12 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5-6 EDWARD VII., A. 1906 



A part of the material forwarded for test was left at White Horse in charge of 

 the commanding officer. Sup. A. E. Snyder, who received the samples there about the 

 middle of May. 



LIST OP THE SAMPLES FORWARDED. 



8 — 1-lb. hags Brome Grass Seed. 



8 — 1-lb. bags Western Eye Grass. 



8— 1-lb. bags Timothy. 



8 — 1-lb. bags Hungarian Grass. 



8 — 5-lb. bags wheat (two each Early Riga, Ladoga, Preston and Stanley). 



8 — lib. bags oats (four of Improved Ligowo and two each of Welcome and Tartar 

 King). 



8 — 5-lb. bags barley (four of Mensury and two each of Odessa and Champion). 



10 — 3-lb. bags potatoes (five each of Rochester Rose and Vick's Extra Early) . 



The following explanations and instructions were sent with the samples : — 



' In sending the samples above enumerated provision has been made for testing 

 them at eight or ten different points. The Brome and Western Rye grasses are both 

 very hardy perennial sorts. The Timothy is not so hardy but is also a perennial and 

 will be useful for a comparative test. The Hungarian grass is a variety of Millet, it 

 is an annual which matures very early, and it will I hope be found useful as a forage 

 crop.' 



' The grasses should be sown as early as practicable. They may be sown broadcast 

 and covered by hand raking or in rows seven or eight inches apart. If convenient it 

 may be well to try both methods. Where weeds are prevalent, the plots can be more 

 easily kept clean where grass seed is sown in rows. Where plots are allowed to become 

 overgrown with weeds the crops are much injured thereby, and the yields are usually 

 small. 



' All the varieties of grain sent are early ripening sorts, and, hence, among the 

 most promising for testing in the Yukon country. They should be sown as early as 

 the land is in condition to be worked, and may be sown broadcast or in drills. If 

 sown broadcast the land should be subsequently raked until the seed is well covered ; 

 if in rows the seed should be buried. to a depth of two inches. Each sample of grain 

 sent is sufficient to sow one-twentieth of an acre, a plot 33 by 66 feet. The quantity of 

 grass seed in each bag will sow a similar sized plot. 



' The varieties of potatoes sent are both extra early sorts. They are also productive 

 and of excellent quality. In preparing them for planting they should be cut so as to 

 have from two to three eyes in each piece, or set, and planted in rows 2^ feet apart, 

 and the sets placed about a foot apart in the rows and covered with about four inches 

 of soil.' 



Reports of the results obtained from the planting of these samples were received 

 from the Assistant Commissioner at Dawson, T. G. Moore, commanding officer for the 

 Yukon Territory, also from Supt. A. E. Snyder, commander at White Horse, as 

 follows ; — 



