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APPENDIX 



TO THE 



REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE 



ox 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



Ottawa, December 1, 1901. 



Sm, — I beg to submit for your approval tbe fifteenth annual report of tbe work 

 clone, and in progress, at tbe several experimental farms. 



In addition to my report, you will find appended, reports from the following 

 officers of the Central Experimental Farm: From the Agriculturist, Mr. J. H. Gris- 

 dale; from the Horticulturist, Mr. W. T. Macoun; from the Chemist, Mr. Frank T. 

 Shutt, and from the Entomologist and Botanist, Dr. James Fletcher. A report is also 

 submitted from the Poultry Manager, Mr. A. G. Gilbert. 



From the Branch Experimental Farms there are reports from Mr. R. Bobertson, 

 Superintendent, and from Mr. W. S. Blair, Horticulturist of the Experimental Farm 

 for the Maritime Provinces, at iSTappan, JSTova Scotia; from Mr. S. A. Bedford, Super- 

 intendent of the Experimental Farm for Manitoba, at Brandon; from Mr. Angus 

 Mackay, Superintendent of the Experimental Farm for the North-west Territories, at 

 Indian Head, and from Mr. Thos. A. Sharpe, Superintendent of the Experimental 

 Farm for British Columbia, at Agassiz. 



In these reports there will be found the results of many important and carefully 

 conducted experiments in agriculture, horticulture and arboriculture, the outcome of 

 practical work in the fields, barns, dairy and poultry buildings, orchards and planta- 

 tions at the several experimental farms; also of scientific investigations in the chemi- 

 cal laboratory and tbe information gained from the careful study of the life histories 

 and habits of injurious insects and the methods by which noxious weeds are propagated 

 and spread, together with the most practical and economical measures for their destruc- 

 tion. In the report of the Entomologist and Botanist will also be found particulars 

 of the experiments and observations which have been made during the past year in 

 connection with the Apiary. 



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