DOMINION EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 109 



The bush fruits were planted in the spring of 1911, in rows 

 six feet apart, with the gooseberries and currants five feet apart 

 in the row and the raspberries three feet. These plants, while 

 small, have strawberries planted between the rows. The latter 

 will be ploughed up in 1913. 



There was no shelter belt large enough to be a protection 

 to the bush fruit plantation when the fruits were planted and, 

 in order to catch the snow, sunflower seed was sown in rows 

 alternately with the bush fruits and strawberries, early in 

 June. These attained a height of about three feet when the 

 frost came. Being still green and immature, the leaves remained 

 on throughout the winter and the heads were not heavy enough 

 to break the stalks. Consequently, they served as a most 

 efficient shelter. 



Vegetable Garden and Flowers. 



The only protected place on the Station is a spot immed- 

 iately south of the men's boarding house, 120 feet by 380 feet, 

 and in this was planted part of the vegetable garden in 1911. 

 The protection is a hedge of maples about 12 feet high, quite 

 open in spots, but, nevertheless, of sufficient density to check 

 the wind considerably, thereby allowing cabbage, lettuce, 

 cauliflower, onions and many other vegetables, which failed to 

 grow in the open the year previous, to make luxuriant growth. 

 Although the space was small, it was the admiration of all who 

 saw it at any time during that season. 



There is not yet a sufficiently protected place for a flower 

 garden, but a successful attempt was made at growing a bed of 

 thirteen hundred tulips at the south side of the Superintendent's 

 house. When these finished blooming, the bed was planted 

 with a few annuals. 



On the east, west and north sides of the farm are two rows 

 of trees and a row of shrubs, planted in 1909, those dying having 

 been replaced in the years following. The shrubs particularly 

 are beginning to make a fine appearance. In addition to 

 improving the looks of the farm, they will form a good shelter 

 belt. 



On the west and north sides of the house, on both sides of 

 the driveway, are groups of many varieties of shrubs and about 

 an acre of lawn to be bordered with flowers. There is also a 

 lawn north of the men's boarding house. 



Live Stock. 



Two grade dairy cows, five work horses and a driving horse 

 at present constitute the live stock of the Station. 



