4 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



2 GEORGE V., A. 1912 



of research work in the chemical laboratories bearing on many branches of agricultural 

 and horticultural employment; of careful study of the life-histories and habits of 

 injurious and beneficial insects and the best methods to adopt for destroying the most 

 injurious species. 



In the report of the work of the Entomological Division will be found particulars 

 of the efforts which are being made to obtain control of the Brown-Tail moth in 

 eastern Canada. The methods of management of the Apiary are also referred to. 

 In this Division, also, the regulations governing the importation of nursery stock into 

 Canada are administered. In the Botanical Division, progress has been made in the 

 investigation of several specific plant diseases, their life history has been studied and 

 practical means for their control suggested. Continued attention has also been given 

 to the subject of noxious weeds and to the most practical and economical methods by 

 which they may be destroyed. To the work of the Cereal Division has been lately 

 added the annual distribution of grain for the improvement of seed. 



The large and constantly increasing demand by the farmers of the Dominion for 

 the publications issued from the Experimental Farms, the rapidly extending correspon- 

 dence, and the readiness shown by farmers everywhere to co-operate with the work of 

 the Farms in the testing of new and promising varieties of cereals and other farm 

 crops, furnish gratifying evidence of the desire for information among this class of 

 he community, also of the high esteem in which the work of the Farms is held. It is 

 hoped that the facts brought together in the present issue will be found of much prac- 

 tical value to the Canadian farmer and fruit-grower, and that they may assist in 

 advancing agriculture and horticulture in this country. 



I have the honour to be, sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



WM. SAUNDERS, 

 Director, Dominion Experimental Farms. 

 To the Honourable 



The Minister of Agriculture, 

 Ottawa. 



