DIVISIOX OF FORAGE PLANTS 931 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPERIMENTAL STATION, LETHBRIDGE, ALTA. 



REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, W. H. FAIRFIELD, M.S. 



The rainfall during the spring of 1913 being light, in fact extremely scant during 

 the latter part of May and the first half or more of June, the yield of most forage 

 crops on the dry land was correspondingly light. The dry weather naturally did 

 not affect tlie crops materially on the irrigated part of the Station. 



The investigations with forage plants were carried on as usual both on dry land 

 and on irrigated land. The experiments on the dry, or non-irrigated land, are located 

 a good distance away from, and above, the main canal to avoid possibility of seep- 

 age. The crops experimented with on the irrigated land are irrigated in such a 

 manner and at such time as to get the best results possible. 



To avoid any confusion the report is divided into two parts. The first deals yith 

 experiments conducted on the part of the farm on which no irrigation is applied. 

 The second part deals with experiments carried out imder irrigation. 



