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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



6 GEORGE V, A. 1916 



" Grading up a Dairy Herd." He attended a Conference of Superintendents with 

 the officers of the Experimental Farms system in Ottawa in January. He acted as 

 judge of cattle, sheep, and swine at the Provincial "Winter Fair. Calgary, of sheep 

 and swine at the Calgary Industriah Exhibition and of dairy cattle and swine at the 

 Brandon Exhibition. 



Meteorological Observations at Lacombe, Alberta, 1914-15. 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September. 

 October. ... 

 November. 

 December. 



January . . . 

 February. 

 March 



Total. 



Month. 



1914. 



1915. 



Maxi- 

 mum. 



72-6 

 77-3 

 84-8 

 87-6 

 85-8 

 80-3 

 77-0 

 5S-8 

 48-8 



40-8 

 42-8 

 64-8 



Mini- 

 mum. 



14-7 



24-3 



3G-1 



39-3 



32-2 



23 



19 



-18 



-19 



-25-1 



- G-6 



- 11 



Date 

 Maxi- 

 mum. 



30th 



24th 



2nd 



3rd 



1st 



29th 



15th 



3rd 



17th 



18th 

 15th 

 22nd 



Date 

 Mini- 

 mum. 



2nd 

 6th 

 24th 

 29th 

 31st 

 16th 

 22nd 

 16th 

 11th 



2Gth 

 2nd 

 4th 



True 

 Mean. 



40-1 



47-89 



55-81 



C2-25 



58-1 



51-12 



47-1 



40-39 



11-3 



13-5 

 17-4 

 27-835 



Pre- 



cipita^ 



tion. 



Inches. 



-34 

 1-285 

 6-07 

 Ml 

 I-IO 

 2-36 



•30 

 1-5 



-98 



-295 

 -025 

 -075 



15-440 



Sun- 

 shine. 



Hours. 



174-2 

 291-9 

 218-7 

 316-8 

 265-3 

 172-9 

 120-6 

 84-8 

 66-1 



70-0 

 109-8 

 163-9 



2055-0 



EXPERIMENTAL STATION, INVERMERE, B.C. 



THE SEASON. 



The season of 1914-15 was on the whole an unfavourable one. The spring was 

 backward, work did not commc-nce on the land till April, and seeding not until the last 

 week of the month. The continued cold weather and chilling winds prevented either 

 field or garden crops making satisfactory progress. There was a fair amount of rain 

 during the early summer, but August was a dry month, and much late irrigation was 

 necessary. The irrigated plots gave satisfactory results, but the non-irrigated were 

 only poor. Early frost in August destroyed many tender varieties in the garden. 

 Hai-vesting operations were carried out in fine weather, and fall ploughing was possible 

 up to November 7, when the last furrow was turned. The winter season has been a 

 favourable one throughout, the land is in good condition, and the coming season pro- 

 mises well. 



WORK CARRIED ON DURING YEAR. 



The regular work in field and garden was carried on at the Station. In the 

 department of field husbandry many of the experiments were set out with the idea of 

 discovering to what extent irrigation is necessary, and how it is to be employed to he 

 productive of the best results. These experiments were begun this last season, but being 

 yet in their inception no definite data can be supplied. 



A number of rotations will be given their second years test in the coming season. 

 These are chosen to meet the peculiar problems of the district, and are for both irri- 

 gated and dry farming. The land being deficient in humus, only fair yields were 



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