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7-8 EDWARD VII., A. 1908 



COKRESPONDENCE. 



During the year 2.675 letters were received at this farm and 2,715 sent ont, ex- 

 clusive of reports and of circulars mailed with samples of grain. 



AGRICULTUEAL MEETINGS. 



During the year I attended and delivered addresses at the following meetings : — ■ 

 Winter Fair, Amherst, IST.S., December 4 to 7, 1905. N. B. Farmers' and Dairymen's 

 Associations at Fredericton, Jan. 22 to 26. Short Course Judging, Truro, N.S., 

 February 1 to 10. Waweig, N.B., February 26 to 29. Provincial Dairy School. 

 Sussex, N.B., March 6 to 10 ; March 16 to 20. Blue Mountain, Pictou county, March 

 28. Garden of Eden, Pictou county, March 29. Lorneville, Cumb. county, N.S., 

 April 2. Northport, Cumb. county, April 3. Shinimicas, Cumb. county, N.S., April 

 4. Halifax, N.S., April 9 to 11. Winter Fair, Amherst, N.S., December 3 to 6. 

 Short Course Judging, Truro, N.S., January 21 to 26, 1907. N. S. Farmers' and 

 Dairymens' Association, Middleton, N.S., January 28 to 31. N. B. Farmer's and 

 Dairymen's Association, Fredericton, X.B., February 11 to 15. Prov. Dairy School, 

 Sussex, N.B., March 4 to 14. 



EXHIBITIONS. 



Together with all the Experimental Farms of the Dominion, an exhibit of the pro- 

 ducts of this farm was made at the Dominion Exhibition in Halifax, N.S.. Septem- 

 ber 22 to October 5. An exhibit was also made at Charlottetown, P.E.I., October 8 

 to 12. 



VISITORS. 



About the usual numbers visited the farm the past year, mostly in small companies 

 of from twenty to forty in a party; the largest gathering being the Maritime Board 

 of Trade, which having met in Amherst, spent an afternoon at the Experimental 

 Farm, a company of about one hundred. 



I have the honour to be, sir. 



Your obedient servant, 



R. ROBERTSON, 



Superintendent. 



