2-3 EDWARD Vir. SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 A. 1903 



APPE:tTDIX 



TO THE 



REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE 



ON 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



Ottawa, December 1, 1902. 



Sir, — I beg to submit for your approval the sixteenth annual report of the work 

 done, and in progress, at the several experimental farms. 



In addition to my report, you will find appended, reports from the following officers 

 of the Central Experimental Farm : From the Agriculturist, Mr. J. H. Grisdale ; from 

 the Horticulturist, Mr. "W. T. Macoun ; from the Chemist, Mr. Frank T. Shutt, and 

 from the Entomologist and Botanist, Dr. James Fletcher. A report is also submitted 

 from the Poultry Manager, Mr. A. G. Gilbert. 



From the Branch Experimental Farms there are reports from Mr. R. Robertson, 

 Superintendent, and from Mr. W. S. Blair, Horticulturist of the Experimental Farm 

 for the Maritime Provinces, at Nappan, Nova Scotia ; from Mr. S. A. Bedford, 

 Superintendent of the Experimental Farm for IManitoba, at Brandon ; from Mr. An^-us 

 ^Mackay, Superintendent of the Experimental Farm for the North-west Territories, at 

 Indian Head, and from Mr. Thos. A. Sharpe, Superintendent of the Experimental 

 Farm for British Columbia, at Agassiz. 



In these reports there will be found the results of many important and carefully 

 conducted experiments in agriculture, horticulture and arboriculture, the outcome of 

 practical work in the fields, barns, dairy and poultry buildings, orchards and plantations 

 at the several experimental farms ; also of scientific investigations in the chemical 

 laboratory and of information gained from the careful study of the life liistories and 

 habits of injurious insects and the methods by which noxious weeds are propagated and 

 spread, together with the most practical and economical measures for their destruction. 

 In the report of the Entomologist and Botanist will also be found particulars of the 

 experiments and observations which have been made during the past year in connection 

 with the Apiary. 



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