IXDEX 



575 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Page 

 Horticulturist — Report of the — Con. 



Pease 122 



experiments for comparison of 



yields and quality of 122 



test of varieties of 123 



Plums 99 



Americana and Nigra 99 



canning Americans and Nigra.. .. 101 



drying Americana and Nigra 101 



prices obtained for Americana and 



Nigra 99, 100 



seedling 102 



Bouncer 102 



Caro 102 



Don . .. 102 



Plum Jelly, recipe for 101 



preserves, reeioes for 101 



Potatoes 113 



planting at different dates US 



plantiig at different depths 117 



planting at different distances 



apart 117 



results of spraying to prevent blight 



and rot of 119 



test of varieties of 114 



twelve best yielding varieties of.. 117 



Progress of the work 88 



Raspberries 104 



test of varieties of 104 



Seedling apples 93 



descriptions of 93 



Seedling apple orchard 92 



plums 102 



descriptions of 102 



Spraying 109 



Strawberries 105 



test of varieties of 106 



Tobacco 125 



test of varieties of 126 



Tomatoes 120 



six best yielding wrinkled varieties 



of 122 



six earliest varieties of 121 



test of varieties of 121 



twelve best yielding smooth varie- 

 ties of 122 



Vegetables, list of best for farmers.. 112 



Work, progress of 88 



Mackay, A., Superintendent Experimental 



Farm, Indian Head, N.W.T.— Report of.. 4.">7 



Poultry Manager, 1901— Report of . . . . 313 



Artificial incubation, some difficulties 



in early 315 



farmers' difficulties in hatching.. 316 



Breeds, flesh development of certain 323 



Breeds, trial of 324 



Breeding pens, made up 319 



Chickens wanted by purchasing com- 

 panies 326 



Pagi: 

 Poultry Manager — Report of — Con. 



Conclusions re Egg-preserving sub- 

 stances 3^3 



Cost of rations 327 



Composition of rations 326 



Diseases of poultry 330 



Different methods of preserving egg3 332 



Did early hatched pullets moult?.... 328 



Eggs laid during year 332 



Eggs, preservation of 332 



Eggs laid from Dec, 1901, to June 30, 



1902 331 



Eggs set and chickens hatched 321 



Experiments in different ways of fat- 

 tening chickens 323 



Early moulting, how to secure 329 



Faverolles, salmon coloured 323 



Flesh development of Buff Orpingtons 325 

 Fattening in crates, limited and un- 

 limited 323 



Good laying by 3 Buff Orpington pul- 

 lets 323 



Hens — rations for 110 327 



Incubator-hatched chicks, progress of 322 



Lice, how to exterminate 330 



Manner of feeding farm rations.. .. 326 



Moulting period, shortening th».. .. 329 



New breeds on trial 324 



Orpingtons, Buff , .. .. 324 



Orpingtons and White Wyandottes.. 325 

 Progress made by chickens fed in 



crates 323 



Red mit_3, how to get rid of 330 



Rations, the Farm 326 



Reds, Rhode Island 325 



progress of six R. 1 326 



Pullets, rations for 150 327 



Some observations confirmed 315 



Stock on hand in December 331 



Shutt, F. T., preservation of eggs by 332 

 Work of last winter, and results.. .. 314 

 What past experience has taught.. .. 314 

 Wanted, a three months' old chicken 326 

 Wyandottes and Orpingtons, flesh de- 

 velopment of 32") 



Weight development of the chickens 322 



Winter eggs, or, broilers ? 314 



Weights of three months' old chicks 326 



When pullets began to lay 328 



Winter laying, commencement of.: .. 329 



Robertson, R., Superintendent, Experi- 

 mental Farm, Nappan, N.S. — Report of 335 



Saunders, Wm., Director — Report of.. .. 5 



Sharpe, Thos. A., Superintendent Experi- 

 mental Farm. Agassiz — Report of.. 513 



Shutt, F. T., Chemist— Report of 137 



