REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Record of Sunshine at the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, from. April 1, 1908, 



to March 31, 1909. 



Months. 



April. . . . 



May 



June 



Julj' 



August, . . 

 September 

 October.. . 

 November 

 December. 

 January. . 

 February . 

 March 



Number of 

 days with 

 Sunshine. 



27 

 25 

 29 

 29 

 31 

 2fj 

 25 

 14 

 19 

 15 

 22 

 24 



Number of 



days without 



Sunshine. 



3 



6 



1 



2 







4 



6 



16 



12 



IG 



G 



7 



Averapre 

 Sunshine 

 per day. 



48 

 64 

 88 

 16 

 49 

 44 

 23 

 72 

 40 

 13 

 01 

 05 



(Signed.) WILLIAM T.. ELLIS, 



Ohserver. 



COERESPONDENCE. 



The correspondence carried on during 1908-9 between the farmers of Canada and 

 the officers of the Experimental Farms has been very large. 



CENTRAL EXPERIMENTAL FARM. 



The following is a summary of the letters received and sent out at the Central 

 Experimental Farm from April 1, 1908, to March 31, 1909 :— 



Letters received. Letters sent. 



Director 63,981 22,763 



Agriculturist 2,789 3,524 



Horticulturist 2,240 1,905 



Chemist 1,899 1,861 



Entomologist and Botanist 2,804 2,713 



Cerealist 490 351 



Poultry manager 3,489 4,042 



Accountant 1,384 2,541 



Total 79,082 39,700 



Many of the letters received by the Director are applications for samples of grain, 

 or for the publications issued by the Experimental Farms; many of these are answered 

 by mailing the material asked for, accompanied in most instances by circular letters. 

 This will explain why the number of letters received by that officer so much exceeds 

 the nuihbor sent out. 



DISTRIBUTION OF REPORTS, BULLETINS AND CIRCULAR LETTERS. 



Reports and bulletins mailed * 282,026 



Circular letters relating to samples of seed grain 50,717 



Total 332,743 



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