OF THE

Ontario Agricultural College

AND

Experimental Farm

1906

(PUBLISHED BY THE ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, TORONTO)

PRINTED BY ORDER OF

THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ONTARIO

TORONTO

Printed by L. K. CAMERON, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty

1-A.C.

WARWICK BRO'S & RUTTER, Limited, Printers,

TORONTO.

To the Honourable WILLIAM MORTIMER CLARK, K.C.,

Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Ontario.

MAY IT PLEASE YOUR HONOUR:

I have the pleasure to present herewith for the consideration of your Honour the Report of the Ontario Agricultural College for 1906.

TORONTO, 1907.

Respectfully submitted,

NELSON MONTEITH,
Minister of Agriculture.

AND

Experimental Farm, Guelph, Ont.

HON. NELSON MONTEITH, Minister of Agriculture, Toronto, Ont.

STAFF OF PROFESSORS, LECTURERS ANDĮDEMONSTRATORS.

1907.

G. C. CREELMAN, B.S.A., M.S.
H. H. DEAN, B.S.A.
C. A. ZAVITZ, B.S.A.
J. HUGO REED, V.S.
G. E. DAY, B.S.A.
H. L. HUTT, B.S.A.
J. B. REYNOLDS, B.A.
S. F. EDWARDS, M.Sc.
W. R. GRAHAM, B.S.A.

S. B. MCCREADY, B.A.
R. HARCOURT, B.S.A.

..President

.Professor of Dairy Husbandry. Professor of Field Husbandry and Experimentalist. ..Professor of Veterinary Science.

.Professor of Animal Husbandry and Farm Superintendent.

.Professor of Horticulture.
..Professor in English.
.Professor of Bacteriology.

Manager and Lecturer in Poultry Department.
Professor of Botany and Nature Study

Professor of Chemistry.

Professor of Entomology and Zoology.
..Lecturer in Apiculture.

.Lecturer in Chemistry and Geology.
..Lecturer in Animal Husbandry.

Lecturer in Entomology and Zoology.

.Lecturer in Forestry.
..Lecturer in Physics.

.Lecturer in Field Husbandry.

..Dean of Residence and Instructor in English and Mathematics.
Assistant in Library and Instructor in French and German

T. D. JARVIS, B.S.A.

E. J. ZAVITZ, B.A., M.S.F.

W. H DAY, B.A.

J. BUCHANAN, B.S.A.
D. H. JONES

ALICE ROWSOME, B.A.
J. W. EASTHAM, B.S.
H. L. FULMER, B.S.A..
H. S. PEART, B.S.A.
B. BARLOW, B.S.
J. E. HOWETT, B.S.A.
G. G. WHITE, B.S.A..
C. C. THOM, B.S.A.
MISS JEAN MCPHEE..
G. HIBBERD

.Demonstrator in Botany. .Demonstrator in Chemistry. ..Demonstrator in Horticulture .Demonstrator in Bacteriology. ....Demonstrator in Botany. .Fellow in Chemistry.

.Demonstrator in Physics. Demonstrator in Chemistry.

.Instructor in Drill and Gymnastics

Physician.

W. O. STEWArt, M.D.

Staff of Instructors, Macdonald Institute.

.Bursar.

Secretary Stenographer.

MISS M. U. WATSON

JOHN EVANS

E. W. KENDALL

MISS HELEN GIVEN

MISS EDNA M. FERGUSON
MISS ROSE MINA GREIST

ANNIE ROSS, M.D.

MISS GRACE GREENWOOD
MISS EMMA BIGELOW

CAPTAIN CLARK

Director of Home Economics. .Professor of Manual Training .Instructor in Manual Training .Instructor in Domestic Science.

.Assistant in Domestic Science.
.Instructor in Domestic Art.

Instructor in Physiology, Home Nursing, and Emergencies.

.Instructor in Normal Methods.

Instructor in Laundry and Household Administration.

Instructor in Drill and Gymnastics.

ONTARIO AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE

AND

EXPERIMENTAL FARM

FOR THE YEAR 1906.

GUELPH, December 31st, 1906.

To the Honorable the Minister of Agriculture:

SIR, I have the honor to transmit herewith the Thirty-second Annual Report of the Ontario Agricultural College and Experimental Farm, including the Report of the Macdonald Institute.

PART

The following is a brief review of the work contained in this Report:
I. THE REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT..

7

Changes in Staff, 7-Graduating Class, 11-Students, 14-First
Class Men, 16-Scholarships and Medals, 17-Dairy School
Certificates, 17-Financial Statement, 18.

Laboratory Work, 28-Drainage, 28-Weather, 29-Evaporation,
31-Water for Crops, 33-Peat Soils, 33-Soil Aanalysis, 35—
Aeration, 36-Lightning, 38.

PART V.
PART VI.

PART

PART

PART

PART

REPORT OF THE PROFESSOR OF BOTANY...
REPORT OF THE PROFESSOR OF ENTOMOLOGY AND ZOOLOGY..
Instruction, 42-Correspondence re Injurious Insects, 43-De-
monstrations, 47-Publications, 47-Öyster Shell Bark-Louse,
48-Root Maggot, 49-Spraying with Crude Petroleum, 50—
Equipment, 53-Entomological Society, 53.

VII. REPORT OF THE PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY..

Teaching, 55-Analyses, 56-Fertilizers, 57-Abitibi Soils, 58-
Breakfast Foods, 63-Sugar Beets, 69-Moisture in Butter,
72-Uucompleted Work, 75.

REPORT OF THE LECTURER IN CHEMISTRY AND GEOLOGY.
Animal Nutrition, 74-Beet Pulp for Feeding, 81-Feeding
Stuffs, 86.

VIII. REPORT OF THE PROFESSOR OF VETERINARY SCIENCE...

Class Room Work, 88-Purchase of Horses, 89-Diseases, 89.
IX. REPORT OF THE PROFESSOR OF DAIRY HUSBANDRY.
Diplomas, 90-Experiments in Buttermaking, 91-Experimental
Exports, 92-Moisture in Butter, 99-Experiments in Cheese-
making, 108-Rennet vs. Pepsin, 110-Temperatures for Cook-
ing Curds, 112-Moisture in Cheese, 113-Acidity, 115-Ripen-
ing, 117-Determination of Moisture, 120-Milk and Cream
Testing, 125-Holstein-Friesian Cows, 127-The Dairy Herd,

130.

X. REPORT OF THE PROFESSOR OF BACTERIOLOGY.

Lectures, 133-Laboratory Work and Analysis, 133-Research
Work, 136.