EXPERIMENTAL FARM FOR MANITOBA. 



REPORT OF S. A. BEDFORD, SUPERINTENDENT. 



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Brandon, Man., 30th November, 1893. 



To Wm. Saunders, Esq., 



Director, Dominion Experimental Farms, 



Ottawa. 



Sir, — r have the honour to submit herewith my sixth annual report of the 

 experiments undertaken and worlv accomplished on the Brandon Experimental 

 Farm during the past eleven months. 



GENERAL VIEW, EXPERIMENTAL FARM, BRANDON, MAN. 



The past spring will be long remembered as one of the most backward ever expe- 

 rienced in this part of the province. The first wheat sowing was done on this farm 

 on Ist May, fully two weeks later than the average season. But spring once opened 

 the weather was all that could be desired and growth was very rapid, and prospects 

 for a heavy crop were excellent, until 15th July, when dry weather accompanied 

 with extremely hot winds set in, the thermometer reaching 106*4 in the shade on 

 7th August, and all vegetation received a severe check. 



