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EXrERIME^'TAL FARMS 



6 GEORGE V, A. 1916 



An officer well fitted to have supervision of these Stations was selected, viz., Mr. 

 John Fixter, farm foreman on the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, for some 

 twenty years, subsequently farm manager at Macdonald College, Que., and latterly 

 chief inspector for the Commission of- Conservation. Mr. Fixter's long and practical 

 experience in crop production fits him peculiarly well for this work of supcrvi.-^ion, 

 and it is felt that, under his immediate control, these Stations cannot fail to be of 

 very material benefit to the farmers in their near neighbourhood, as well as of vei-y 

 great service to Canadian agriculture in a general way by increasing the common 

 fund of knowledge along the lines mentioned. 



Mr. Fixter re-entered our service early in March, and proceeded immediatejy to 

 the getting of things under way at the points above named and at certain other p;iint3 

 enumerated below. 



Since in the area above mentioned the great problem has usually been moist\n-e 

 conservation, much attention is being paid to illustration of methods of overcoming 

 this difliculty, and the following diagram indicates the work now under way at the 

 points below mentioned and under the charge of the farmers named therewith. 



Cropping System on Elustration Area. 



A. 

 B. 



C. 

 D. 



E. 

 F. 

 G. 



Fields (5 acres each). 



Year. 



List of Illustration Stations and Names of Operators. 



Assiniboia, Sask Warren, Percy J. H. 



Beadle, Sask How, J. 



Bow Island, Alia Mortensen, Martin. 



Cabri, Sask Abraham, F. W. 



Carmangay, Alta \ . . Nielson, Jos. A. 



Empress, Alta Barry, Frank. 



Foremost, Alta -- Frankish, T. H. 



Grassy Lake, Alta Perry, D. C. and F. N. 



Gull Lake, Sask .:.••■ Thom.as, E. H. 



Herbert, Sask ." ..Holmes, Milton. 



Jenner, Alta Fisher, Jerry. 



Macleod, Alta Grier, R. and N. 



Magrath, Alta Meldrum, J. A. 



Minyberries, Alta Sikelpon, Matti. 



Maple Creek, Sask Hammond, G. L. 



M dicine Hat, Alta Hunt, E. J. 



M::k River, Alta Kinder, Wm. 



Pambrun, Sask Applg-ren, Chas, W. 



Pincher, Alta Sandgren and Carlson. 



Prelate, Sask Huxtable, Wm. 



Shaunavon, Sask McLean, Neil. 



Whitla, Alta Babe, R. H. 



It is intended to extenJ this work in the provinces where it has already been 

 started, and similar lines of work are being planned for other provinces. 



