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cottoji front type of house to be satisfactory. The houses with straw lofts Avere drier 

 uiider all -weather conditions than those without. 



The bees produced a fair amount of honey, and the five colonies increased to nine. 

 An experiment with out-door versus cellar wintering was tried, four colonies being left 

 in a sheltered location outside. A spring examination revealed two colonies dead in 

 the bee cellar and also two dead in the outside wintering case, although all had an 

 abundant store of honey. 



CEREALS. 



The season was favourable, and large crops of cereals were har^'ested in good 

 condition. Co-operative work with three varieties of oats was continued with a number 

 of farmers. At the end of the tliird season's work. Banner oats maintains a good lead 

 over the other varieties tested. 



farmers" picnics, VlSiXORS. 



The Farmers' Institute picnics were increasingly popular, and many farmers 

 visited, the Station in this way during the season, when they could see for themselves 

 what was being done in experimental and demonstration work. Educational addresses 

 and agricultural lectures,were given at these picnics by the leading men of the pro- 

 vince, and were greatly appreciated by the excursionists. The number of visitors 

 recorded during the year was 5,296. 



EXHIBITIONS. 



With the assistance rendered from Ottawa, an exceedingly fine exhibit was put up 

 in the most central part of the exhibition building at Charlottetown during the 

 Provincial Exhibition, September 22 to September 25, 1914. This exhibit attracted 

 much attention and received very favourable comment. An interesting display of 

 flowere, fruit and honey was made at the second annual flower show held in August, 

 1914. The superintendent judged at several of the county exhibitions. 



CONVENTIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS. 



The superintendent was present and took part in the discussions at the various 

 conventions and association meetings in the province, and in connection with the 

 Maritime Winter Fair at Amherst, N.S. He gave an address on the " Improvement 

 of Seed Grain in Prince Edward Island " at a meeting of the Canadian Sefed Growers' 

 Association for Nova Scotia during the short course at Truro, N. S. 



SHORT COURSES AND AGRICULTURAL MEETINGS 



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The superintendent gave instruction in field l>asbandry at the Prince Edward 

 Island short course in agriculture held at Charlottetown during January, 1915, and 

 in floriculture at a number of the short courses in household science held during 

 January aaid February', 1915. Instruction was also given in field husbandry at thfl 

 agricultural short course held in Shubencadie, N.S., February 8, 9, 10, igio.*^ 



Farmer's Institute and Women's Institute meetings were addressed at various 

 times in different parts of the province, and a series of meeting-s wore addressed in the 

 Musquodoboit and Stewiacke valleys in Nova Scotia during February, and another 

 series of meetings were held along the Canada Eastern railway at Doaktowu, Black- 

 ville. and Millerton in New Brunswick during March, 1915. 



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