DOMINION EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 115 



EXPERIMENTAL STATION 



FOR 



NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN, 



SCOTT, SASK. 



This farm is made of the N. E. quarter of Section 17 and 

 that portion of the S. E. quarter of Section 20 lying south of 

 the Grand Trunk Pacific, of township 39, Range 20, west of 

 the Third Meridian. The Station is located on the main line of 

 the above-mentioned road, and adjoins the townsite of Scott on 

 the north and east. 



The land for the Experimental Station was purchased by 

 the Dominion Government in the spring of 1910, and consists 

 of 198 J acres of average land, representative of a large section 

 of this part of Saskatchewan. The soil is a chocolate-coloured 

 clay loam, with a clay subsoil, rich in vegetable matter. There 

 is good natural drainage, the land sloping towards a depression 

 running throughout the farm. 



In the summer of 1910, 105 acres were broken, and during 

 the fall and winter following, a barn and a residence for the 

 Superintendent were erected. In the spring of 1911, experi- 

 mental work was begun. 



Four rotations (see plan) were started in that year, one of 

 nine years' duration, one of eight, a third of six, and a fourth 

 of three years, with the view of obtaining data as to the most 

 profitable rotation to adopt, while still maintaining the fertility 

 of the soil. 



In the cultural investigation work, a beginning was made 

 in 1911, with Experiment No. 5, containing fifty-five plots and 

 extending over five years. The remaining experiments in the 

 series are being put into operation as fast as possible. 



In addition to the rotation and cultural work, variety tests 

 are conducted each year with cereals, roots, vegetables, fruits, 

 flowers, trees and shrubs to ascertain the best sorts for the 

 climate and soil of northern Saskatchewan. 



Forty-two varieties of apples were set out the first year, 

 1911, seventeen varieties of plums, and a number of sorts of 

 small fruits. Considerable work was also done in setting out 

 hedges and trees for ornamental and protective purposes. 



Most of the ordinary kinds of garden vegetables do well 

 here, even when sown in the open. Many varieties of flowers, 



