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Experiments in “cereal breeding,” with a view to
producing hardy plants of good milling quality and
large yield suitable for all climates ; experiments
in the introduction and breeding of horses, cattle,
sheep, pigs, and poultry, with attention to the needs
of the various markets ; experiments in the growing
 of timber trees and the production of fruits
which will withstand the rigours of climate;
experiments in the rotation of crops, and the
manuring of soils, the dates of sowing and harvesting,
 methods of pruning and packing, of feeding
and dairying —all these are conducted on an
elaborate scale, with expenditure entirely justified
 by results. These investigations are carried
on at different stations throughout the Dominion
by practical farmers, so that it may be possible to
deal with the varying conditions with which the
farmer has to contend. The work that the
Dominion Government has started is being developed
 by the Ontario and Manitoba Governments,
and will soon be shared by all the provinces of the
Federation. Colleges, equipped with large and well
stocked farms, for the education at cheap rates of
farmers’ sons and settlers who intend to become
farmers, institutes and clubs scattered through the
country and supplied with lecturers and pamphlets

581 tons of first-class material for this purpose. Of these
samples, 338,609 have been sent out from Ottawa, and
49,289 from the branch farms.” —Euvidence of Professor
Saunders, Divector of the Dominion Experimental Farms,
before Standing Committee on Agriculture.