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Some other diseases are equally injurious. Club-root of turnips and 

 cabbages has become so serious in the Maritime Provinces that some farmers 

 have abandoned turnip growing because of the ravages of this disease. 

 Among other diseases which are annually causing great losses to the farmers 

 are: Apple Scab, Apple Cankers, Anthracnose of Raspberries, various 

 diseases of grain crops, such as smut, rust, and many others. 



The Dominion Field Laboratory of Plant Pathology for New Brunswick 

 has been established in the Dominion public building in Fredericton lately 

 occupied by the post office and customs office, on the corner of Queen and 

 Carleton Streets. It is centrally located in the best section of the city, 

 surrounded by the other Dominion government buildings; post office, 

 military barracks and officers' quarters, while in the adjoining city blocks 

 are the provincial normal school, the city hall and the agricultural county 

 market where farmers come to sell their products. 



This situation makes the laboratory convenient of access to farmers 

 coming to town regularly with their products, and to those attending 

 agricultural and other conventions, which usually meet here. Fredericton, 

 the capital of the province, is centrally located, with railway facilities to 

 all parts of the province. 



The laboratory occupies the five large rooms on the first floor, and when 

 properly equipped will be one of the most up-to-date laboratories in tlie 

 Dominion of Canada, with ample space available for future development. 



The main office is 14.7 by 18.9 feet, supplying ample space for desks, 

 book cases, filing cabinets and a large record holding cabinet, 9 feet long, 

 consisting of drawers and cupboards. 



The library and museum is 18.9 by 27.9 feet and contains 280 feet of 

 shelf space along two walls, with considerable more room for the shelves 

 when required. Also a large counter 3}/2 feet high and 15 feet long, with 

 drawers and cupboards beneath on one side and surmounted with two book- 

 shelves, running across the room. This serves as a current magazine table 

 and also cuts off a section of the room for a stenographer's desk and record 

 filing cabinets. 



The library at present contains 6,800 volumes of periodical bulletins 

 and circulars, and receives regularly all the reports and publications of the 

 United States Experiment Stations and Agricultural Colleges, special 

 publications of the United States Department of Agriculture and most of 

 the Canadian publications on agricultural subjects. These are to be added 

 to from time to time as opportunity presents itself. This is a ver>^ important 

 section of the laboratory since at the present time no large collection of 

 agricultural periodicals exists in the province. 



