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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



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As there is not yet a permanent location whereon to run the field and crop experi- 

 ments, these have been carried on in the aame fields with the regular rotation. This 

 year th*re were grown: — 



Nine varieties of mangels. 

 Six varieties of sugar beets. 

 Five varieties of field carrots. 

 Ten varieties of turnips. 

 Eight varieties of silage corn. 



Fourteen varieties of oats. 

 Twelve varieties of wheat. 

 Thirteen varieties of peas. 

 Fifteen varieties of barley. 

 Thirty-one varieties of potatoes. 



A few fertilizer experiments were also carried on with the root crops, but this was 

 only by way of an introduction to future work in this respect, which it is planned to 

 continue this coming year. 



The garden this year was reasonably successful, considering the amount of labour 

 expended upon it, the chief work being variety testing of many kinds of vegetables, 

 annual flowers and bulbs. The greatest drawback to vegetable growing was a bad 

 attack of Root Maggot; this attacked all members of the Brassica or turnip family. 

 The perennial flowers were laid out in a long border under the direction of the Domin- 

 ion Horticulturist, and a border nine hundred feet long and twelve feet wide was pre- 

 pared and planted. With this it is hoped to make a reasonable showing this coming 

 season. There is a small home orchard cultivated and ready to plant with a consider- 

 able number of varieties of apples, pears, plums, cherries and small fruits. On the 

 lawns and shrubbery, there has been considerable time and labour spent, greatly to the 

 improvement of the place, but there is still much to do. The moles are the greatest 

 drawback to the lawns at Agassiz. Several methods of combatting these were tried 

 this year, but to date, no treatment can be recommended. Experiments, however, 

 are being continued, and there is being tried a new style of trap, so we hope to report 

 progress in this line soon. 



Some nine hundred applications for free samples of potatoes were received at 

 Agassiz this year, but, owing to lack of stock, not more than two hundred and forty- 

 three could be filled, results of which are tabulated below: — 



REPORTED ON. 



