REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR 



2f. 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Yukon Territory. 



Seeds supplied by the Department of A<Triculture, Ottawa, 1906. 

 REPORT OF THOS. McCABE OF MINTO, Y. T., 1906. 



Name of SeeJ. 



Date 



of 



Planting. 



May 



Preston Wheat. 

 Stanley Wheat . 



Odessa Barley. . 

 Mensury Barley. 



Welcome Oats ........ "1 . -i 



Ligowo Oats .1 -^P""" 



All grass Seeds ?.I.-iy 



20. 



Nature of Soil 



Remarks on growth, present condition 

 and suitability. 



Sandy loam. Slow coming up, very dry season. Worst in 



II j years ; both kinds ripened and were a fair 



I sample. Cut Aug. 15. 



II II Slow in coming up ; ripened pnd cut Aug. 15. 



II II jSlow in c<^ming up, but was a fair sample.' 



I Had the largest head of any barley I ever 

 I grew. I have grown much barley in Lauib- 

 I ton County, Ont. 

 f Both kinds came up early and did well for the 

 dry season, ripened and was a fair sam[)le. 

 1, Cut Aug. 4th. 

 Did not grow. Season too dry. 



REPORT OF G. A. HATCH OF DAWSON. Y. T., 1906. 



The oats al.so did well. 



I had all the grass seeds which made a good start standing from 2 to 5 inches hig!i 

 on Sept. 20. 



The potatoes were all planted and gathered on the same dates. The ground v.r..^ 

 well manured. In tlj.e Vermont Gold Coin yield there were 8 lbs. snnall potatoes, the 

 rest running from the size of a hen's egg to 1 1 lbs. each. The other varietie-^ had moi-e 

 small ones. I intend to plant all I get from the 4 varieties next spring to give them a 

 second trial. 



