DIVISIOX or FIELD El><BAyDRY 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



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EXPERIMENTAL STATION FOR EASTERN QUEBEC, 

 STE. ANNE DE LA POCATIERE, QUEBEC. 



REPORT OF THE SUPERINTEITDENT, JOSEPH BEGIN. 



WEATIIEE CONDITIOXS, 1913. 



The spring of 1913 opened favourably, and seeding was commenced in good time. 

 Weather did not continue warm, however, through May and June, and all crops made 

 slow growth. Corn, especially, suffered from the changeable temperature. July was 

 e<>ol and windy, with more rainfall than in June. Clovers had been badly winter 

 killed, owing to the presence of ice on many of the fields, and hay yielded poorly. 

 The early sown grain was harvested in September in good condition, but the late 

 sown was not ripe till October, and had to be gathered under very unfavourable 

 weather conditions. 



Some Weather Observations taken at Ste. Anne de la Pocatiere Experimental 



Station, 1913. 



CKOP YIELDS. 



There were no facilities this year ,for weighing the total crops as they came 

 from the fields, but careful estimates were made in all cases, which we publish in 

 order better to convey to our readers the degree of success attending our efforts 

 te increase crop production by improved rotations and cultural methods. 



