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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4 GEORGE V., A. 1914 



Commercial Fertilizer Experiment. — Comparative Costs, Returns and Net Profits, 



average of 4 years. 



PROPOSED EXPERIMENTAL WORK. 



In addition to the rotation tests and to the costs of production work now under 

 way it is proposed to inaugurate a series of cultural experiments similar in purpose 

 and outline to those conducted on our prairie farms. In the carrying out of such 

 work we are, however, very greatly handicapped because of the limited area of land 

 at our disposal. The growth of the other Divisions and the establishment of new 

 Divisions has necessitated the concession of small areas from time to time to make 

 possible the new work. We have now, in all, less than two hundred acres on which 

 to carry the stock of the Division of Animal Husbandry, and to conduct experiments 

 which cannot always be designed to supply the greatest amounts of the kinds of food 

 required. By the use of soiling crops and other intensive methods we have endea- 

 voured to produce a maximum of feeds. Much further economizing of space through 

 this means is not practicable, however, and I would present for your consideration the 

 need to acquire more land, if the Division is to carry out to best advantage the work 

 for which it was instituted. 



