REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



BRANCH FARMS AND STATIONS. 



Farm or Station. 



Letters 

 Received. 



Letters 

 Sent. 



Charlottetown 



Freili'iicton 



Nappan 



Kentville 



Ste. Anne de la Pocati^re 



Cap Rouge 



Brandon 



Indian Head 



Rosthcrn 



Scott 



Lethbridge 



Laconibe 



Agassiz 



Invermere 



Sidney 



Totals 



45,855 



44,587 



The totals for the branch Farms and Stations are exclusive of reports, bulle- 

 tins and circulars sent out. 



By adding the totals for the Central and branch Farms, the total number of 

 letters received at all points is seen to be 130,144, and of those sent out 103,425. 



DISTRIBUTION OF SAMPLES. 



The annual distribution of samples of seed grain and potatoes was carried on 

 imder similar regulations to those followed last year, all applications for grain 

 samples being filled at Ottawa, as well as those for potatoes from Ontario and 

 Quebec. 



The details of the distribution made from Ottawa will be found in the report 

 from the Division of Cereals. The total number of samples sent out from Ottawa 

 was 9,238. In addition to these, there were distributed from the branch Experi- 

 mental Farms and Stations the following numbers of samples of potatoes: — 



Charlottetown 13 



Fredericton 55 



Nappan .S45 



Brandon 392 



Indinn Head 1.2fi6 



Rosthern 434 



Scott 71 



Lethbridg-e 1,891 



Lacombe 627 



Agassiz -314 



making a total sent out from all farms, of 14,646 samples. 



Other distributions of material, more limited in scope, or of a special character, 

 were also made, such as that of tobacco seed, some 3,G40 samples of which were sent 

 . out, of inoculated soil for the growth of alfalfa, chiefly sent out from the western 

 Experimental Farms, aa well as a distribution of sweet corn to applicants from 

 Quebec, carried on from the Cap Rouge Station, and of tree seeds, etc., from the 

 Prairie Farms. 



