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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



7-8 EDWARD VII., A. 1908 

 METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS EOR BRANDON, MAN. 



VISITORS. 



During the year a very large number of farmers and others, estimated at about 

 15,000 in all, have visited the farm. 



The Women's Press Association of Pennsylvania, to the number of 150, made a 

 careful inspection in June. 



The General Press Association of the United States, during their stay in Brandon, 

 paid particular attention to the farm. 



Many of the Bankers' Excursion from the United States -were especially anxious 

 to learn of the agricultural possibilities of the province, as sho-wn in the crops and 

 records here. 



A considerable deputation representing Australian investors spent much time on 

 the farm, gathering information for their report to those -who sent them. 



Numbers from New Zealand, the Argentine, India, Japan (including the Hon. 

 Tatsugoro Nosse, Consul General) and many of the European countries were all intent 

 upon learning of the possibilities in the Canadian West. 



Owing to some misimderstanding between the Farmers' Institutes and the Grain 

 Growers' Association, there were no farmers' excursions to the Brandon Experimental 

 Farm during the year. 



EXHIBITION WORK. 



Large quantities of samples for exhibition purposes were prepared for the Exhi- 

 bition Branch and the Immigration Department of the Federal Government. These 

 were sent to the British Isles and foreign countries. 



Exhibitions were prepared and placed at the Brandon Summer and Winter Fairs. 

 These received much attention and favourable comiment. 



