476 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



2 GEORGE V., A. 1912 



cauliflower, turnips, beets, carrots, parsnips, peas, etc., did well. The various varieties 

 of beans tested produced well and some of the earlier varieties ripened seed. None of 

 the corn ripened seed, except the Squaw. The earlier sorts of sweet corn produced 

 roasting ears. Only one variety of tomatoes was tested, Sparks' Earliana. The plants 

 were well loaded with green tomatoes and a few were just beginning to ripen at the 

 time of the frost. Some of the vines were pulled and hung in the cellar and quite a 

 number of the green tomatoes ripened later on. 



ASPARAGUS AND RHUBARB. 



Every farm garden should contain some rhubarb and an asparagus bed, for they 

 require very little care after they are once established, and the green stuff that they 

 produce early in the spring is usually much appreciated by all. 



The asparagus bed started in 1908 produced a little and another year will doubt- 

 less yield a very satisfactory quantity. The rhubarb did well. 



FLOWEES. 



The annuals did not do as well as usual. It was almost impossible to get the seed 

 up that was planted in the open on account of the lack of the usual showers. Even 

 those started in the hot beds and set out did not thrive as they usually do. The tulips 

 put in the previous fall came through the winter quite satisfactorily, but the blooms 

 were small. Among the perennials, the pasony, perhaps, gave the most satisfactory 

 results. 



HORSES. 



Eight work horses and two drivers are kept on the Station. In addition to this, 

 there is a four-year old colt and a three-year old filly; not yet broken. 



CATTLE. 



Two grade cows are kept to supply milk to the families on the Station. 



MEETINGS AND CONVENTIONS ATTENDED. 



I attended the National Irrigation Congress at Pueblo, Colorado, September 26 to 

 30, and the Dry Farming Congress at Spokane, Washington, October 3 to 6. I 

 attended and addressed a number of seed fairs and institutes; among them might be 

 mentioned Pincher Creek, Taber, Cleverville, Carmangay, Barons, Noble, Monarch, 

 Warner and Stavely. I assisted at the short course schools held at Strathmore and 

 Macleod, and acted as one of the judges and delivered an address at the Provincial 

 Seed Fair at Lacombe. In January I gave an address on Alfalfa at the Saskatchewan 

 Fairs' Association in Regina. 



DISTPJBUTION OF SAMPLES. 



A distribution of samples of winter wheat, potatoes and small packets of seedling 

 trees was made from the Station, and the following material has been sent out or 

 promised, up to March 31, 1911. 



Three-pound bags of potatoes 833 



Five-pound bags of winter wheat 13 



Total number distributed 846 



A considerable number of young forest and ornamental trees and shrubs were also 

 sent out. amounting to 172 packages in all. 



