4 GEORGE V. SESSIONAL PAPER No. 18 A. 1914 



REPORT 



FROM THK 



DIVISION OF FIELD HUSBANDRY. 



Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, 



March 31, 1913. 



J. H. Grisdale, Esq., B.Agr., 



Director of Experimental Farms, 

 Ottawa. 



Sir, — I have the honour to submit nerewith the accompanying account of the 

 work conducted by the Division of Field Husbandry for the year 1912. 



In addition to my own report of the work carried on at the Central Farm, there 

 will be found reports from J. A- Clark, Superintendent Experimental Station, Char- 

 lottetown, P.E.I. ; R. Robertson, Superintendent Experimental Farm, Nappan, N.S.; 

 G. A. Langelier, Superintendent Experimental Station, Cap Rouge, Que.; W. C. 

 McKillican, Superintendent Experimental Farm, Brandon, Man.; Angus Mackay, 

 Superintendent Experimental Farm, Indian Head, Sask. ; Wm. A. Munro, Superin- 

 tendent Experimental Station, Rosthern, Sask.; R. E. Everest, Superintendent Experi- 

 mental Station, Scott, Sask.; W. H. Fairfield, Superintendent Experimental Station, 

 Lethbridge, Alta., and G. H. Hutton, Superintendent Experimental Station, Lacomba, 

 Alta. 



The experiments and investigations now under way are being conducted along 

 very practical lines, and, as relating to all Experimental Farms and Stations, briefly 

 include : — 



1. Investigation of the relative merits of different crop rotations, includ- 

 ing special rotation for ' dry farming ' conditions. 



2. Studies in the methods of culture of, and curing, field crops. A series of 

 cultural experiments adapted to prairie conditions has now been under way two 

 years on each of the six prairie Farms. These tests involve approximately five 

 hundred plots on each Farm, and include twelve different lines of investigation. 



3. Determination of the costs of growing field crops under regular farm 

 conditions. 



4. Experiments to 6how the value of underdrainage and irrigation. 



5. Studies of the influence of size and character of cultural implements on 

 cost of crop production. 



6. Comparisons (in a limited way) of various grains and forage crops as 

 food producers. 



In these reports particular importance is attached to the rotation tests which are 

 being carried on at all Farms and Stations with a view to determining how best to 



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