FEPORT OF THE DIRECTOR , 11 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



BR.VXCH FARMS AND STATIONS. 



Farm or Station. 



Charlottetown 



Fredericton 



Nappan 



Kentville , 



Ste. Anne de la Pocatiere 



Cap Rouge 



Lennox ville 



Brandon 



Indian Head 



Rosthei a 



Scott 



Lothbridge 



Lacombe 



Agassiz 



Invermere 



Sidney 



Total 53.958 53,312 



The totals for the branch Farms and Statinns are exolu;-ivc of iepr>rts, bulletins, 

 and circulars sent out. 



By addina: the totals for the Central and branch Farms, the total number of 

 letters received at all points is feeu to be 108,292, and of those sent out, 113.861. 



DISTFvinT'TTOX OF S/'^rPLE'^. 



This distibution was cariod on a- usual, all ap,)rcatiou-- for grain samples being 

 filled at tlie T'entral Farm. From Ottawa, 7.401 samples were sent out. The details 

 of this distribution v;ill be found in the report from the Division of Cereals. From 

 the branch Farms and Stations, the following numbers of samples of potatoes were 

 mailed : — 



Ch.inottetown 20 



Kentville 132 



Fredericton 31 



Nappan 294 



Brando/i . . . 3 97 



Indian Head 2.64S 



Rosthern S26 



Scott 175 



Lethbridge 1.025 



Lacoinbe 1,347 



Ag a ss i z 485 



This is a total from all Farms and Stations of 14,891 samples. Other distribu- 

 tions of material, more limited in scope, or of a special character, were also made, such 

 as that of tobacco seed, some 4,000 samples of which were sent out, of inoculated soil 

 for the growth of alfalfa, chiefly sent out from the western Experimental Farm-, as 

 well as a distribution of sweet corn, vegetable and flower seeds to applicants from 

 ' Quebec, carried on from the Cap "Rouge Station, and of tree seeds, etc., from the 

 Prairie Farms. 



PITPLICATIONS ISSUED. 



The following publications have been issued durir.'^ the year, or are in the press 



at its close : — 



The Annual Eeport of the Dominion Experimental Farms for the year 191"-14. 



In the Pegular Series of bulletins: — 



No. 78, Ventilation of Farm Buildings, by J. H. Grifdale and E. S. Archibald. 

 Different systems of ventilation and their installation are taken up in this bulletin, 

 and their relative merits weighed. It is based upon the results obtained from many 

 years of experiments at the Central Farm. 



