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EJPEBIMEXTAL FARMS 



4-5 EDWARD VII., A. 1905 



highly appreciated. Farmers ereryrrhere have gladly undertaken to co-operate with the 

 Experimental Farms in the endeavour to ascertain the relative merits in earliness, pro- 

 ductiveness and quality of the different varieties under trial, when grown under the 

 different climatic conditions which prevail in the several provinces and territories 

 of the Dominion. During 1904 more than 37,000 farmers joined in these co-operative 

 tests. A large number of reports have been received in which manj' have expressed 

 their gratitude for the efforts made in their behalf, and their appreciation of the great 

 value of this work. The samples of wheat and barley sent to each applicant have 

 weighed five pounds each, and those of oats four pounds, sufficient in each case to sow 

 one-twentieth of an acre. The samples of Indian corn, pease and potatoes have 

 weighed three pounds each. 



The samples sent from the Central Experimental Farm during the early months 

 of 1904 have been distributed as follows : — 



DISTRIBUTION BY PROVINCES. 



Name of Grain. 



Oats 



Barley 



Wheat 



Pease 



Indian cx)m. . 

 Potatoes 



Total 



■E 

 u 





1,395 

 540 



1,658 



67 



158 



1,124 



4,942 



e 



u 



w 



135 

 66 

 82 

 19 

 20 



202 



530 



Total number of samples distributed, 32,822. 



Number of applicants supplied, 32,756. 



Total number of packages of each sort distributed : — 



Oats 11,221 



Barley 3,981 



Wheat 7,316 



Pease 846 



Indian corn 2,159 



Potatoes 7,299 



Total 32,822 



The following list shows the number of packages which have been sent out of the 

 different varieties : — 



