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The silos are attached to one end of this ; also an engine-house, from which 

 shafting is run the full length of the barn. There is also an implement house, 

 granary, root-house and piggery. The poultry building has been already referred 

 to; the building for seed testing and the distribution of seed grain is shown on page 



Fig. 3. — Bam and Stables, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa. 



46, Fig. 2. That containing the oflSces and chemical laboratoiy forms the frontis- 

 piece. Fig. 1. The dairy building is represented on page 88, Fig. 4. The only 

 other building for which there is now a pressing need is one for sheep, which should 

 also have some additional accommodation for young stock. 



ANNUAL YISITS TO THE EEANCH EXPEEIMENTAL FARMS. 



NAPPAN. 



The experimental farm for the the Maritime Provinces, located at Nappan, N.S., 

 was twice visited during the year. The first visit was during the planting season, in 

 the spring, when opportunity was afforded for arranging the various clumps of trees 

 and shrubs which are to serve the purposes of ornament and shelter about the build- 

 ings, altio the avenues and shelter belts along the boundaries of the farm. These will 

 greatly help in beautifying the place, and in a very few years, from the shelter they 

 will afford, prove usefal as well as ornamental. The second visit was paid in the 

 autumn. The grain crops were all gathered before my arrival, and they were un- 

 usually good, as will be seen from the report of the superintendent. I had the privi- 

 lege of inspecting the crop of roots, of which there were about five a<;res. They 

 were all good, the turnips especially so ; these latter averaged over 1,000 bushels to 

 the acre. The farm is improving in appearance and fertility from year to year, 

 and that part of the land which atthetimeof purchase was believed by the neighbours 

 to be almost worthless from exhaustion, has, with proper working and manuring, 

 become quite fertile, and produces now some of the best crops grown on the farm. 



BRANDON. 



The journey westward was begun on the 11th of August, and Brandon was 

 reached on the 16th. As viewed from the hotel in the city, it was evident that the 



