AGRICULTURAL WORK IN ONTARIO 11 



10. Test of 20 varieties of potatoes yield of from 340 to 

 351 bushels per acre obtained with late varieties. 



11. Sale at market prices of 100 bushels of above potatoes 

 for seed purposes. 



12. Experiments with insecticides and fungicides. 



14. Conducting of fertilizer experiments on three different 

 farms. 



15. Conducting of stock judging competitions for boys at fall 

 fairs, four in all. 



16. Exhibit at County Fair, Morrisburg. Insects, plant diseases, 



weeds, products of sprayed and unsprayed orchards, spray- 

 ing materials, apparatus, etc., produce of Demonstration 

 Plots, distribution of bulletins, etc. 



17. In 1909, during Fair, actual drainage work going on. Tak- 

 ing of levels, grading, etc., demonstrated. 



18. Demonstration of good orchard culture by personal (assist- 

 ant and myself) care of four orchards; constant supervision and 

 direction of care of another. 



RESULTS : 



Orchard No. 1 : Marked difference in yield and quantity of 

 fruit on sprayed and unsprayed part. 



Area, 1 1-3 acres; 43 trees. 



Total yield, 143 bbls. 



Unsprayed part, One row of trees through centre of 

 orchard total yield of those 5 trees, 7 bbls.; less 

 than 1 bbl. of No. 1 apples. 



Net returns to owner, $400, (apples sold on trees). Cost 

 of spraying material, $7.90. 



No record kept of cost of pruning or cultivation. 



In unsprayed orchards in neighbourhood, apples scarce and 



of worst quality. 

 Orchard No. 2: (four miles distant from No. 1). 



14 trees Mclntosh, 16 trees Fameuse $350 worth of 

 apples harvested at market price. No check trees 

 kept. Cost of spraying material $5.69. 



In nearby orchard from which 100 bbls. were sold in 1909, 

 less than 10 bbls. were of inferior quality in 1910. In 

 adjoining orchard, apples worthless. (This is the case 

 with all unsprayed Mclntosh and Fameuse apples this 

 year). Fruit from this orchard taken by Dominion 

 Department of Agriculture to World's Fair, at Brus- 

 sels. 



Orchard No. 3: (Two miles from orchard No. 1 and orchard 

 No. 2). 



