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similarly done in any rural school with the field crops. For example,, 

 scholars might draw a map of their fathers' farms and keep a record from 

 year to year of the products of each field. 



This form is the one used for Experiment No. i, 1906, a test of dif- 

 ferent varieties of oats : — 



Was this test made according to instructions in all particulars? 



Did 1,000 people see your experiment ? 



For your soil, which variety do you consider best V 



Second best? Third best? Poorest 



What variety of oats is grown most extensively in your County ? 



What is the most important result which you have obtained from this experiment 

 that is likely to be of value to you in the tutu re ? 



A summary of the results of the experimenters throughout the whole 

 Province is made at the central bureau. This is reported on at the 

 Union's annual meeting in December, and is included in the annual re- 

 port, which is published and distributed free as a Government report. 

 Thus, for twenty years, many of our best farmers have been practically 

 solving for themselves the questions of best seed, best manuring, and 

 best cultivation of the soil. 



The work is not finished yet. It is only well commenced. Only a 

 small fraction of the community has been reached. The school may 

 well assist in the uplift, for it will share in the uplift. It makes for closer 

 observation, for more intelligent thinking and doing in the common 

 affairs that have been too long regarded as not needing thought and 

 care. It makes for increased productiveness of land and consequent im- 

 proved conditions of living. 



