REPORT OF MR. (}. II. BUTTON 



365 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



No. 



1. 



1. 

 2. 

 3. 

 4. 

 r. 



Name. 



Pseudotsuya. 

 P. Douglasii 



Thuja (Arbor VitceJ. 



P. Occidentalis Boothii 



P. It Columbia 



P. •■ Globosa 



P. 11 Hoveyi 



P. n 



Received. 



Living. 



CATTLE. 



The number of cattle kept has not been increased during the year. There are two 

 dairy cows and a yearling heifer. 



HOKSES. 



Four heavy draft and two general purpose horses are kept. A yearling filly, the 

 progeny of one of the heavy mares, is developing well. These horses have been in 

 good health during the year, and are in a thrifty condition at present . 



CORKESPOXDENCE. 

 From April 1, 1908, to March 31, 1909, 1,647 letters were received and 1,551 mailed. 



MEETINGS ATTENDED. 



During the year I addressed the annual convention of the Alberta Agricultural 

 Fail's Association in Calgary in January; also the Convention of Farmers' Institute 

 Fairs Association in Calgary in January as well as the Convention of Farmers' Insti- 

 tute Delegates in Calgary the same month. I was also one of the instructors with 

 the travelling Stock Judging School, which was under the direction of the Provincial 

 Department of Agriculture. 



I attended the three-day school held in Morinville on February 8, 9 and 10, and 

 Camrose and Daysland from February 18 to 25. These schools were well attended. 

 Two cars of live stock were taken from place to place by the Department for demon- 

 stration purposes. 



I assisted also as one of the lecturers in connection with the ' Short Course in 

 Agriculture ' inaugurated by the Provincial Department, and held in Lacombe from 

 March 1 to 13. The attendance was large, and the interest was maintained throughout. 



I also addressed several meetings of agricultural societies during the fall and 

 winter. 



DISTRIBUTION OF SA^IPLES. 



The first annual distribution of samples of grain from this farm, covering central 

 Alberta, was begun this year. There was not a very large number of applications for 

 grain, but applications for trees still continue to be received. The number of these 

 distributed will of necessity be left for the report of next year. 



Our potatoes were, unfortunately, caught by frost in the cellar, and under the 

 circumstances the applications, which numbered 166, are being filled from the Brandon 

 Experimental Farm. 



