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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5-6 EDWARD VII., A. 1906 

 BRANCH EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



The correspondence with the Superintendents of the branch experimental farms is 



shown by the following figures: — 



Letters received. Letters sent. 



Experimental Farm, Nappan, N.S 2,080 1,812 



" Brandon, Man 4,783 3,140 , 



" Indian Head, Sask.... 7,820 7,874 



" Agassiz, B. C 3,187 2,953 



Totals 17,870 15,779 



Much additional information has also been sent out from the branch farms in 

 printed circulars. By adding the correspondance conducted at the branch farms to 

 that of the central farm, it will be seen that 82,709 letters in all were received, and 

 49,069 sent out during the year.. 



TESTS OF THE VITALITY OF SEED GRAIN AND OTHER SEEDS. 



The number of samples of seeds tested during the season of 1904-05 to find the 

 proportion which would germinate and to determine the percentage of plants of strong 

 and weak growth, was 1,949. 



This useful work has been carried on at the Central Experimental Farm every 

 year since its establishment in 1887, and the total number of samples tested from that 

 time to the present is 33,685. By instruction of the Hon. Minister of Agriculture this 

 work will in future be done by the seed division, hence any farmer or seedsman de- 

 siring to have samples tested should address them to the Seed Commissioner, Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, Ottawa. 



RESULTS OF TESTS OF SEEDS FOR VITALITY 1904-05. 



Kind of Seed. 



Wheat 



Barley . . 



Oats 



Rye i . . . 



Pease 



Grass . . ,^ 



Clover . . '. 



Flax 



Corn 



Tares 



Carrots 



Onions 



Cabbage 



Radish 



Squash 



Musk melon 



Water melon 



Lettuce 



Parsnip 



Beet 



Tomato 



Celery 



Tobacco 



Turnips 



Cress 



Spinach 



Miscellaneous seed . 



Number 



of 

 Tests. 



Total number of samjiles tested, 

 highest and lowest percentage 



660 

 328 

 498 

 7 

 136 



63 

 112 



17 



34 

 2 



10 



s 



9 

 11 

 7 

 8 

 2 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 6 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 7 



Highest 



Per- 

 centage. 



100 

 100 

 100 

 94 

 100 

 98 

 97 

 78 

 100 

 92 

 88 

 83 

 88 

 79 

 22 

 72 

 56 

 86 

 70 

 76 

 63 

 39 

 54 

 100 

 87 

 12 

 79 



Lowest 



Per- 

 centage. 



1,949 



100 





 3 

 2 



80 



2 



1 



26 



56 



26 



15 







2 



1 



19 







4 



44 



10 



40 



32 



4 







10 



86 



7 











Per- 

 centage of 

 Strong 

 Growth . 



00 



811 



85-5 

 78-6 



81-8 



Per- 

 centage of 

 Weak 

 Growth 



4-8 

 6-2 

 6-3 

 4'1 



Average 

 Vitality. 



85 

 91 

 84 

 86 

 73 

 74 

 78 

 67 

 74 

 53 

 30 

 59 

 59 

 44 



4 

 37 

 50 

 31 

 60 

 54 

 36 

 13 

 34 

 93 

 47 



6 

 36 



