A review of the work of the Experimental Farms . armers. From thatperiod until now the area devoted to these crops has been constantly in-creased until they occupy a position in the agriculture of the PrairieProvinces similar to that held by timothy in the older provinces. CLOVERS. In the early years of the W7est, the growing of clovers wasdespaired of because of the severity of the climate. Through thepersistent efforts of the Director and his officer, methods of success-fully growing both Common Red Clover and Alfalfa have been discov-ered at both Brandon and Indian Head and already these cr
A review of the work of the Experimental Farms . armers. From thatperiod until now the area devoted to these crops has been constantly in-creased until they occupy a position in the agriculture of the PrairieProvinces similar to that held by timothy in the older provinces. CLOVERS. In the early years of the W7est, the growing of clovers wasdespaired of because of the severity of the climate. Through thepersistent efforts of the Director and his officer, methods of success-fully growing both Common Red Clover and Alfalfa have been discov-ered at both Brandon and Indian Head and already these cropsare entering into the rotations of many western farms. If the Exper-imental Farms in western Canada had done nothing more than lead 25 26 the way to the growing of clovers as a general crop in these provinces,they would have fully justified their existence. CORN. The extension of the employment of corn for fodder pur-poses that has taken place in Canada during the last two decadeshas been greatly helped by the work of the Experimental * M Sheep pasturing on two-year old alfalfa. In districts where a long summer season prevails, the growing ofcorn is a comparatively simple matter, as almost any variety willreach a stage of sufficient maturity to make good fodder, but inmany parts of Canada, in fact in practically every province, thequestion of suitable varieties and of methods of cultivation areof prime importance. In the Maritime Provinces and in Quebec,very few of the heavy yielding sorts will mature, and this is doublytrue in regard to the Prairie Provinces. The location of the CentralFarm at Ottawa enables it to serve much of Quebec and northernOntario, while the Maritime Province Farms are able to settlethe questions of sorts and of methods of cultivation for these easternprovinces. On certain of these Farms, as well as at the Brandonand Indian Head Farms, silos have been in use for many years forthe storing of fodder for stock. The experience with these has been
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