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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



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provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta, and the delay necessitated by the routing of 

 shipments of stock from certain of the states exporting trees to Canada, made it desir- 

 able to establish an additional port of entry and plant quarantine station in the West. 

 Accordingly, a new station has been erected at North Portal, Sask., on the Canadian 

 Pacific railroad. This station consists of two fumigation houses, each measuring 20 

 feet long, 10 feet wide, and 8 feet high, a small fumigation chamber of 100 cubic foot 

 capacity, and an office. The additional facilities so provided will prove a great advant- 

 age to importers of trees residing in the provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta, by 

 reducing the time taken in transit by shipments of nursery stock. It is hoped that it 

 will encourage further tree planting in these western provinces. 



Inspection and Fumigation of Imported Nursery Stock. 



The inspection of all nursery stock from Europe, Japan, and the New England 

 States has been continued, and during the importation season of 1912-13, which closed 

 in May, 1913, over four million trees and plants were inspected. Tb.e adjoining table 

 shows the nature of the stock inspected and its destination, according to provinces. 

 The figures given are taken from the reports of the inspectors. 



Nru-^KRY Stock Inspected during the importatibn se,ason 1912-13. 



The recent institution of inspection services by the respective Governments in 

 various European countries, including Great Britain and Ireland, exporting nursery 

 stock to Canada, and in the New England States and Japan, has resulted in our re- 

 ceiving a much better class of nursery stock, and a marked freedom from insect pests. 

 The discovery of evidences of Brown-tail Moth infestation and the presence of 

 Woolly Aphis and scale insects on imported stock necessitate a constant vigilance on 

 the part of our inspectors. However carefully the inspection of foreign nurseries, or 

 of exported shipments is carried on, those who have had any practical experience in 

 the inspection of nurseries and trees will realize the importance of a careful second 

 inspection of the plants on arrival. 



The inspection of imported plants is carried on either at the port of entry, usually 

 in the case of small shipments for distant points, or at the destination. During the 

 past year Mr. J. Perrin was appointed an inspector to inspect shipments arriving at 

 Halifax. 



An approximate record only is kept of the amount of nursery stock fumigated. 

 This exceeds very considerably the amount inspected, as it includes all the nursery 

 stock imported from the United States, wiiicli constitutes our chief source of supply. 



Ottawa. 



