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 VISITORS. 



The number of visitors to the Station during the year that were actually counted 

 was 2,108. No doubt many more tb -- this came. 



DISTRIBUTION OF SAMPLES. 



3-pound bags of potatoes sent out 1,891 



Packets of cuttings (willow and poplar) 90 



5-pound bags of winter wheat 12 



150-pound bags of inoculated alfalfa soil 33 



EXPERIMENTAL STATION FOR CENTRAL ALBERTA. 



Lacombe, Alberta. 



With the exception of a frost on May 18 the weather during the spring and 

 summer of 1913 was favourable for the production of all crops commonly grown in 

 this district. While there was sufficient rain at the time crops required moisture 

 to produce a satisfactory crop, yet the precipitation for the entire season was the 

 least of any year recorded at this Station, except 1910. The total precipitation for 

 the year was 14.115 inches. 



This Station now has 20 head of horses, 101 head of cattle, 20 head of sheep 

 and 24 hogs of various ages. All this stock appears to be thriving, and many of 

 the dairy cows have made satisfactory records during the year. The Hoktein 

 heifer " Lawncrest Lee Beets," 2 years old, has produced 8,166 pounds of milk, 

 while "Lawncrest Rosa Echo," whose lactation period is not completed at this 

 date, has given 11,143 pounds during the year. 



The first apples of any kind to be produced at this Station were ripened last 

 season and were satisfactory as to size and quality for the variety. Many seedlings 

 are being grown with the hope of securing a variety that will prove hardier than 

 anything being tested at i-resent. A satisfactory crop of currants and raspberries 

 was produced last season. 



A splendid range of varieties of trees and shrubs for ornamental purposes are 

 proving hardy in central Alberta, and it is certain that the home grounds may be 

 made very attractive by any farmers willing to give tho required time and 

 attention. 



A large amount of new woven wire fence (six and one-half miles in all) was 

 erected during the year. This new fence, together with that planned to be erected 

 the coming season, will complete the fencing on the new farm recently acquired, and 

 all fields will be fenced for all classes of stock. 



The Superintendent was one of the representatives of the Department of Agri- 

 culture at the Dry Farming Congress at Tulsa, Oklahoma, in October. He acted 

 as judge of ^ sheep and swine at the Winnipeg Industrial Exhibition and judge of 

 dairy cattle at the Regina Summer Fair, and also acted as judge of sheep and 

 swine at the Regina Winter Fair. He addressed institute meetings at Consort and 

 Hazelmere, and gave addix?sses before the Farmers' Convention at North Battleford, 

 Saskatchewan. He was also a representative of the Department of Agriculture at 

 the banquet tendered J. C. Hill & Sons by the Board of Trade of Lloydminster, 

 Sask. 



DISTRIBUTION. 



A total of 627 samples of potatoes and 13,175 j\fanitoba maple and 5,300 Cara- 

 gaiia >eedlin,as were distributed to farmers living in central Alberta during the 

 spring of 1913. 



