Author: Canada Dominion Experimental F Stations

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-03-06

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9780666980380

Excerpt from Appendix to the Report of the Minister of Agriculture, Experimental Farms: Reports of the Director, Agriculturist, Horticulturist, Chemist, Entomologist and Botanist, Poultry Manager, Supt; Experimental Farm, Etc;, For 1893 The season of 1893 has been very varied, both in its character and results, in different parts of the Dominion. Almost everywhere the spring season has been back ward, and cold and wet weather delayed seeding. In the western and central parts of Ontario, a moist spring with an abundant hay crop was followed by a period of severe drought, which, while it did not materially affect the yield of winter wheat, had a marked influence on the different varieties of Spring grain, making the average crop light. Summer dairying was also affected by the drying up of the pasture lands: later, timely rains, however, helped the root crops, which turned out fairly satisfactory. In the eastern portions of the province Spring growth was also tardy and backward, but under favourable conditions as to moisture an excellent hay crop was gathered. The latter part of the summer was unusually wet, especially just preceding and during the grain harvest, and rust prevailed to such an extent that the weight and quality of spring grain was reduced far below the average, and the returns were in some respects disappointing. The wet weather, however, kept the pasture lands in good condition, and was favourable to the growth of roots for stock, and many varieties have given a generous yield. Fodder corn has also in most localities turned out fairly well. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.