. A guide to the experimental farms and stations ... special interest to the will be found to include nearly every fodder plant undercultivation in this country. Small plots are also used for testihgnew grasses or other plants with a view to ascertaining theiragricultural value. Generally there will be found each yeiarexperiments with some crop like millet, hemp, broom corp, variety tests of clover and alfalfa which have been begunrecently with a view to discovering the hardiest strains, theirpermanence and yield in herbage and seed, should also be foundof special interest.
. A guide to the experimental farms and stations ... special interest to the will be found to include nearly every fodder plant undercultivation in this country. Small plots are also used for testihgnew grasses or other plants with a view to ascertaining theiragricultural value. Generally there will be found each yeiarexperiments with some crop like millet, hemp, broom corp, variety tests of clover and alfalfa which have been begunrecently with a view to discovering the hardiest strains, theirpermanence and yield in herbage and seed, should also be foundof special interest. Reference Books and Botanical Library. J Students of plant pathology, mycology or general botanywill find a useful reference library on these subjects. Togetherwith the collections, field experiments, and the Botanic Gardens,they provide excellent opportunity for the study of agricul-tural and economic botany, and the ofiicers in charge willalways be pleased to give personal advice and instruction tothose interested. 56 DOMINION EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. Cotton Front House on Central Farm, Ready for Winter.(In summer raise curtains and take out glass). DOMINION EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 57 THE POULTRY DIVISION. On the establishment of the Poultry Division of the CentralExperimental Farm in 1887, the production of eggs andthe better quality of poultry in winter was comparativelyunknown, and the ideas of most farmers on the subject of poultrykeeping were very crude. The hens, in the majority of the barnyards throughout the country, were nondescripts and laid onlyin the spring and summer, moulted in the late fall or during thewinter and were thus non-productive when the demand wasgreatest. Their chickens were usually allowed to pick uptheir own living and, as a result, were lean and scraggy, dressedbadly and presented a decidedly uninviting appearance. The establishment of the Poultry Division of the Experi-mental Farm was the beginning of a better state of affairs. Itsgood effects soon began
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