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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5 GEORGE v., A. 1915 



bought, we have what may be considered one of the beat horse-breeding plants in 

 Quebec. 



Some Weather Observations taken at Cap Rouge Experimental Station, 1913-1914. 



EXPERIMENTAL FARM FOR MANITOBA. 



Brandon, Man. 



weather conditions. 



Th« spring of 1913 opened up with favourable weather. Winter had continued 

 late, but when warm weather came, the change was rapid. Seeding began on 

 April 16. On the higher parts of the Farm, conditions for seeding were ideal, and 

 it was finished early. About two hundred acres of the land along the Assiniboine 

 river were flooded for most of the month of May, and, as a result, seeding was late 

 and crops unsatisfactory. 



The weather was very dry for the growing part of the season, the total rainfall 

 up to the end of July being only 5^53 inches. This affected the crops on the unflooded 

 land and prevented yields from being as heavy as are expected in a normal season. 



August was a month of moderate rainfall. The autumn months were dry and 

 the winter snowfall was light. The total precipitation for the year was less than 

 13 inches. 



TESTS OF cereals. 



Duplicate plots were used in the testing of varieties of grain this year, in order 

 that the possibility of error might be lessened. Four named varieties of wheat 

 were tested and also ten new varieties produced by the Dominion Cerealist, and 

 known by numbers only, were given a trial. Marquis as usual gave the best results; 

 Red Fife also showed its value for Manitoba. None of the new varieties was at all 



