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thorough farmers before the days of Experimental Farms, understood 

 the true economy of early maturity. It is true, stables of excellent 

 bullocks were sent out with each succeeding spring and left behind 

 long prices, but no one shall ever know how expensively such beef 

 was made. The average farmer took a keen pride in the weight and 

 thickness of his year-old or more hogs. Ultimate size of animal and 

 gross return not infrequently clouded the vision to actual profit. 



Until recent years, grave mistakes were made in the housing 

 of stock. In the winter season, warmth w r as considered the chief 



Looking towards the City of Ottawa from the Director's residence in 1891. 



factor, and as old stables were overhauled or replaced they were made 

 as close as the circumstances of the builder would allow. The Experi- 

 mental Farms have shed much light on the ventilation problems with- 

 in the last few years. 



The man who blindly retains and milks year after year the 

 cows of his herd, without knowing whether or not they are paying for 

 their feed, is recognized as being behind the times, but who thought 

 of records and tests a quarter of a century ago? To milk cows in 

 winter was not the rule but the exception, and it is no wonder agricul- 

 ture got into a bad condition. 



