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EXPERIMESTAL FARMS 



5 GEORGE v., A. 1915 



obtained from the Experimental Station at Lacombe, Alberta; and the Station at Cap 

 Eouge, Que., supplied some Huron wheat and Arthur peas. The crops raised on the 

 Central Farm were drawn on for occasional samples of varieties not usually sent out. 

 The potatoes for distribution were grown on the Central Farm. 



Owing to the destruction of the large barn at Ottawa last autumn by fire, about 

 1,000 bushels of the purest selected Banner oats we have ever had were lost. This 

 prevented us from making as large and useful a distribution of oats as had been 

 planned. 



As compared with last year the total number of samples distributed shows an 

 increase of nearly one thousand, due chiefly to the greater number of samples of pota- 

 toes sent to Ontario and Quebec, and the greater number of samples, of peas sent to 

 several of the provinces. 



It is a pleasure to record the fact that there is an improvement in the quality of 

 the applications received; but some applicants do not yet realize that thoughtful state- 

 ments of their needs and experience, and of their conditions of soil and climate are 

 required. Without such statements it is frequently impossible for the Dominion 

 Cerealist to choose a suitable variety to send. As usual, many applications were 

 received too late. 



Farmers who desire to secure samples from this free distribution should apply not 

 later than January, and preferably in December; and to avoid delay must give a clear 

 statement of their needs so that a suitable variety may be sent without further cor- 

 respondence. Applicants for potatoes from other provinces than Ontario and Quebec 

 are supplied from the branch Experimental Farms. 



The following tables show the number of samples distributed from Ottawa: — 



Distribution — Classified by Varieties. 



Name of Variety. 



Number 



of 

 Packages 



Oats- 

 Banner 



Ligowo 



Daubeney 



Abundance 



Eighty Day 



Gold Rain 



Barley (six-row) — 



Manchurian 



Success 



O. A. C. No. 21 



Barley (two-row) 

 Canadian Thorpe 

 Earlv Chevalier. 

 Gold 



504 



481 



187 



25 



18 



2 



1,217 



955 

 51 

 39 



39 

 1 

 1 



1,086 



Ottawa. 



