INDEX 



497 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



influence of inherited qualities on.. .. 173 



influence of season on 173 



Mangels 174 



Sugar beets 144, 175 



Swedes 174 



Turnips 174 



Rye, effect on moisture content of soil. 163 



Samples received for analysis 145 



Septic tank for the disposal of sewage.. 195 



Soil investigations 145-151 



" British Columbia, Cape Scott.. .. 145 



" Conservation of moisture 159, 1G2 



" Kingcome Inlet 147 



" Kault 14S 



" moisture, control of, experiments 



at Ottawa and Nappan 157 



" Ontario, New Liskeard, Nipissing 



District 151 



" Peace River District 150 



Soja beans, effect on soil moisture. .160, 161 



Sugar beets 144, 175, 182 



analysis of 185 



chemistry of 184 



" for factory 182 



" fertilizing constituents in. 185, 



186, 187, 188, 189 

 " weiglit per acre of different 



parts of 187 



Swedes, composition of.. 174 



Timothy, effect on soil moisture. 157. 158, 159 



Turnips, composition of 174 



Uveco 176 



Waters from farm homesteads 144, 191 



Whale, bone from, composition of.. .. 156 

 Wheat, effect of rust on straw and 



grain of 144,189 



Wood ashes 151, 152 



Director — Report of the 5 



Acknowledgments 41 



A journey to the west 39 



Apples, cross-bred, for the Canadian 



Northwest 6 



Alberta 6 



Aurora 9 



Bow 9 



Charles 8 



Columbia 8 



Dawn 9 



Elsa 8 



Golden 9 



Jewel 8 



Kent 9 



Magnus 9 



16—32 



Northwest — Con. 



Manitou 9 



Novelty 8 



Pioneer 9 



Prince 8 



Progress.. 9 



Robin ' 8 



Silvia 8 



Tony 8 



Clovers, experiments with 34 



Clover, increased crops from plougiiing 



under of 34,37 



Clover, results of sowings of oats, wheat 



and barley after 34,37 



Clover, results of ploughing under, on 



potato crop 34,37 



Clover, results of ploughing under, on 



corn cro:i 34,37 



Cramp Thos. M., report of 487, 492 



Co-operative experiments by Canadian 



farmers 11 



Correspondence 14 



Crops, action of fertilizers on 23 



Ellis, Wm., reports of 17-18 



Experimental Farms, usefulness of.. .. C 



Experiments with fertilizers on barley. 23 



Indian corn 27 



On oats 25 



Mangels 30 



Turnips 30 



On wheat 21 



Farm crops throughout the Dominion.. 5 

 Fertilizers, action of, on oats, clover and 



Brome grass 33 



Fertilizers, special experiments with 19 



Financial statement 487 



Grain distribution of, for .improvement 



of seed 12 



Grain tests, table of, for each province. 16 



Green clover as a fertilizer 34 



Letter of transmittal 3 



Meteorological observations 17 



Oats, Banner, influence of previous crops 



on 37 



Publications issued during the year 38 



Pyrus baccala 7 



Pyrus prunifolia 7 



Pyrus mains lo 



Rainfall for past fifteen years 18 



Reports on journeys made 39,41 



Seed grain, distribution of 12 



Seed grain distribution, benefits of.... 14 



Seeds, tests of vitality of 15 



