SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR 



BRANCH FARMS AND STATIONS. 



Farm or Station. 



Charlottetcwn 



Fredtsrieton 



Nappan 



Kentville 



Ste. Anne de la Pocatiere. 



Cap Rouge 



Brandon 



Indian Head 



Rosthern 



Scott 



Lethbridge 



Lacombe 



Agassiz , 



Totals. 



These totals for the Branch Farms and Stations are exclusive of reports, bulletins 

 and circulars sent out. 



By adding the figures for the Central and Branch Farms, the total number of 

 letters received is seen to be 120,971 and of those sent, 94,201. 



SEED DISTRIBUTION. 



The annual distribution of samples of seed grain and potatoes was carried on. 

 All applications for grain were filled from Ottawa, as well as most of those for pota- 

 toes, coming from Ontario and Quebec. The details of the distribution from Ottawa 

 are given further down, where mention is made of this and other work of the Domi- 

 nion Cerealist, to whose charge it is entrusted. In addition to the seed sent from 

 Ottawa, amounting in all to 8,276 samples, there were distributed from the Branch 

 Farms and Stations, 5,224 samples, as follows: — 



Charlottetown 28 



Nappan 484 



Brandon 367 



Indian Head 2,788 



Lethbridge 280 



Lacombe 858 



Rosthern 176 



Agassiz 243 



5,224 



There was, in addition, a large distribution of inoculated soil for growth of 

 alfalfa, made especially from the Western Farms, as well as a distribution of sweet 

 corn from the Cap Rouge Station to applicants in Quebec, and of tree seeds, etc., 

 from the Prairie farms. 



After sup^ying the grain required for this distribution, the remainder, after 

 keeping what was required for seed next year, was sold in lots of from two to six 

 bushels. 



