7 GEORGE V SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 • A. 1317 



REPORT OF THE CEREAL DIVISION. 



Ottawa, March 31, 1916. 

 J. H. GuisDALE. Esq., B. Agr., 



Director, Dominion Experimental Farms, 



Ottawa. 



Sm, — I have the honour to submit herewith the thirteenth annual report of the 

 Cereal Division, in which is given a brief account of some of the more important 

 experiments and investigations which have been carried on during the past twelve 

 months. 



The season of 1915, which was extremely favourable for the production of remark- 

 ably large crops in many parts of Canada — particularly in the centre and west — was 

 not very satisfactory at Ottawa, so far as cereals were concerned. The wet weather, 

 which prevailed during the harvest, lowered the quality of nearly all the grain and 

 seriously reduced the vitality of some lots. However, most of our varieties were har- 

 vested in fair condition. 



In mid-summer my milling and jjaking assistant, Mr. K. W. Nichols, volunteered 

 for overseas service. His absence makes a serious break in the work of which he had 

 charge. This, however, is unavoidable, and I quite realize the paramount importance 

 of the task to which he is now devoting himself. The qualities which he displayed 

 while working in my Division make me perfectly confident that he will do his full share 

 in active service in the defence of civilization and liberty. 



I wish to bear testimony to the faithful and efficient work of all the other mem- 

 bers of the staff of my Division, especially Mr. G. Gordon Moe, my chief assistant, Miss 

 Mary C. Carter, my stenographer, and Mr. George J. Fixter, my foreman. 



Following my own report will be found the reports on cereals, written by the Sup- 

 erintendents of the various branch Farms and Stations. 



I have the honour to be, sir. 

 Your obedient servant, 



CHARLES E. SAUNDERS, 



Dominion Oerealist. 



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