BOTANJCAL 

 TO THE GARDEN 



REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE 



ON 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



Ottawa, 30th November, 1893. 



Sir,— I have the honour to submit for your approval my seventh annual report 

 of the work done and in progress at the several experimental farms established in 

 different parts of the Dominion. 



You will also find appended reports from the following officers of the Central 

 Experimental Farm: From the Agriculturist, Mr. James W. Robertson; from the 

 Horticulturist, Mr. John Craig; from the Chemist, Mr. Frank T. Shutt; and from 

 the Entomologist and Botanist, Mr. James Fletcher. A report is also submitted 

 from the Poultry Manager, Mr. A. Gr. Gilbert. 



From the branch experimental farms there are reports from Mr. Wm. M. Blair, 

 superintendent of the experimental farm for the Maritime Provinces, at Nappan, Nova 

 Scotia; from Mr. S. A. Bedford, superintendent of the experimental farm for Mani- 

 toba, at Brandon ; from Mr. Angus Mackay, superintendent of the experimental 

 farm for the North-west Territories, at Indian Head; and from Mr. Thos. A. Sharpe, 

 superintendent of the experimental farm for British Columbia, at Agassiz. 



In these reports the results are given of much careful experimental work relat- 

 ing to agriculture, horticulture and arboriculture embodying the outcome of much 

 practical work in the fields, orchards, barns, dairy and poultry buildings; also of 

 scientific investigation of chemical problems in the laboratory and the careful study 

 of the life history and habits of noxious insects and plants with suggestions of mea- 

 sures calculated to lessen the injury they cause. 



The great and increasing demand among farmers for these reports is a grati- 

 fying indication of the growing desire for information among this class of the com- 

 munity and of the high esteem in which these records of the experimental farms 

 are held. It is hoped that the facts brought together in the present issue will be 

 found quite as valuable to the agricultural community as those contained in any of 

 the preceding reports. 



I have the honour to be, sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



WM. SAUNDERS. 



The Honourable 



The Minister of Agriculture, 

 Ottawa. 

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