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2 GEORGE V., A. 1912 

 DISTRIBUTION OF SAMPLES FROM THE BRANCH EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



Samples were also distributed from the branch Experimental Farms as follows — 



Experimental Farm, Nappan, N.S. 



Spring wheat 62 



Oats 314 



Barley 71 



Buckwheat 87 



Potatoes 280 



Total 814 



Experimental Farm, Brandon, Man. 

 Potatoes 114 



Experimental Farm, Indian Head, Sash. 



Spring wheat 309 



Oats 163 



Barley 39 



Peas 84 



Sundries (flax, rye) 19 t 



Potatoes 440 



Total 1,054 



Experimental Station, Lethhridge, Alta. 



Winter wheat 13 



Potatoes 833 



Total 846 



Experimental Farm, Agassiz, B.C. 



Oats 140 



Barley 68 



Peas 132 



Potatoes 454 



Total 794 



By adding the number of farmers supplied by the branch Farms to those supplied 

 by the Central Farm, we have a total of 43,385. The average number of samples sent 

 out each year for the past eleven years has been over 38,000. 



It is remarkable how rapidly a supply of grain may be built up from a single 

 four or five-pound sample. Take, for instance, a sample of oats. The four pounds 

 received will, if cared for, usually produce from three to four bushels. This sown 

 on two acres of land, will, at a very moderate estimate, give one hundred bushels, 

 and sometimes much more, but taking the lower figure as the basis for this calculation, 

 the crop at the end of the second year would be sufficient to sow fifty acres, which, at 



