REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR 21 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Maiicliuriau barley was ripe on August 19. 



Five varieties of oats were grown: Banner, Gold Eain, Pioneer, Sixty Day and 

 Thousand Dollar. The first four matured on August 10, and the last qn August 23. 

 Spring rye was ripe on Septeinboi- 4, and four varieties of peas, Arthur Selected, 

 Golden Vine, Prussian Blue and•^^%ite Marrowfat, on the same date. 



The following vegetables were grown successfully : Lettuce, cabbage, beets, carrots 

 and turnips. Tomatoes did not ripen, and table corn did not form ears. 



The first fall frost occurred on September 5, and the ground froze for the winter 

 on the 22nd. The ground has been covered with snow since the beginning of 

 October. 



EXPERIMENTS AT KAMLOOPS, B.C. 



The possibilities of crop production in a region of sparse rainfall were again 

 made the subject of experiment in 1913, on the Harper Ranch at Kamloops, under 

 the supervision of Mr. L. F. Stobart. 



The snowfall during the winter of 1912-13 was an average one, 18 inches falling 

 in January. The weather throughout February was cold — 17 degrees being the 



lowest registered. 



Spring opened late, ploughing commencing on April 7. Fall wheat seemed to 

 come through the winter well. 



The fall wheat land was harrowed on April 16, and from then on a ' dust 

 blanket' was kept on the snrface to conserve moisture. 



On April 28, barley was sown. The germination was good and, by preservinsr 

 the soil mulch, and hence the moisture, through frequent cross-harrowings, a good 

 crop was harve&ted. 



The yield of wheat was very low. 



The fruit plantation was kept cultivated throughout the season. The growth 

 was very slow in most cases. 



Ten pounds of each of the following varieties of potatoes were sown on May 15, 

 and were harvested on September 25, with yields as stated: Clyde, 73 pounds; Table 

 Talk, 73 pounds; Up-to-date, 61 pounds; Eureka, 60 pounds; Green Mountain, 90 

 pounds: Carman No. 1, 78 pounds; Early Hebron, 65 pounds. 



EXPERIMENTS AT SALMON ARM, B.C. 



Mr. Thomas A. Sharpe continued, during 1913, his experimental work for the 

 department. 



The cool, dry weather of spring, continuing until early June, delayed germina- 

 tion and -rly growth. June was also dry, though warmer. When rains finally 

 came, the season was well advanced and vegetables could not recover. Fruit was 

 also a light crop. Potatoes were very light. 



Additional varieties of apples, plums and cherries were set out and made good 

 growth. 



The bush and tree fruits under test comprise a number of varieties of the follow- 

 ing: Apples, pears, plums, damsons, cherries, grapes, strawberries, raspberries, logan- 

 berry, blackberries, red, white and black currants and gooseberries. 



