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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4-5 EDWARD VII., A. 1905 



Page. 

 Horticulturist, Central Experimen- 

 tal Farm — Con. 

 Enclosure, further experiments in grow- 

 ing vegetables in.. ..• 127 



Forest Belts at Central Experimental 



Farm 136 



Grov/th of trees in the 138 



Fruit and vegetable crops 106 



Fruits, bush 121 



Seedling 116 



Fungous diseases 123 



Of the grape 124 



Grapes 120 



Early varieties of 120 



Fungous diseases of 124 



Lincoln, description of 120 



Read's Hybrid 120 



Hairy vetch 126 



Horse beans 125 



Meetings attended and places visited.. 106 



Moisture, conservation of 127 



Pease, selection of 127 



Plums 118 



description of varieties of 118 



Seedling 117 



Admiral Schley 119 



Bomberger 119 



Fitzroy.. 119 



Gloria 119 



Lottie 120 



Oyama 119 



Smith 120 



" Swift 119 



Togo 119 



Potatoes 128 



Additional varieties of tested, 1904.. 131 

 Spraying for the prevention of blight 



and rot 131 



Test of varieties 129 



Twelve best yielding varieties, aver- 

 age for five years, of 129 



Seedling fruits 116 



Shipments of apples, experimental, to 



Ireland and Scotland 113 



Strawberries 121 



description of varieties of 121 



Early Beauty 121 



Lyon 121 



Pocomohe.. 121 



Splendid 121 



most productive, fifty varieties, aver- 

 age for five jsears 122 



most productive twelve varieties, 1901. 122 



Tobacco 135 



test of varieties of 135 



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 Horticulturist, Central Experimen- 

 tal Farm — Con. 



Tomatoes 134 



pruning, experiment in 135 



six earliest varieties of, 1904 134 



twelve best yielding varieties of, 1904. 134 



Vegetables 127 



further experiments in growing, in an 



enclosure 127 



Wealthy apple orchard, a close planted. Ill 

 Winter killing, effects of, on top grafted 



trees 109 



Mackay, A., Superinterident Experimental 



Farm, Indian Head, N.W.T.— Report of. 411 



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

 tral Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Ont., 



Report of 105 



Poultry Manager— Report .of the.. .. 283 



Advanced phases of poultry-keeping. . 284 

 Artificial and Natural Incubation, Re- 

 sults of 294 



A striking feature 285 



Are fowls as good l&.yers one season as 



another 289 



Continued investigation into causes of 



weak germs in early spring eggs.. .. 293 



Care and treatment of the chickens.. 302 



Chickens vs. old hens in pen 309 



Delay in resumption of winter laying 



after moulting.. .. 287 



Diseases of poultry 304 



Efforts to shorten the moulting period. 287 



Early hatched pullets to the rescue.. .. 288 



Experimental rations and their effects.. 290 



Experimental work of the year 289 



Experiments in different ways of fat- 

 tening chickens 307 



First to lay after moulting 290 



Fleshing chickens and fattening old hens 307 



General adoption of trap nests 303 



How long does the effect of fertilization 



last 300 



Hatching chickens at different seasons 



and results ' .. 294 



Hatching by hens vs. Incubator 299 



Increased opportunity for further inves- 

 tigation 293 



List of stock 311 



Managment of the sitting hen 299 



Management of maturing cockerels . . . . 303 



Pen vs. Crate 307 



Reasons why fowls should be kept longer 



than their first year., .j 289 



