REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR * 25 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



In 1905— 

 32 farmers bought from 1 to 5 bushels each of seed wheat. 



6 from 2 to ten bushels, or more of seed oats, and 

 30 from 2 to ten bushels, or more of seed barley. 



68 in all. 



It will thus be seen that within the past two years 245 farmers have been supplied 

 with these larger lots from the experimental farm at Indian Head and 211 from the 

 experimental farm at Brandon, a total of 456. The following note from one of those 

 who bought seed wheat at Brandon will serve as an example of the way these larger 

 lots are appreciated : — 



Gladstone, Man., December 29, 1905. 

 S. A. Bedford, Esq., 



Dear Sir, — Just a few lines in report on the four bushels of Red Fife wheat that 

 James Huddleston and myself received from you last spring. We sowed it on April 

 24 and harvested it on August 26. There was about three acres and the total yield 

 was 133 bushels, about 45 bushels per acre, which was about twice the yield of the 

 rest of our crop. I must say we are well satisfied and would recommend any farmer 

 to get a few bushels of wheat from you when possible. 



Yours respectfully, 



A. M. Huddleston. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



The correspondence carried on during 1905 between the farmers of Canada and 

 the officers of the Experimental Farms has been very large. 



CENTRAL EXPERIMENTAL FARM. 



The following is a summary of the letters received and sent out at the Central 

 Experimental Farm from December 1, 1904 to November 30, 1905; also the number of 

 reports, bulletins and circulars forwarded by mail during the same period : — 



lietters received. Letters sent. 



Director 51,908 19,074 



Agriculturist 2,090 3,20a 



Horticulturist 1,634 1,626 



Chemist 1,531 1,441 



Entomologist and Botanist 3,406 3,291 



Cerealist 289 208 



Poultry Manager 2,993 3,043 



Accountant. . . . ♦. 988 1,401 



Totals 64,839 33,290 



A large number of the letters received by the Director are applications for samples 

 of grain, or for the publications of the farms, a considerable proportion of which are 

 answered by sending the correspondents the material asked for, accompanied by circu- 

 lar letters. This explains why the number of letters received so much exceeds the 

 number sent out. 



Circular letters, including circulars sent with samples of 



seed grain 39,105 



Reports and bulletins mailed 351,374 



Total 390,479 



