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APPENDIX ''^''' 



TO THE 



REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE 



ON 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



Ottawa, March 30, 1907. 



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

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



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

 of the Central Experimental Farm: — From the Agriculturist, Mr. J. H. Grisdale; 

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

 from the Entomologist and Botanist, Dr. James Fletcher; from the Cerealist, Dr. 

 C. E. Saunders, and from the Poultry Manager, Mr. A. G. Gilbert. 



From the branch experimental farms there are reports from Mr. R. Robertson, 

 Superintendent of the Experimental Farm for the Maritime Provinces, at Nappan, 

 Nova Scotia ; from Mr. N. Wolverton, B.A., Superintendent of the Experimental Farm 

 for Manitoba, at Brandon; from Mr. Angus Mackay, Superintendent of the Experi- 

 mental Farm for Saskatchewan, at Indian Head, and from Mr. Thomas 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 carefuUy 

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

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

 and plantations at the several experimental farms; also of scientific research in con- 

 nection with the breeding of cereals and in determining their relative value; also of 

 research work in the chemical laboratories bearing on many branches of agricultural 

 and horticultural employment; and of 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 



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