REPORT OF TEE DIRECTOR 



23 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Name of Variety 



INDIAN CORN. 



Oompton's Early 



Longfellow 



Early Mastodon 



Selected beaming 



Angel of Midndght 



Sanford 



Total 



Number 



of 



Packages. 



477 

 876 

 S35 

 140 

 112 

 39 



1,479 



Name of Variety. 



POTATOES 



Early White Prize.. .. 



Carman No. 1 



Uncle Sam. 



American Wonder. . . . 

 Canadian Beauty.. .. 



Rochesiter Rose 



Dr. Maerker 



Early And€S 



Bumaby Mamimoth.. , 



Bovee 



Country Gentleman. . 



Money Maker 



Evexett 



Swiss Snow Flake.. .. 



Late Puritan 



Dreer's Standard.. .. 



Total 



Number 

 of 

 Packages 



1.515 



1,206 



1,084 



1,071 



822 



742 



681 



499 



452 



431 



420 



340 



285 



196 



139 



16 



9,799 



DISTRIBTJTION OF SAMPLES FROM THE BRANCH EXPERIMENTAL 



FARMS. 



Samples were also distributed from the Branch Experimental Farms, as follows : — 



Experimental Farm, Nappan, N.S. 



No. of 



Sample 



Bags. 



Spring wheat 69 



Oats 167 



Barley 89 



P€ase 41 



Potatoes 280 



Buckwheat 23 



Total C69 



Experimental Farm, Indian Head, Sask. 



Sprin-g wheat 546 



Oats 406 



Barley 197 



Pease 87 



Flax, Rye and Spelt 25 



Potatoes 618 



Total 1,879 



Experimental Farm, Brandon, Man. 



No. of 



Sample 



Bags. 



Spring wheat 131 



Oats 100 



Barley 40 



Pease 72 



Potatoes 206 



Total 549 



Experimental Farm, 



Spring wheat 



Oats 



Agassiz, B.C. 



56 



173 



Barley 74 



Pease 161 



Potatoes 203 



Total 667 



By adding the numter of farmers supplied by the Branch Farms to those supplied 

 by the Central Farm we have a total of 41,.548. It is gratifying to find among the 

 farmers of Canada so large a number of volunteers in this co-operative work. The 

 average number of samples distributed each year for the past ten years has been 37,521. 



In growing and preparing this large quantity of seed grain for distribution great 

 care is taken to have it clean and true to name. Most of it is grown on the Experi- 

 mental Farms at Indian Head and Brandon, where the crops average larger yields 

 and a heavier weight per bushel than they do at Ottawa. 



To provide the large quantity of seed required for this work arrangements are 

 made for growing the varieties needed the previous year. While maturing in the fields 

 most of the grain is carefully examined and any plants found of other varieties are 

 pulled up. After the grain is threshed it is passed through suitable cleaning machinery 

 and then thoroughly examined, and if there are any foreign seeds present which the 

 cleaners will not remove the grain is hand-picked before it is sent out. These samples 

 are sent free of charge to the nearest post office. They are sent only in response to 

 personal application, and only one variety is obtainable by one applicant each year. 

 Those farmers who take good care of the sample received usually have at the end of 



