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\ince of Quebec best suited for a similar purpose. It should be stated that these trips 

 were taken after the snow was on the ground, hence it was rather difficult to fix upon 

 locations likely to be entirely suitable. 



Another point I would like to put upon record here is this: that the selection of 

 sites in both cases was very largely influenced, if not entirely controlled, by the fact 

 that it was imperative to select land covered with standing timber to permit of the 

 interned men being put to work at once. Thus, while the land at Kapuskasing is 

 undoubtedly as good as any to be found along the line of the Transcontinental, the 

 same cannot be said of the land at Spirit Lake, inasmuch as locations complying with 

 the " well wooded " clause of the conditions governing the selection of a site were 

 scarce, and in fact about the only available site near the railway fulfilling this require- 

 ment was the one selected. 



The land at Spirit Lake is undoubtedly rather lower and probably more difficult 

 to drain than might be considered desirable, but the soil is of good quality, and will, 

 I am sure, prove fertile. In any case, it is eminently characteristic of the soils of the 

 district. 



These two sites are now being cleared and stumped, but it is not expected that 

 much crop will be produced at cither place in 1915. 



In March I again visited some of the Farms on the prairies, and did some further 

 work in connection with the Illustration Stations. 



COEEESPONDEN,OE. 



Below are tabulated the totals of the letters sent out from the various Divisions 

 at the Central Farm and from the brancli Farms and Stations. The total given for 

 reports and bulletins mailed from the Central Farm represents only a very small 

 proportion of the publications actually sent out. The mailing lists and most of the 

 Bpeeial applications are supplied from the Publications Branch, Department of Agri- 

 culture, Ottawa. 



CENTRAL EXPERIMENTAL FARM. 



Letters. Letters. 



Divisions. Received. Sent. 



Director 20.471 13.784 



Field Husbandry 1.428 1.205 



Chemistry S.Cflo 2.S72 



Horticulture ^ 7,586 7,979 



Cereals .' 1.3,301 3.337 



Botany 2,978 3,0.52 



Animal Husbandry 4,163 5,822 



Agrostology 728 i'i34 



Poultry 5,465 7jjs3 



Tobacco 3,795 5^40 



French correspondent 6 780 2 98' 



Apiary ". '. ;'. [[ '543 "'54^ 



Miscellaneous 13,191 4.315 



"Total , 84,334 60,049 



REPORTS, BULLETINS AND CIRCULARS. 

 Reports and bulletins mailed 7 361 



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