INDEX 



461 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Page. 

 Horticulturist, Central Experimen- 

 tal Farm — Con. 



Donations 94 



Farmer's list of best vegetables 115 



Fruits, the testing and originating of at 



the Central Experimental Farm 95 



Fruits, individuality of 105 



Fungous diseases Ill 



Grapes 107 



Which ripened earliest, 1S05 107 



Lincoln 107 



Early Daisy 108 



Meetings attended and places visited.. 93 



Pears 107 



Plums 106 



Potatoes 116 



Spraying experiments with 121 



Test of resistance to blight of 119 



Test of varieties 117 



Twelve best yielding va^rieties of, aver- 

 age of five y€ars 118 



Yields of, from smaller plots 119 



(Raspberries 109 



Seedling apples 95 



Seedling fruits received for examination 95 



Spraying and spray mixtures 112 



Experiments with potatoes 121 



Flour emulsion 114 



New formulas for kerosene emulsion.. 113 



Soda Bordeaux 112 



Strawberries 109 



The testing and origination of new fruits 



at the Central Experimental Farm.. 95 



Tobacco 123 



Tomatoes 121 



Experiments in pruning 122 



Six earliest varieties of, 1905 122 



Test of varieties 121 



Twelve best yielding varieties, 1905.. 122 

 Varieties of apples new or not well 



known in Ontario and Quebec 98 



Vegetables 115 



Farmers' list of best 115 



Wealthy apple orchard, a closely 



planted 103 



Mackay, A., Superintendent Experi- 

 mental Farm, Indian Head, Sask., Re- 

 port of 357 



Macoun, W. T., Horticulturist of the Cen- 

 tral Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Ont., 



•Report of 91 



Page. 



Poultry Manager, Report of the 233 



Appreciation of the better quality.. .. 237 



Artificial and Natural Incubation 251 



A winter egg-producing ration 260 



Building up prolific egg-laying strains 



by means of trap nests 240 



Causes of the high price of summer 

 eggs 234 



Conditions to be observed in the pro- 

 duction of selected eggs and poultry.. 236 



Commencement of winter laying 240 



Details of experiments in fleshing 



chickens 256 



Experimental work 239 



Establishing strains of prolific winter 



layers 247 



Eggs laid in six months. Old hena vs. 



pullets.- 258 



Fertilization after mating 258 



Fleshing chickens in pens and crates 255 



Has the cost of production increased 

 with enhanced values ? 235 



Has the production of the better quality 

 of poultry and eggs kept pace with 

 the home demand ? 235 



Hatching results from incubators and 

 hens 251 



Incubation, natural and artificial 251 



Margins of profit made by farmers 237 



Number of eggs laid during the year.. 258 

 Numerous instances of individual hen 



records shown by trap-nests.. .. 240 to 245 

 Results of six months' egg-laying by 



pullets and old hens 259 



Rations fed to different pens of fowls.. 



241 to 248 



Summary of chicken-fleshing results.. 257 



Stock on hand, Dec. 1, 1905 261 



Why should exports of poultry and eggs 

 decrease in face of increased produc- 

 tion 235 



Robertson, R., Superintendent, Experi- 

 mental Farm, Nappan, N.S., Report of. 263 



Saunders, C.E., Cerealist, Report of..., 205 

 Saunders, Wm., Director, Report , of. . .. 5 



Sharpe, Thos. A., Superintendent, Ex- 

 perimental Farm, Agassiz, B.O., Report 

 of 401 



Shutt, F. T., Chemist, Report of 125 



