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



REPORT OF THE DOMINION CEREALIST. 



CHAELES E. SAUNDERS, B.A., PH.D. 



Ottawa, March 31, 1911. 



Dr. Wm. Saunders, C.M.G., 



Director, Dominion Experimental Farms, 

 Ottawa. 



Sir, — I have the honour to submit herewith the eighth Annual Report of the 

 Cereal Division. 



The past season was, on the whole, unusually favourable for cereals throughout 

 the greater part of Canada. Good progress was therefore made at most of the Branch 

 Farms and Stations in the testing of varieties and in the propagation of such sorts 

 as were required for seed purposes. At Ottawa, the dry weather in the early summer 

 seriously reduced the crop on some kinds of soil ; but, where the ground was naturally 

 retentive of moisture, good yields were obtained. 



The milling and baking tests of, standard and of new varieties of wheat have been 

 carried on as usual during the winter months, but on a somewhat larger scale than 

 before. Many interesting new wheats of very high baking strength have been tested 

 for the first time. The investigations into the effect of storage on wheat and flour 

 have also been continued. 



The transfer to the Cereal Division of the work connected with the annual dis- 

 tribution of samples of seed grain has very greatly increased the correspondence, which 

 now claims a considerable part of my time. 



The duties of the head of the Division have also been extended to include the 

 inspection of all the work done with cereals at the Branch Experimental Farms and 

 Stations. In this connection, visits were paid to Nappan, N.S., and Charlottetown. 

 P.E.I., about the middle of August, but it was not found practicable to visit thr> 

 western Farms and Stations this year. 



Mr. H. Sirett, B.S.A., whose appointment as Assistant was made last summer, 

 has rendered valuable service in the various kinds of field and office work which come 

 within the scope of this Division. 



Mr. Geo. J. Fixter, the foreman of the field work and of the distribution of secJ 

 grain, has discharged his duties in a very careful and painstaking manner. 



My thanks are due, not only to my principal assistants, but also to all the members 

 of the permanent staff of the Division, whose loyalty and interest in the work T 

 greatly appreciate. 



In the following pages, there are presented some of the most important results of 

 the work carried on between April 1, 1910, and March 31, 1911. 



I have the honour to be, sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



CHARLES E. SAUNDERS, 



Dominion Cereal int. 



