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of inspection. Specially trained men are sent out to visit the 

 farms of applicants for trees and an inspection made of the land 

 intended for the purpose, certain requirements in regard to prep- 

 aration being made before the trees asked for will be sent. This 

 is also followed up by systematic inspection for three years after 

 the trees are planted. 



Of deciduous trees sent out, those which have given best re- 

 sults are the cottonwood, Russian and laurel leaved willow, box 

 elder, green ash, white elm, basswood and canoe birch. 



Manitoba Agricultural College Horticultural building at the right, with 

 greenhouses in front of it. 



Of coniferous trees, the white spruce, Scotch and lodgepole 

 pines, balsam fir and western tamarack, or larch, have been the 

 best. Small stock is invariably sent out, and full instructions as 

 to handling and planting the stock are also sent to the growers. 



The demand for this stock has so increased with each suc- 

 ceeding year that the quantity sent to each individual applicant 

 has been reduced each year. The principal object of the work 

 is not governmentel patrimony but a means of stimulating more 

 extensive tree-planting on our western prairies. 



Vegetable Growing. — Manitoba offers good opportunities in 

 this line. As we have a rich soil, a quick season and a growing 

 market, despite the fact that we have every year been importing 

 large quantities of vegetables into the Province, the industry has 

 not developed as one would expect. This, to some extent, has 

 been due to the fact that comparatively little effort has as yet 



