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STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE ON THE DOMINION EXPERIMENTAL 

 FARMS, FOR THE YEAR ENDING 30bh JUNE, 1897. 



CENTRAL EXPERIMENTAL FARM EXPENDITURE, 1896-97. 



Live stock S 



Feed for stock, including veterinary services 



Seed grain, seeds, trees, &c 



Implements, tools, hardware and supplies 



Drainage and drain tUes . . 



Manure and fertilizers 



Travelling expenses 



Exhibition expenses ._ 



BlacksTnithing, harness supplies and repairs 



Bee supplies 



Salaries . . . ._ •_ . 



Wages, farm work, including expei'imental work with grain and 

 other farm crops ; also, salaries of farm foreman and Director's 



assistant in experimental work 



Wages, care of stock 



Chemical department 



Botanical and entomological department 



Horticuteural department 



Poultry department 



Forestry department and care of grounds 



Arboretum 



Office help, correspondence branch and messenger servi^ e 



Printing and stationery 



Seed testing and care of greenhouses 



Dairy department 



Museum 



Contingencies 



" books and newspapers 



" telegrams and telephones 



EXPERIMENTAL FARM, NAPPAN, N.S. EXPENDITURE, 1896-1897. 



Live stock S 6 75 



Feed for stock, including veterinary services 100 15 



Seed grain, seeds, trees, &c. 154 53 



Implements, tools, hardware and supplies 228 78 



Draining and drain tiles 97 80 



Manure and fertilizers 252 04 



Travelling expenses •. 148 46 



Exhibition expenses 163 98 



Blacksmithing, harness supplies and repairs 62 42 



Salaries, including proportion of salaries for general work, Ottawa. . 3,194 84 

 Wages, farm work, including experimenial work with farm crops, 



fruit trees, vines, &c 1,635 39 



Wages, care of stock 700 20 , 



Chemical department 445 02 



Botanical and entomological department 411 25 



Poultry department . . 3 55 



Forestry department, including care of grounds 243 80 



Office help 



Seed grain distribution 276 74 



Contingencies (including postage, $32.04) . . 49 22 



ti printing and stationery 25 43 



II books and newspapers 3 50 



■I telegrams 



S 8,20.'i 85 



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