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BULLETINS ISSUED DURING 1905. 



Five bulletins have been issued during the year : No. 48 on the * results obtained 

 m 1904 from trial plots of grain, fodder com, field roots and potatoes.' This bulletin 

 is the tenth of the series of crop bulletins issued from the Experimental Farm, and 

 was prepared jointly by Dr. C. E. S-aunders, Cerealist, and the Director. In this bul- 

 letin there are presented the results of a large number of experiments which were con- 

 ducted at all the Experimental Farms during the season of 1904, with oats, barley, 

 spring wheat, pease, Indian corn, turnips, mangels, carrots, sugar beets and potatoes, 

 in plots of uniform size, and the crops grown under uniform conditions. Both the 

 relative earliness and productiveness of the varieties are recorded. The average re- 

 sults are also given of these tests for the past five yeai"s, the varieties being arranged 

 in order of their productiveness, for this period. 



No. 49, ' the Potato and its Culture, with tests of Varieties found most useful.' 

 This bulletin has been prepared by the Horticulturist of the Central Experimental 

 Farm, Mr. W. T. Macoun. The potato crop is everywhere one of great importance to 

 the community. In bulletin 49 there is presented in convenient form the results 

 gained through a long course of experiments regarding the productiveness, quality 

 and general usefulness of the best sorts of potatoes which have been iinder trial at the 

 Experimental Farm during the past eighteen years. The number of named varieties 

 tested during this period is over 800, besides several hundred seedlings. The relative 

 merits of all these different sorts have been compared, especially as to their productive- 

 ness, quality and earliness in maturing. The best methods of preparing the land for 

 ^his crop and of planting and cultivating are fully explained; particulars are also 

 given as to the most successful remedies which have been adopted for the destruction 

 of the injurious insects which attack this plant, and for the diseases which affect the 

 vines and tubers. Select lists are also given of those varieties which have proved most 

 useful and profitable. 



No. 50 on ' The Milling and Chemical Value of the Grades of Wlieat in the Mani- 

 toba Inspection Division, Crop of 1904.' This bulletin consists of two parts. Part 

 I. on the Milling Value of the Grades of Wheat, has been prepared by Dr. C. E. 

 Saunders, Cerealist, and Part II. on A Chemical Study of the Grain and Flour, by 

 Mr. Frank T. Shutt, Chemist of the Dominion Experimental Farms. 



The investigations rei>orted on in this bulletin were undertaken in response to a 

 request received from the Manitoba Grain Growers Association, asking that the ex- 

 perimental farm staff should determine as accurately as possible the value of each 

 grade of wheat in the Manitoba Inspection Division, for milling purposes, also from 

 the standpoint of chemical composition. 



This subject is one of deep interest to the farmers of the Canadian North-west, 

 and every effort has been made to make the investigation thorough and completa The 

 uniformity of the results obtained by these independent workers gives evidence of the 

 care and accuracy with which the work has been conducted, and will doubtless inspire 

 confidence in the reliability of the conclusions reached. 



No. 51, on ' Bacon and Pigs in Canada, Notes on Breeding, Feeding and Managing 

 Swine, with Eeports of some Experiments.' This bulletin was prepared by Mr. J. H. 

 Grisdale, Agriculturist of the Central Experimental Farm, and presents a summary of 

 the experiments which have been conducted in reference to pork production since the 

 beginning of this work at the experimental farm. Much information is also given 

 regarding the selection of the best types of animals for carrying on tliis work, and of 

 the different methods of management as to housing, pasturing, &c. Many facts are 

 also presented in reference to the care and treatment of swine of different ages, and 

 the most profitable methods of feeding them in the several stages of their grovi^h. The 

 sw.ine industry has developed very rapidly in Canada during the past few years, and 

 the facilities the country affords for the extension of this profitable branch of farming 

 are practically unlimited. The useful information given in bulletin 51 will doubtless 

 prove helpful to a large number of those engaged in this branch of farm work. 



