170 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



2-3 EDWARD VII., A. 1903 



February 17, Hamilton, Ont. — Hamilton Horticultural Society: The Flora of the 

 Rocky Mountains.' 



February 18, Toronto. — Toronto Normal School : 'Nature Study.' 



March 6, Ottawa. — Canadian Forestry Asociation : Discussion of Forest Insects. 



March 21, Ottawa. — Ottawa Normal School: 'Our Common Birds and What 

 they do.' 



May 20, Niagara Falls and St. Catharines. — Examining the experiments by Mr. 

 Geo. E. Fisher, the Provincial Inspector for controlling the San Jose Scale. 



June 4, Orillia, Ont. — Orillia Horticultural Society : ' Remedies for Orchard Insects 

 and how to apply them '. The East Simcoe Farmers Institute : ' Insects injurious to 

 farm crops.' 



June 12-30. — Holding meetings in south-eastern Alberta for the North-west 

 Government. 



July 28-31. — Attending the Summer School of Science at St. Stephen, N.B., where 

 an address was delivered on July 30 upon ' Nature Study in Education ', and some other 

 addresses before the botanical class of the Summer School. 



August 5-11. — Holding farmers' meetings in Prince Edward Island in company with 

 Prof. Robertson, at Summerside on 5th, Kensington on 6th, New Perth on 7th, Char- 

 lottetown on 8th, Crapaud on 9th, and Tignish on 11th. 



August 14, Aylmer, Que. — Fruit Growers' Association of Quebec : 'Fruit Insects of 

 the year '. 



September 9-10, Bi'ome, Que. — Attending the Brome County Exliibition, where an 

 exhibit was arranged showing growing fodder grasses, as well as bundles of the dry hay 

 and all the weeds of the district in a fresh and preserved condition. 



September 12. — Visited Oka, Que., and examined the experiments which had been 

 made some years ago in planting pine groves to prevent sand from blowing, and also the 

 gardens of the Trappists' Monastery, and the extensive orchards of Mr. R. W. Shepperd. 



September 23, Richmond, Ont. — Carleton Model Fair : Judged the collections of 

 natural history objects made by the teachers and school children of the district, and 

 gave an address on the value of these to the farmers assembled. 



September 24, Whitby, Ont. — Model Fair. Judged the collections made by the 

 teachers and school children of the district in the afternoon, and in the evening gave an 

 address on the value of this work to farmers and particularly to the parents of the 

 children engaged in the work. 



September 25. — Visited Niagara Falls, investigating the progress of the San Jose 

 Scale experiments, and inspected the Fumigation Station. 



October 28, St. Catharines and Niagara-on-the-Lake. — Accompamied the Ontario 

 San Jose Scale Commission, examining the experiments in treating trees for the San 

 Jose Scale by the Provincial Inspector, 



October 29, London, Ont. — Entomological Society of Ontario, annual meeting. 

 Addressed Pea Wee^'il Conference in the afternoon 30th. ' Injurious Insects of the 

 year' and 'Entomological Record for 1902'. Three papers were also read at this 

 meeting by my assistant, Mr. Gibson. 



Fodder Plants. — The copious rains of the past season gave the experimental grass 

 plots, a chance to recover from the efiects of injury from drought last year and severe 

 frost early in the winter of 1901-02. The growth of all varieties was very luxuriant, 

 and the large collection of grasses and clovers attracted the attention of all visitors. 

 Among experiments of special interest were rows of peas grown to illustrate the injury 

 done by the Pea Weevil and the Pea Moth ; also beds of fall wheat sown at different 

 dates last autumn, and plots of Chess and fall wheat which are planted every year to show 

 farmers that these two plants have no relationship to each other. During the summer 

 we have been able to convince many, who thought otherwise, that this is the case, by 

 digging up plants of chess after the heads have appeared, and showing that the chess seed 

 was still attached to the roots. This seed is entirely different from that of fall wheat, 

 having a husk upon it which bears a fringe of bristles along each side of the conspicuous 

 groove. I would suggest to some of those who still believe that chess is ' degenerated 



