2 GEORGE V. SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 A. 1912 



APPENDIX 



TO THE 



REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE 



ON 



LIBRARY 



NEW YORK 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS botanical 



QARDfciN. 



Ottawa, March 31, 1911. 



Sir, — I beg to submit for your approval the twenty-fourth annual report of the 

 work done and in progress at the several Experimental Farms and Stations. 



In addition to my own report, you will find appended, reports from the following 

 Dominion officers of the Central Experimental Farm: — From the Agriculturist, Mr. 

 J. H. Grisdale; from the Horticulturist, Mr. W. T. Macoun; from the Cerealist, Dr. 

 C. E. Saunders; from the Chemist, Mr. Frank T. Shutt; from the Entomologist, Dr. 

 0. Gordon Hewitt; from the Botanist, Mr. H. T. Giissow and also from the Poultry 

 Manager, Mr. A. G. Gilbert. 



From the Branch Experimental Farms and Stations, there are reports from Mr. 

 J. A. Clark, Superintendent of the Experimental Station for Prince Edward Island 

 at Charlottetown ; from Mr. R. Robertson, Superintendent of the Experimental Farm 

 for Nova Scotia at Nappan; from Mr. Gus. A. Langelier, Superintendent of the Ex- 

 perimental Station for Central Quebec at Cap Rouge ; from Mr. James Murray, Super- 

 intendent of the Experimental Farm for Manitoba at Brandon; from Mr. Angus Mac- 

 kay, Superintendent of the Experimental Farm for Southern Saskatchewan at Indian 

 Head; from Mr. Wm. A. Munro, Superintendent of the Experimental Station for 

 Central Saskatchewan at Rosthern ; from Mr. W. H. Fairfield, Superintendent of the 

 Experimental Station for Southern Alberta at Lethbridge; from Mr. G. H. Hutton, 

 Superintendent of the Experimental Station for Central Alberta at Lacombe, and 

 from Mr. Thomas A. Sharpe, Superintendent of the Experimental Farm for British 

 Columbia at Agassiz. 



In these reports there will be found the results of many important and carefully 

 conducted experiments in agriculture, horticulture and arboriculture, the outcome of 

 practical and scientific work in the fields, barns, dairy and poultry buildings, orchards 

 and plantations at the several Experimental Farms and Stations; of scientific research 

 in connection with the breeding of cereals and in determining their relative value; 



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