EXPERIMENTAL FARM FOR BRITISH COLUMBIA 



EEPOET OF THOMAS A. SHARPE, SUPERmTENDENT. 



Agassiz, B.C., 81st October, 1893. 

 To Wm. Saunders, Esq., 



Director Dominion Experimental Farms, 

 Ottawa. 



Sir, — I have the honour to submit herewith my report for 1893, being the 

 fifth annual report of the work done on the Experimental Farm at Agassiz. 



The winter of 1892 and 1893, was the severest known in 30 years, in the western 

 part of British Columbia. 



GENERAL VIEW, EXPERIMENTAL FARM, AGASSIZ, B.C. 



The first sharp frost was on November 24th, when the temperatui-e was 19 

 above zero, followed by two nights of 16 above, after which we had warmer weather 

 with showers and light frosts, until December 21st, when we had a sudden drop to 

 12 above zero followed by 8 above on the night of the 22nd, and very high winds 

 from the north. This was followed by milder weather, and warm showers, several 

 days early in January showing a temperature ranging from 33 to 43, and the lowest 

 recorded for January up to the 24th was 27 above zero. The 25th showed 15 above 



