REPORT OF THE CHEMIST 



145 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Samples Received for Amdi/sis. — Subjoined will be found, in classified form, sn 

 enumeration of the samples received from farmers for analysis. 



Samples received for Examination and Report. 



November 30, 1903, to December 1, 1904: 



Samples. 



^ s 

 O 



CO tc 



OP O 



c« 



O 



'S 



c 



o 



Soils . . 



Muds, mucks and marls 



Manure and fertilizers 



Forage plants and fodders 



Well waters 



Miscellaneous, including dairy pro 

 ducts, funjricides and insecticides. 



IG 

 2 

 2 



2 

 I 



12 



o 





5 

 3 



5 



8 



15 



10 



41 



52 i 13 



513 



40 



1 

 1 

 1 

 4 

 15 



68 

 6 

 5 



10 



2 ; 5 



24 ! 101 



Total 





IN 



11 



253 



16 



21 



108 



100 



103 



.S8 



11 



5 

 o 



2G 



601 



82 



AclcnovAedgmenis. — It is again my pleasure to publicly record my sincere thanks 

 to Mr. A. T. Charron, M.A., Assistant Chemist, and Mr. H. "\Y. Charlton, B.A.Sc, 

 Second Assistant Chemist, wlio have so well and faithfully performed the tasks allot- 

 ted to them during the past year. The work of the Chemical Division has very ma- 

 terially increased in all its branches, and necessarily a very large portion of it falls 

 upon these gentlemen. In this work they have manifested an enthusiastic interest, 

 performing their duties with skill and industry. It is for this hearty co-operation that 

 my thanljs are particularly due. 



I also desire to tender my thanks to Mr. J. F. Watson, who has again performed 

 to my perfect satisfaction the large amount of clerical work in connection with the 

 division. * 



I have the honour to be, sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



FRAXK T. SHUTT, 

 Cliemistj Dominion Experimental Farms. 



SOIL IXVESTIGATIOXS. 



BRITISH COLUMBIA. 



Cape Scott, Vaiicouvcr IsloncL — This sample was forwarded by Mr. J. R. Ander- 

 son, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Victoria, B.C., who furnished the following 

 information: ' A virgin soil with a depth of 2 to 4 feet, underlaid by a hardpan. This 

 eoil is representative of nearly all the soil on the north-east end of Vancouver Island, 

 except on some small river bottoms. It is lightly timbered with hemlock, cedar, pine, 

 and the soil is covered with moss.' 



Surface Soil. — Judging from it£ apixr-arance, this is very largely vegetable matte/ 

 and midit be rightly classed as peat, or more properly si^eaking, swamp muck. Though 

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