64 VICTORIA SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 A. 1901 



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TO THE 



REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE 



ON 



EXPERIMENTAL EARMS 



Ottawa, December 1, 1900. 



Sir, — I beg to submit for your approval the fourteenth annual report of the work 

 dene, and in progress, at the several experimental farms. 



In addition to my report, you will find appended, reports from, the following 

 (■fficers of the Central Experimental Farm : From the Agriculturist, Mr. J. H. Gris- 

 dale ; from the Horticulturist, Mr. W. T. Macoun ; from the Chemist, Mr. Frank T. 

 Siiutt, and from the Entomologist and Botanist, Dr. James Fletcher. A report is also 

 submitted from the Poultry Manager, Mr. A. G. Gilbert. 



From the Branch Experimental Farms there are reports from Mr. E. Robertson, 

 Superintendent, and from Mr. W. S. Blair, Horticulturist of the Experimental Farm 

 for the Maritime Provinces, at I^appan, Nova Scotia; from Mr. S. A. Bedford, Super- 

 intendent of the Experimental Farm for Manitoba, at Brandon ; from Mr. Angus 

 Mackay, Superintendent of the Experimental Farm for the North-west Territories, at 

 Indian Head, and from Mr. Thos. A. Sharpe, Superintendent of the Experimental 

 Farm for British Columbia, at Agassiz. 



In these reports there will be found the results of many important and carefully 

 conducted experiments in agriculture, horticulture and arboriculture, the outcome of 

 practical work in the fields, barns, dairy and poultry buildings, orchards and planta- 

 tions at the several experimental farms ; also of scientific investigations in the chemi- 

 cal laboratory and the information gained from the careful study of the life histories 

 and habits of injurious insects and the methods by which noxious weeds are propagated 

 and spread, together with the most practical and economical measures for their 

 destruction. In the report of the Entomologist and Botanist will also be found par- 

 ticulars of the experiments and observations which have been made during the past 

 yeav in connection with the Apiary. 



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