REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR 



61 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Record of Sunshine at the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, for the Tears 1898, 



1S9D, 1900 and 1901. 



(Signed) WILLIAM T. ELLIS, 



Observer. 



CORRESPOXDEXCE. 



The great volume of correspondence continually passing between Canadian farm- 

 ers and the officers of the Experimental Farms is a gratifying evidence of the useful- 

 ness of the work conducted and of the appreciation in which it is held. A large pro- 

 portion of the letters received are letters of inquiry from correspondents seeking in- 

 formation on all sorts of farm subjects. 



CENTRAL EXPERIMENTAL FARM. 



The following is a summary of the letters received and sent out at the Central 

 Experimental Farm from November 30, 1900, to November 30, 1901, also the number 

 of reports, bulletins and circulars forwarded by mail during the same period: — 



Letters Letters 

 received. sent. 



Director 35,711 17,094 



Agriculturist 1,470 1,533 



Horticulturist 1,163 1,209 



Chemist 1,213 1,127 



Entomolegi&t and Botanist 3,058 2,840 



Poultry Manager 1,575 1,078 



Accountant 1,123 1,293 



45,313 



26,174 



A large number of letters received by the Director are applications for the publi- 

 cations of the farms or for samples of grain. A considerable proportion of these are 



