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every country, such men on such occasions lose ground, financially, and sometimes 

 to such an extent as to take them several years to recover. The best and happily the 

 system most generally followed now is mixed farming. This is eminently adapted 

 to all parts of Canada, and to the rapid growth of this system of diversitied agricul- 

 ture may be attributed much of the phenomenal increase in the exports of Canadian 

 agricultural products, which has taken place during the past ten or twelve years. 



During the past season the writer has had an opportunity of visiting Great 

 Britain and France, and of noting the progress of agriculture there, and the results 

 produced by the measures which have been adopted to assist farmers in their work, 

 further particulars of which will be found in another part of this report. The 

 experience gained but strengthens the opinion that Canadian farmers are well to the 

 front in almost everything, and that there is no other country where there are so 

 many useful measures in operation designed to assist the farmer in overcoming the 

 difficulties he has to contend with, and to aid him in his endeavours to acquire a 

 better practical knowledge of the important principles which underlie his useful 

 occupation. It is gratifying to know that the farmers of this country are eager for 

 information and always ready to take advantage promptly of every opportunity of 

 improving their condition. With such a spirit of enterprise abroad and the enormous 

 agricultural resources awaiting development in Canada, the future prosperity of the 

 country is assured. 



This fourteenth annual report of the work of the experimental farms is submitted 

 to the farmers of Canada with the earnest hope that it may prove helpful to them 

 in the great work they have in hand of advancing the agricultural interests of this 

 country. 



