608 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



7 GEORGE V, A. 1917 

 MATTERS OF SPECIAL INTEREST FOR THE YEAR. 



Perhaps the most noteworthy undertaking in the Horticultural Division in 1915 

 ■was the installation at the Central Farm of an overhead irrigation system covering 

 seven acres of land devoted to vegetable and strawberry experiments. By special 

 arrangement with the city a certain maximum quantity of water sufficient for the 

 needs of the work was allowed. This water is first pumped into a large tank and 

 then sent by gravity to the pipes in the field. Further details in regard to this 

 installation will be found in another part of the report. 



A fine Chrysanthemum show in the new greenhouses in the autumn induced 

 hundreds of people to come from the city to see it and, at the same time, they became 

 acquainted with the other experiments with plants in the greenhouses. 



A power mower was obtained for the lawns this year. 



A radical change was made in the method of labelling fruit trees in the orchards. 

 By the system of keeping the yields from each individual tree it is necessary to have 

 each tree labelled so that the name 'and number of the tree does not have to be looked 

 up in the book each time. No kinds of metal labels attached to the trees have proved 

 entirely satisfactory, the name being either hard to read or the labels difficult to find. 

 By the new (arrangement each tree is labelled with a small wooden label or stake 

 painted white with black letters and driven into the ground close to the tree on which 

 is written the name of the variety, the date of planting, and the row and tree number. 

 These can be easily read without going close up to them and make the work of 

 recording much easier and quicker, and visitors to the Farm who seldom read the 

 label on the trees can now see at a glance what the tree is. This label may. not prove 

 permanently satisfactory, but it is, at least, promising. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



The following bulletins, pamphlets and articles have been published by the 

 Horticultural Division during the year, besides the Annual Keport. In addition to 

 these there are the many papers recorded under the chapter on Meetings and 

 Addresses, and which were published in the annual reports of the various societies 

 before which the papers were given. 



Hardy Eoses, Their Culture in Canada, Bulletin No. 85, by W. T. Macoun and 

 F. E. Buck, B.S.A. 



Planning the Home Lot, Exhibition Circular No. 39, by F. E. Buck, B.S.A. 



Beautiful Homes and How the Farmer May Make Them, Exhibition Circular No. 

 40, by F. E. Buck, B.S.A. 



Asparagus, Celery, and Onion Culture, Pamphlet No. 5 Revise, by W. T. Macoun. 



Top-grafting, Exhibition Circular No. 15, Revise, by W. T. Macoun. 



Factors Influencing the Profitable Production of Potatoes, Exhibition Circular 

 No. 83, by M. B. Davis, B.S.A. 



The Cultivation of Small Fruits, Exhibition Circular No. 84, by M. B. Davis, 

 B.S.A. 



The following contributions were made to the Agricultural Gazette of Canada by 

 the Horticultural Division. 



April 1915 — ^Growing Potatoes for Home and Market, by W. T. Macoun. 

 July 1915 — Further Experiments with Fire Pots in Preventing Frost, by M. B. 

 Davis, B.S.A. 



August 1915 — Vegetable Gardening, by M. B. Davis, B.S.A. 



Plant Breeding Work, by A. J. Logsdail, B.S.A. 

 Ornamental Gardening, by F. E. Buck, B.S.A. 



January 1916 — Experiments in Growing Vegetable Seeds in 1915, by W. T. 

 Macoun and M. B. Davis, B.S.A. 



Ottawa. 



