Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Dominion Experimental Farms: A Guide to the Experimental Farms and Stations
To conduct researches and experiments designed to test the value, for all purposes, of different breeds of stock and their adaptability to the varying climatic and other conditions which prevail in the several provinces.
To examine into scientific and economic questions involved in the production of milk, butter and cheese.
To test the merits, hardiness and adaptability Of new or untried varieties of wheat and other cereals, and of all field crops, grasses and forage plants, fruits, vegetables, plants and trees, and disseminate among persons engaged in farming, gar dening or fruit-growing upon such conditions as are prescribed by the Minister of Agriculture, samples of such surplus products as are considered to be especially worthy Of introduction.
To analyze fertilizers, whether natural or artificial, and conduct experiments with such fertilizers, in order to test their comparative values as applied to crops of various kinds.
TO examine into the composition and digestibility Of foods for various animals.
TO conduct experiments in the planting of trees for timber and for shelter.
To examine into the diseases to which cultivated plants and trees are subject and also into the ravages of destructive insects and ascertain and test the most useful preventatives and remedies to be used in each case.
To conduct any other experiments and researches bearing upon the agricultural industry Of Canada which may be approved of by the Minister of Agriculture.
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