'386 The Canadian Horticulturist. 



In this work President Mills has taken a very active part, and the labors of his 

 office were thereby greatly increased. The high esteem in which President 

 Mills is held by the fafmers of Ontario, and the very high regard in which he is 

 held by the leading agriculturists of the United States, prove that his work has 

 been most successful. Personally President Mills has the best wishes of all ; he 

 is known as a man of energy and thoroughness. He has shown the greatest 

 courtesy to the many thousand farmers with whom his work brings him in con- 

 tact at Guelph and elsewhere ; he has kept himself free from party politics, and 

 is as acceptable to Conservatives as to Reformers. His administration of affairs 

 is clear and above reproach. He has never been known to seek praise or 

 publicity, to sound his own praises or encourage others to sound them for him, 

 to gain any notoriety by pulling or tickling the ear of the public. He has simply 

 done his duty, and that not always a pleasant or popular one, and has allowed 

 himself to be judged by the public on the merits of work done. His work 

 speaks for him, and the agriculturists and others of this Province know that the 

 Ontario Agricultural College embodies the life work of President Mills and the 

 many energetic workers by whom he has surrounded himself during the past 

 sixteen years. Since Dr. Mills has been given full control of the College, things 

 have become settled into systematic methods, and one can see evident marks of 

 progress in every department. 



In our last number we referred briefly to the Horticultural Department, 

 which has only recently been added, but which, under the careful management 

 of Prof. Hutt, coupled with Dr. Mills' wise oversight, promises to be one of the 

 most important and popular departments of study at the College. Another 

 department which has been fostered by Dr. Mills is that of Agricultural Experi- 

 ments ; and this deserves passing notice from us, even if not connected with 

 fruit growing. The experimental grounds cover an area of about 40 acres, and 

 have been divided into 1,700 plots, and are laid out in ranges about four rods 

 wide. A road about one rod wide runs through each two ranges, and a wider 

 driveway divides the ranges into two equal parts. Our readers will be interested 

 in the accompanying view of these experimental plots, and we may imagine, if 

 possible, the work and care necessary to harvest separately, cut, haul, weigh, 

 thresh and clean the products. The experimenter in charge of all this work is 

 Mr. C. A. Zavitz, a gentleman well fitted to make the best of such excellent 

 opportunities. 



Another fine view from the top of the College is that of the Dairy Depart- 

 ment, under charge of Prof. Dean, a department well known to our readers 

 through the Travelling Dairy. 



Any one of our readers who wishes to know more of the extent of the work 

 now in charge of Dr. Mills, should write to the College for a copy of the last 

 annual report. 



On page 378, for " Gardening," read "American Gardening." 



