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9-10 EDWARD VII., A. 1910 



The season of 1908 at Ottawa has been unfavourable for the trial plots of fer- 

 tilizers. The spring was exceedingly wet, so that it was impossibls to sow early. The 

 grain could not be got in until May 16, which is much too late for good crops in this 

 climate. There was again a considerable falling oS in yield both in grain ar 1 straw; 

 none of the plots of wheat, barley or oats reached the average of past years. 



The weight of fodder cut from the plots of Indian corn was much less than 

 formerly, due partly to the late date of seeding, June 5, and partly to the unfavour 

 able season. The field roots also gave very inferior crops. 



BULLETINS ISSUED DUKING THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 1909. 



Three bulletins were issued during the year, and a second edition of several others 

 of which the first edition was exhausted. Among these were Bulletin No. 37 on Apple 

 Culture, and Bulletin No. 35 on The Stave Silo. 



The new bulletins were the following : — Bulletin No. GO, The Grades of Wheat 

 in the Manitoba Inspection Division, Crop of 1907. The first part of this bulletin, 

 ' On the Milling and Baking Qualities of the Grades of Wlieat,' was prepared by Dr. 

 C. E Saunders, Cerealist of the Experimental Earms. This contains descriptions of 

 the samples and particulars regarding the cleaning and milling of them, also the 

 percentage of straight flour made from each. The results of the baking tests are also 

 given. The second part, ' A Chemical Study of the Grain and Elour of the Grades of 

 Wheat,' was prepared by the Chemist of the Experimental Farms, Mr. F. T. Shutt. 

 In it are presented the details of the analyses of the various grades of wheat, both as 

 received and as cleaned for milling. The analyses of the flours are also submitted, 

 with much useful information regarding their several constituents. 



Balletin No. 61 of the Experimental Farm series was prepared jointly by the 

 Cerealist, Dr. C. E. Saunders, and myself. This treats of the results obtained on all 

 the Dominion Experimental Farms from trial plots of grain, fodder corn, field roots 

 and potatoes in 1908. This is the fourteenth issue of this special publication. There 

 are presented in this bulletin the results of a large number of experiments which have 

 been conducted at all the Dominion Experimental Farms during the season of 1908 

 with spring and winter wheat, oats, barley, peas, Indian corn, turnips, mangels, carrots, 

 sugar beets and potatoes. The average results are also given for the past five years 

 of the comparative tests of those varieties which have been long under trial, and these 

 records are arranged in the order of their yield. 



These trial plots are conducted with the object of gaining information as to the 

 relative productiveness of the different sorts and their earliness in ripening in the 

 diff.erent climates of Canada. The returns show much variation in the weight and 

 earliness of the crops grown, and point to the importance of care in the choice of 

 varieties of seed for sowing. 



Bulletin No. 5, second series : ' A List of Herbaceous Perennials tested in the 

 Arboretum and Botanic Garden of the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa,' with 

 descriptions of flowers and other notes, by W. T. Macoun, Horticulturist and Curator 

 of the Arboretum and Botanic Garden. ■ 



This bulletin contains a list of the herbaceous perennials which have been tested 

 at Ottawa for the past twenty years. 2,116 species and varieties are recorded. These 

 ere arranged alphabetically under their scientific names, and in all cases where 

 common names could be found these have also been given, together with the name of 

 the country from whence the different species and varieties have been obtained. 



This list of perennial plants is the result of much labour and painstaking effort 

 on the part of the author. He has given, in addition to the botanical and common 

 names of the species, the year when planted, the height to which the plant grows, the 

 time of blooming and the colour of the flow^ers ; also whether the plant is hardy or 

 tender. In the introduction to this bulletin, some very useful information is given, 

 including brief notes on the planting and care of herbaceous perennial plants. 



