2IO BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan., 



could not be grown in the North at all. In the same way we 

 studied different parts of America. Canada, for instance, 

 showed her capacity as a great dairy region. She showed it 

 in the fact that she supplied to the great Model Dairy two of 

 the leading breeds of cattle. All of the Jerseys and Ayrshires 

 that were entered in that competition came from across the 

 borders ; and these breeds certainly made a good showing. 

 Canada also showed her capacity in the line of dairy products. 

 If you went to the Dairy building you were impressed with 

 the cheese exhibit from Canada, especially with the high and 

 uniform excellence of the product. Then if you considered 

 a little and asked what position Canadian cheese held in the 

 markets of the world you would find, upon a little inquiry, 

 that England takes a good share of the cheese which is ex- 

 ported from Canada, in preference to that which is made in 

 the United States, simply because that made in our country 

 cannot be depended upon. We are told that much of our 

 cheese is found to be made of skim milk, while others contain 

 a yellow oil that never came from milk. Further, we are told 

 that some cheese can be gotten in the United States which is 

 first-class, but the quality is not maintained, and as a result 

 the English people prefer to get their cheese from Canada, 

 where they have very strict laws regarding the placing on 

 the market of skim milk cheese or filled cheese. Now, you 

 can draw your own agricultural lesson from that little fact. 



Canada, too, represents a tract of country which is open- 

 ing up new territory, and especially in one of her provinces, 

 Manitoba. At the present time the old adage which I believe 

 is ascribed to Horace Greeley, " Go West, young man," is 

 being changed a little, and they are saying " Go Northwest, 

 young man, and you will find rich territory, with plenty of 

 opportunities for raising the leading cereals or for keeping a 

 dairy; you will find the agricultural opportunities generally 

 superior to those in the states." I am inclined to think that 

 this is true, because the best of our agricultural lands within 

 the states have been taken up, and most of the available lands 

 now are those that require artificial watering to make them 

 productive. 



Possibly more general interest was shown by farmers in 

 one particular feature of the fair than any other, and that 

 was the Model Dairy. And I thought perhaps it would be 



