honour to be, sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



WM, SAUNDERS, 



Director. 

 The Honourable 



The Minister of Agriculture, 

 Ottawa. 

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