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-^ JvFotes ar)d (forT)iT)er)t<^. ^ 



The People of Algoma seem to be 

 interested in fruit culture. They claim 

 that their climatic conditions are so 

 modified by the waters of the lakes, that 

 many fruits can be grown for export, and 

 that a fruit e.xperiment station should be 

 established in that part of Ontario in 

 order to determine what fruits may be 

 grown successfully, and thus save the 

 settlers there many years of wasted time 

 in testing varieties. St. Joseph's Island 

 has been mentioned as a desirable 

 location for such a station. 



Queensland (Australia), according 

 to Farming, is waking up to the advan- 

 tages of agricultural education. The 

 Minister of Agriculture, the Hon. A. J. 

 Thynne, has established an agricultural 

 college at Galton, and arranged for 

 several experimental farms elsewhere. 

 He is also about to establish another 



experimental farm in order to make 

 experiments in fruit culture, and parti- 

 cularly with regard to insect pests. It 

 is understood that this farm will be 

 started at a very early date, and that it 

 will be in a neighborhood convenient to 

 Brisbane. Within the last twelve months 

 Sir Patrick Jennings has started a private 

 experimental station of his own at ^Vest- 

 brook. Darling Downs. 



Farming, our excellent contemporary 

 journal, which stands to the farmer in 

 much the same relation as this journal 

 does to the fruit grower, has made a new 

 departure, and become a weekly. It is 

 fresh and bright, giving prominence to 

 all the latest matters of interest to the 

 farmer, which it also discusses in a most 

 intelligent manner in its editorials. We 

 commend Farming to all our readers. 



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