REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR 



T9 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPERIMENTS AT SALMON ARM, B.C. 



Experimental work, chiefly along horticultural lines, was continued hy 7Tr. Thos. 

 A. Sharpe, on his farm at Salmon Arm. 



There was an imusual amount of frost in the ground during the winter of 1918-14, 

 and the melting snows of the spring did not penetrate the soil to any depth. Spring 

 rains were light and the summer dry, so spring grain and bush fruits \vere lijijit crops, 

 and grass and clover a practical failure. 



Potatoes and roots were below average in yield. 



The experimental orchard gave a medium yielJ. 



Tests were also carried on with diTcront varieties and strains of vegetables. 



Clover and alfalfa have done well in the Salmon Arm district. Tl:ey should play 

 a large part in farming operations there which, in Mr. Sharpens opinion, should 

 be a combination of dairying and fruit-growing. 



Meti:orolo<;!Cal Eeport for the Year ending March ."1, 1915. 



1014. 



April 



May 



Juno 



July............ 



August. 



Sept cfii her. . 



October 



NovcnrbcT 



I?(^.-o!ii!>Gr 



1915. 



Jrinu.nrj' 



re'oruary 



March 



Highest 

 Tcmpprat'ire. 



74 

 88 

 90 

 96 

 93 

 82 

 C8 

 54 

 42 



36 



44 

 65 



Date. 



30 

 31 

 30 

 30 • 



1 



2 



14 

 10 



4 



2.7,9 



20 

 21 



Lowest 

 Temperature. 



27 

 30 

 38 

 40 

 38 

 34 

 30 

 18 

 5 



1 



14 

 20 



Date. 



21 



5 



6 

 2S 

 30 

 15 



4 

 15 

 19 



20 



13 



2 



Rainfall. 



Inches. 



0-89 

 0-96 

 1-43 

 0-76 

 0-.32 

 1-52 

 1-25 

 21G 



0-20 

 0-9G 



10 -.54 



Snowfall. 



Inches. 



41 

 12 



2U 



'2k 



401 



Sunshine. 



H. M. 



161 54 



260 36 



103 42 



284 24 



298 36. 



12? 



120 36 



28 30 



23 12 



40 48 



51 48 



158 54 



1,752 



DIVISION OF FIELD IILTSBANDRY. 



The work of the Field Husbandry Division is beirig directed along very practical 

 lines. Its scope may be said to include: — 



1. Soil management. 



2. Crop management. 



3. Agricultural engineering. 



Besides conducting experimental work along the lines outlined above, this division 

 supplies grain and fodder fur the up-keep of the live stock on the Farm. 



The lines of work herein reported upon do not by any means cover the field 

 naturally included in the Division for the reason that only a limited acreage of suit- 

 able land is available for experimental tests. 



WEATHER COXDITIONS AND CROIV YIELDS. 



Seeding operations were carried on under unfavourable conditions. April was 

 cold, which retarded seeding, while the drought of the months of May and June resulted 

 in the uneven germination of corn and mangels. Hay made slow growth and yielded 

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