118 AGKi('i:i.Tri;Ai. uHsorHcEs. 



to the low ]irice of wlicat, and tlic teiidfiicy now is to small 

 I'arnis. In tlie United Stales a niillinn a year are added to the 

 population: so tliat, eve lon<<', cnnsunqilion will overtake ]n-o- 

 , dnction, and the jirice- i.f lanii ]irnduce will rise, and small 

 foi'ms of one liundre(l acres will uixc a eomfortable living to a 

 family. As population imicases here the value of farm yvo- 

 duets will he increased and laiaii-life will l)erome more at- 

 tractive. The small-farm system, I'ur which Newfoundland is 

 iidmii'ably adajited, is now superseding the large food-factories of 

 the we^it, where the aim is to (diminati- the hand of man bj' 

 machinery, to the destruction of social life in the country. Bet- 

 ter times for our ])eoplc are not far off. Xewfoundlaud has at 

 last a chance for turning to account her long-neglected fertile 

 lands. 



CATTI^K AXI> SHKKP RAISING. 



With small farms the raising of cattle and sheep on a large 

 scale, as has been already stated, could be carried (m over manj' 

 thousands of acres -which ai'c admiralily adapted for ranching 

 ])urposes. Cattle thus raised could lie i I'ansjwi-ted in six or seven 

 ilavs to England, and would arrive in excellent comlition, and 

 would compete, at a great adxautage, in the market over animals 

 that after a railway journey of Imndi-eds of miles have to undergo 

 a sea-voyage of twelve or fouileen days, arriving in a deteriorated 

 condition after many losses. 



FREEZIX*; rilOt KSSKS KOK >IEAT. 



Science has made great strides, in recent years, in the different 

 methods of preserving meats in a IVesh state, so that the super- 

 rtuity of one country can be transpoi-ted to another, where it is 

 scarce and costly. Millions of tins of canned meats are now sent 

 to all the great markets ol Kuro]>e, and the increase in this trade 

 every year is enorniou-. 'i'he free/ing process for the j'l'cser- 

 vation of meat of all kimls, game, p(jultry and fish, has now 

 reached such a state of jierfection tliat it is no longer necessary 

 to ])i-cserve them with salt, in oi(h'i- that they may " ci'oss the 

 Jine'" when sent from Australia ir India to England. In cold 



