in which crops are produced, the produce is retained by the experimenters 

 as their personal property, except any small quantities which are re- 

 turned to the College as samples. 



"The cost of the co-operative experiments is paid conjointly by the 

 station and the Union. The station pays for most of the labor and for some 

 of the material, and the Union for all of the stationery, printing, post- 

 age, expressage, etc., as well as for part of the material required to 

 carry on the co-operative work. 



"In 1905, the work has been carried out along thirty-five distinct 

 branches of field agriculture, thus covering practically all of the crops 

 which are grown on the ten million or more acres of the cultivated land 

 of Ontario. As in 1904, a large number of experiments have been con- 

 ducted in New Ontario. There is scarcely a settlement of farmers in the 

 northern part of the Province that has not received seed, and has from 

 one to twenty or thirty of its number actually engaged in the experi- 

 mental work. For instance, there were exactly forty-eight experimenters 

 in the Temiskaming District in 1905. When I visited that district this 

 summer, I realized more than ever the great importance of work of this 

 kind in a new section of country. Some of the settlers had been careless 

 in the seed which they had sown, and some of the most troublesome 

 weeds were getting a foothold in the clearings. The farmers of the dis- 

 trict were very enthusiastic regarding the experimental work, and we 

 could already see the good influence of the Union work of the past two 

 or three years in those settlements which were visited. It is impossible 

 to estimate the great value of this work in supplying seed of the best 

 varieties of farm crops, in encouraging improved methods of agriculture, 

 and in starting the people in the new country to experiment and investi- 

 gate for themselves along the lines of their life work." 



Each year about thirty-five selected experiments are chosen for the 

 work throughout the Province ; five of them are for autumn work. Those 

 for the spring of 1906 are listed to show the large agricultural interest 

 served. They are all carefully chosen. They have been under test on the 

 College experimental grounds for at least five years, and only those 

 varieties that have proven themselves worthy are distributed. All these 

 are open to any responsible resident of Ontario who agrees (1) to follow 

 instructions, (2) to be careful and accurate in his work, and (3) to report 

 results after harvest. Application for forms and information should be 

 addressed about Christmas time to the Director of Co-Operative Experi- 

 ments in Agriculture, O.A.C., Guelph, Canada. 



List of Experiments in Agriculture for 1906. 



Grain Crops. 



Plots. 



1 — Testing three varieties of Oats 3 



2 — a Testing three varieties of six-rowed Barley 3 



b Testing two varieties of two-rowed Barley 2 



3 — Testing two varieties of Hullless Barley 2 



4 — Testing two varieties of Spring Wheat 2 



