80 DOMINION EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



EXPERIMENTAL STATION 



FOB 



CENTRAL QUEBEC 



CAP ROUGE, QUE. 



Establishment. 



This Station was established on January 1st, 1911. It 



comprises lots 23, 26, 27, 30, 31 of the first concession of 



Demaure Seigniory, in the parish of Cap Rouge, county of 

 Quebec, and is in a solid block. 



Location. 



The farm is in Cap Rouge village, and about nine miles 

 from Quebec City. It is not more than a mile from the mac- 

 adamized roads of Ste. Foye and St. Louis, the two splendid 

 highways which constitut3 the famous Cap Rouge promenade. 



Facilities of Communication. 



The nearest railway station is Cap Rouge, half a mile from 

 the farm buildings, on the Canadian Northern Railway. This 

 line goes from Quebec to the St. Maurice River, also to Montreal. 

 The Grand Trunk Pacific touches the north-east corner of the 

 property, whilst the C.P.R. station at Lorette is not five miles 

 away. The new line of the Canadian Northern to the Quebec 

 bridge meets that of the G. T. P. in Cap Rouge village. The 

 name of the Post Office is also Cap Rouge, and is less than a 

 mile from the farm. 



Area. 



The property consists of 326 acres, of which 160 are in 

 cultivation, 30 used for ornamental grounds, paddocks and 

 buildings, 21 a steep side-hill, 64 in brush, and 51 in forest. 

 It is all tillable, with the exception of about 25 acres. The 

 land slope 5 to the south, for a distance of from one to two 

 thousand feet from the southern boundary, which is the main 

 road from Ste. Foye and Sillery to St. Augustin. The rest of 

 the farm is practically level with, however, enough gentle fall 

 to the north-east to admit of easy drainage. 



Soil. 



The soil, not very fertile, varies from a sandy to a heavy 

 clayey loam. These are generally separated by areas of a mixed 



