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EXPERIMEXTAL FARMS 



5 GEORGE v., A. 1915 



ANIMAL HUSBAXDRY. 



The first attempt made here at a systematic experiment in animal husbandry 

 was begun in November by the purchase of eleven steers for experimental feeding. 

 The attempt is quite justified by the results. 



Horses. — There are five work horses and two drivers at the Station which are 

 quite sufficient to do the work. 



Live Stock Demonstration. — On March 23, upwards of forty farmers assembled 

 at the Station for a demonstration in judging- and feeding steers. The driveway of 

 tlie new barn was fitted up with special lighting and seats, and the steers used in 

 the feeding experiment were used for demonstration purposes. 



The appreciation expressed by the visitors warrants the repetition of such 

 meetings* 



BUILDINGS. 



The new barn wliieli was begun in the autumn of 1912 but which was delayed 

 because of inclement weather, was completed in 1913. It is 40 feet by 70 feet with 

 18-foot walls, and has accommodation for ten horses and five cattle, besides a grain 

 room 20 feet square, and a drive way 30 feet wide, the full width of the barn. 



Adjoining the barn and opening into the feed alley of the cow stable is a rcot 

 cellar lof solid cement 40 feet by 30 feet and 7 feet 6 inches high at one side and 

 7 feet at the other. 



An old building 90 feet long and 20 feet wide that had served as a granary and 

 workshop was remodelled, placed on a brick foundation and sheeted outside and inside. 

 A granary occupies one end and the remainder is made sufficiently warm to serve as a. 

 workshop. By means of this, much work such as cleaning seeds and repairing imple- 

 ments and tools can be done during the winter that heretofore had to be delayed until 

 spring. 



GROrNDS. 



The lawns and bordering shrubs and trees are sufficiently established and developed 

 now to afford a fair idea of the plan in view in the laying out of the grounds. 



EXHIBITION, 



With the assistance of the vSuperintendent of the Indian Head Experimental Farm, 

 a display of material grown on the Experimental Farms was made at the Prince Albert 

 Exhibition, which elicited much favourable comment, both from the Exhibition Board 

 and from visitors. The display consisted chiefly of sheaves of grains and grasses, pre- 

 served fruits, vegetables, shrubs and young trees. 



DISTRIBUTION-OF SEEDS. 



» In the spring of 1913 there were 434 samples of potatoes sent out, besides a num- 

 ber of bundles of maple, ash, and caragana plants. 



EXPERIMENTAL STATION FOR NORTHWEST SASKATCHEWAN. 



Scott, Sask. 



The growing season of 1913 opened early in April with bright, warm weather. 

 Work on the land commenced on the 7th, and the first seed was sown the next day. 

 By the 21st, grain was appearing above the ground. The weather then changed to 



