INDEX. 



Page. 



Agriculturist, report of the . 63 



Acknowledgments ■ • 63 



Cattle, tables of rations for . 64, 71 



Cattle, fattening of ^J^'J} 



summary of results 67, 71 



Com, beans and sunflower seeds, mixture of 76 



Forty-acre lot 63 



Heifers, feeding of . - 69, 70 



Horse beans, growth of 81 



Robertson mixture for ensilage. . 76 



results of feeding to cows ... 77, 78 



reports on growth of 80, 84 



cost of growing 82 



directions for planting 84 



SUo : 80 



Steers, comparisons in feeding of different 



ages. 



.65, 68 



feeding of one year old 65, 68 



two years old 65 



Swine, experiments in feeding of 71, 76 



in feeding different crosses of . . . .71, 76 



in feeding of frozen wheat to 71, 72 



in feeding frozen wheat and barley 



in equal parts 72, 74 



in feeding of frozen wheat, barley, 



rye and bran 74, 76 



Bedford, S. A., report on Experimental Farm 



at Brandon, Man 229 



Blair, W. M., report on Experimental Farm 



atNappan, N.S 213 



Chemist, report of 127 



Acknowledgments 128 



Analyses of Astragalus Canadensis 147 



carrots 127 



gypsum 145 



Lathyrus sylvestris 146 



venosus 147 



legumes 127, 146 



Melilotus alba 147 



milk desiccated . 151 



Vicia Americana 147 



wood ashes 127, 144 



Babcock test 128 



experiments in connection with . ... 149 



Experiments with carrots 147 



Meetings attended 128 



Mucks, peats and muds 127, 140 



analyses of 142, 144 



Potatoes, experiments to prevent sprout- 

 ing of 155 



Saline waters 128 



experiments with 154 



Slug shot, an insecticide. 155 



Soils, analyses of 127 



from British Columbia 132 



North-west Territories 130 



Ontario 134 



Quebec 134 



general remarks on 129 



alkaline, analyses of 135 



experiments with 136 



treatment of 127, 135 



Well waters, analyses of 128, 152 



general remarks on 151 



Worlds Columbian Exposition 128 



Craig, John, Horticulturist, report of 85 



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Director, report of the 4 



Acknowledgments 62 



Analysis of water, Exp. Farm, Agassiz. . . 57 



Antwerp Exhibition 46 



Barley, experiments with 32 



six-rowed 32, 33 



Baxter's 32, 33 



C(jmmon six-rowed 32 



Garden Type 32 



Guaymalaye 32 



Mensury 32 



Oderbruch 32, 33 



Odessa six-rowed 32 



Petschora 32 



Rennie's Improved 32, 33 



Summit 32 



Surprise 32 



two-rowed 32 



Canadian Thorpe 32 



Danish Chevalier 32 



Duck-bill 32, 33 



French Chevalier 32 



Golden Grains 32 



Goldthorpe 32 



Improved Chevalier 32 



Kinver Chevalier 32 



Newton 32 



Prize Prolific 32 



Swedish female with Baxter's six- 

 rowed male plant 3 32 



Thanet 32 



Bee keeping 61 



Beet Sugar Industry 38 



Branch Experimental Farms, visits to 56, 60 



Carrots, experiments with 36, 37 



yield of varieties of , 37 



Correspondence 61 



Crops, character of in the several Provinces 4 



action of fertilizers on 9 



summary of, on Experimental Farm ... 61 



Edmonton District, visit to 59 



Ellis, Wm., report of 62 



Experiments with fertilizers on barlej'. ... 9, 12 

 carrots and sugar beets22, 23 



Indian corn 16, 18 



mangels and turnips. .17, 20 



oats 14, IK 



wheat 8, 10 



Financial statement 319, 351 



Forest belts 52, 54 



Grain tests, results of 25 



Hay crop 40 



for the English Market 40, 41 



Hop growing, inquiries into 60 



Irrigation, inquiries into 60 



Letter of transmittal 3 



Macoun, Wm. T., report of 52, 55 



Mangels, experiments with.. 36 



yield of varieties of 36 



Meteorological observations 62 



Oats, experiments with .... 33 



Office Building and Museum 2 



Pease, experiments with 34 



Black-eyed Marrowfat 34 



Canadian Beauty 34 



Centennial 34 



