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4 GEORGE V., A. 1914 



ton, of $49.82. The Grimm alfalfa, planted in rows in this rotation, yielded 135 

 pounds of cleaned seed per acre, which, valued at 40 cents per pound, gives a net 

 profit of $46.39 per acre. In Rotation ' U,' which is on irrigated land, wheat, sown 

 after roots, yielded 59 bushels per acre and gave a net profit per acre of $36.43, with 

 wheat valued at 80 cents per bushel. In this same rotation, potatoes, planted on 

 alfalfa sod freshly broken, gave a yield of 757 bushels per acre, which made a net 

 profit of $307.38, with potatoes valued at 50 cents per bushel. 



STOCK. 



No breeding stock has been kept on the Station up to this time, but 250 head of 

 yearling sheep and 50 lambs were fed during the winter, also 12 head of steers. 

 Alfalfa was the roughage used in every case, but the sheep were divided into six 

 lots. One lot each was fed alfalfa alone, alfalfa and grain, alfalfa and roots, alfalfa 

 and screenings ; two lots were fed alfalfa, grain and roots. 



MEETINGS AND CONVENTIONS ATTENDED. 



During the past year the Superintendent spoke at a number of Farmers' Insti- 

 tute meetings. He also attended the Western Canada Irrigation Convention, at 

 Ivelowna, B.C., in August, the International Irrigation Congress at Salt Lake, Utah, 

 in October, the International Dry-Farming Congress at Lethbridge, where he acted 

 as Chairman of the Jury of Awards. At the Provincial Seed Fair at Claresholm. in 

 February, he gave an address. 



EXCURSIONS TO THE FARM, AND VISITORS. 



On the 22nd of July, a special train, under the auspices of the Provincial Gor- 

 ernment, was run from Medicine Hat to the Station, and on the 23rd another train 

 was run from Calgary. These excursions are well patronized and seem to be appre- 

 ciated by the farmers. All through the year, farmers from this part of the province 

 came to visit the farm and to consult in regard to different problems that confront 

 them. The number of visitors to the farm during the year that were actually counted 

 was 2\409. No doubt many more than this came, as it was impossible to count 

 them all. 



DISTRIBUTION OF SAMPLES. 



3-pound bags of potatoes sent out 280 



Packets of cuttings (willow and poplar) 60 



5-pound bags of winter wheat 17 



150-pound bags of inoculated alfalfa soil 72 



