170 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 
2-3 EDWARD VII., A. 1903 
February 17, Hamilton, Ont.—Hamilton Horticultural Society: The Flora of the 
Rocky Mountains.’ 
February 18, Toronto.—Toronto Normal School : ‘ Nature Study.’ 
March 6, Ottawa.—Canadian Forestry Asociation: Discussion of Forest Insects. 
March 21, Ottawa.—Ottawa Normal School: ‘Our Common Birds and What 
they do.’ ; 
May 20, Niagara Falls and St. Catharines —Examining the experiments by Mr. 
Geo. E. Fisher, the Provincial Inspector for controlling the San José Scale. 
June 4, Orillia, Ont.—Orillia Horticultural Society : ‘ Remedies for Orchard Insects 
and how to apply them’. The East Simcoe Farmers Institute: ‘Insects injurious to 
farm crops.’ 
June 12-30.—Holding meetings in south-eastern Alberta for the North-west 
Government. 
July 28-31.—Attending the Summer School of Science at St. Stephen, N.B., where 
an address was delivered on July 30 upon ‘ Nature Study in Education ’, and some other 
addresses before the botanical class of the Summer School. 
August 5-11.—Holding farmers’ meetings in Prince Edward Island in company with 
Prof. Robertson, at Summerside on 5th, Kensington on 6th, New Perth on 7th, Char- 
lottetown on 8th, Crapaud on 9th, and Tignish on 11th. 
August 14, Aylmer, Que.—Fruit Growers’ Association of Quebec : ‘ Fruit Insects of 
the year’. 
aan. 9-10, Brome, Que.— Attending the Brome County Exhibition, where an 
exhibit was arranged showing growing fodder grasses, as well as bundles of the dry hay 
and all the weeds of the district in a fresh and preserved condition. 
September 12.—Visited Oka, Que., and examined the experiments which had been 
made some years ago in planting pine groves to prevent sand from blowing, and also the 
gardens of the Trappists’ Monastery, and the extensive orchards of Mr. R. W. Shepperd. 
September 23, Richmond, Ont.—Carleton Model Fair : Judged the collections of 
natural history objects made by the teachers and school children of the district, and 
gave an address on the value of these to the farmers assembled. 
September 24, Whitby, Ont.—Model Fair. Judged the collections made by the 
teachers and school children of the district in the afternoon, and in the evening gave an 
address on the value of this work to farmers and particularly to the parents of the 
children engaged in the work. 
September 25.-—Visited Niagara Falls, investigating the progress of the San José 
Scale experiments, and inspected the Fumigation Station. 
October 28, St. Catharines and Niagara-on-the-Lake.—Accompanied the Ontario 
San José Scale Commission, examining the experiments in treating trees for the San 
José Scale by the Provincial Inspector. 
October 29, London, Ont.—Entomological Society of Ontario, annual meeting. 
Addressed Pea Weevil Conference in the afternoon 30th. ‘ Injurious Insects of the 
year’ and ‘Entomological Record for 1902’. Three papers were also read at this 
meeting by my assistant, Mr. Gibson. 
Fodder Plants.—The copious rains of the past season gave the experimental grass 
plots, a chance to recover from the effects of injury from drought last year and severe 
frost early in the winter of 1901-02. The growth of all varieties was very luxuriant, 
and the large collection of grasses and clovers attracted the attention of all visitors. 
Among experiments of special interest were rows of peas grown to illustrate the injury 
done by the Pea Weevil and the Pea Moth; also beds of fall wheat sown at different 
dates last autumn, and plots of Chess and fall wheat which are planted every year to show 
farmers that these two plants have no relationship to each other. During the summer 
we have been able to convince many, who thought otherwise, that this is the case, by 
digging up plants of chess after the heads have appeared, and showing that the chess seed 
was still attached to the roots. This seed is entirely different from that of fall wheat, 
having a husk upon it which bears a fringe of bristles along each side of the conspicuous 
groove. I would suggest to some of those who still believe that chess is ‘degenerated 
