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Salpiglosis. — In flower 16th August to 30th September; very showy. 



Zinnia do 4th do very showy, but tender. 



Balsams do 18th do do 



Godetia do 20(h July to August; very showy, but tender 



Mignonette do July to September. 



Lupins. — Blooms very late ; plants showy. 



Gilia, Cosmos, Aguileyia and Wallflower. — Plants grew well, but did not bloom. 



ROADS. 



I take great pleasure in reporting that the grading and gravelling done in 188^ 

 on the road running from east to we^^t through the farm has proved a success, the 

 very heavy traffic of the past year having no perceptible effect on it. 



About 800 yards of additional grading and gravelling has been done during the 

 past year on the avenues running north and south, and a number of culverts put in. 



BUILDINGS. 



The superintendent's house, mentioned in my last year's report as being finished, 

 is now occupied, and the vacated building used as a boarding house for the employees 

 on the farm. The new house is quite warm, and having an office attached is very 

 convenient. 



The horse and cattle stables in the basement of the barn are also warm and well, 

 adapted to the purposes intemied. The upper portion of the barn is nearly all 

 occupied with gi-ain, leaving very little room for fodder, &c. A separate building 

 for grain and implements is greatly needed. 



EXHIBITIONS. 



During the year just passed the following agricultural fairs were attended and 

 samples of the products of the farm shown : — 



Brandon summer fair was held on the 22nd and 23rd of July. This fair was a 

 decided success, the weather being fine and the attendance large. Coming early in 

 the season, only immature grain in the sheaf and threshed gi-aiaof the previous year 

 could be shown, but opportunity was taken to make a largo display of horticultural 

 and arboricultural pi-oducts of the farm, something impossible at the fall fairs. 

 During the two days of this fair over 400 farm.ers visited the experimental farm. 



At the Winnipeg industrial exhibition, held in Winnipeg in the week ending 

 3rd October, Mr. Angus Mackay, of the North-West Territory experimental farm, 

 joined me in making a united exhibition of the products of the two farms. The exhi- 

 bition was largely attended, and we were able to illustrate the work of the ftirms to a 

 large number of people who would not have been easily reached by any other 

 means. 



Exhibits were also shown at Portage la Prairie and Neepawa fall fairs ; at both 

 places large numbers of farmers expressed an interest in the work of the farms. 



SAMPLES OP EXHIBITS FOR THE EAST. 



Besides the samples of farm products used at the several agricultural fairs in 

 this province, a set of samples in the straw was sent to the Central Experimental 

 Farm for exhibiting at some of the eastern fairs. 



The Manitoba Government was also supplied with collections for the following 

 purposes: one collection for exhibition purposes at Toronto and other eastern fairs; 

 one for England, and another for their Winnipeg immigration office. 



The work in connection with the preparation of these samples occupied the 

 time of a portion of our staff during the busiest season of the year, but they will help 

 to draw attention to the work of the farms, and will, I trust, also be useful in 

 attracting immigrants to this province. 



