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by the central authorities, the sending of experts
to the farms to teach butter and cheese making,
agricultural shows and competitions, schools and
examinations—all these are organised and administered
 with unfailing energy.
The Government realises that the value of their
results depends on their being well advertised,
accessible to all, and of that practical form that
will commend itself to the practical but imperfectly
educated tiller of the soil. So scientific pamphlets
which are mines of valuable information, samples
of seed, and even cuttings, are distributed to applicants
 free of charge. That the Government has
succeeded in winning the confidence of the farmer
is evidenced by the statistics of correspondence by
their co-operation in establishing and conducting
experiments at outlying stations, and by the
attention with which the results of their various
experiments are received and followed throughout
Canadal

1 “The correspondence maintained with the officers of
the farms by the public is also an indication of the great
use which is being made of the experimental farms by the
farmers of Canada. This correspondence has assumed
very large proportions. At the Central Farm alone, during
the past six years, 305,840 letters have been received, or an
average of 50,973 per year for the six years. Reckoning
the working days in the year at 310, this is an average of
160 letters a day for the whole period. This branch of the
work seems to be steadily growing. In 1901, the total
number of letters received at all the farms was 59,461. In
1902, the number was increased to 73,317. During the
first three months of 1903, from January 1 to March 31,