REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR 45 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Nappan, Nova Scotia, was visited early in October. The crops of cereals which 

 were all harvested had given yields well above the average; some of the oats gave 

 from 80 to 90 bushels per acre, spring wheat from 20 to 35 bushels and barley from 35 

 to 49 bushels. Seeding was late in 1905, owing to a cold and wet spring, but favour- 

 able weather later on brought the grain crops on rapidly. Hay has given very good 

 crops, much above the average. Field roots and Indian corn produced returns also 

 above the average. The fruit orchards on this farm are doing well, most of the apples 

 gave heavy crops; the other sorts of large fruits gave light returns; small fruits, how- 

 ever, did well. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 



I beg to tender grateful acknowledgments to those who have rendered me special 

 service during the year. To the Department of Agriculture, St. Petersburg, Russia, for 

 samples of early maturing varieties of barley brought from the northern grain grow- 

 ing sections of the Empira To the United States Department of Agriculture for seed 

 of Alfalfa from different countries for test at the experimental farms. To the Director 

 ct the Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plains, Mass., for seeds of shrubs and trees, also to 

 the Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew, England, for many sorts of seeds of trees, 

 shrubs and flowers. 



I thank the officers of the Central and Branch Experimental Earms, for their 

 earnest co-operation in carrying on the different divisions of the work. My acknowl- 

 edgments are also due to those members of the staff who have assisted rue in those 

 branches of the work of which I have retained personal charge. To the farm foreman, 

 Mr. John Fixter, wlio has carefully supervised the special tests of fertilizers and re- 

 corded the resiiJts. To Mr. George Eixter, to whom I am indebted for his watchful 

 care over the distribution of samples of seed grain. To Mr. James Taggart for the 

 care and industry he has displayed as foreman of the ornamental grounds, and to 'Mx. 

 Wm. Ellis for his careful management of the plants and shrubs in the green houses, 

 and the propagation and raising of plants for outside decoration; also for the useful 

 ser\'ice he has rendered in testing the vitality of seeds and in the taking of meteoro- 

 logical records. 



I take pleasure also in bearing testimony to the faithful services of my secretary, 

 Mr. Malcolm C. O'Hanly. The employees also of all the farms have my thanks for the 

 interest they have taken in their work and the care with which they have discharged 

 their respective duties. 



WM. SAimDERS, 

 Director of Dominion Experimental Farms. 



