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that h\ using plump or larger seed there will in ordiuarx circum- 

 es be a yield of 20 per cent, more crop than if the seed were 

 small or broken as they cann- from the fanning mill. In other 

 departments, such a> Chemistry, treating of fertilizers, cattle feeds, 

 well water, etc. ; Entomology, of inseci to. ; Botany, of weeds, 



fungus diseases, etc.; Bacteriology, of seed inoculation, etc.; Dairy 

 Husbandry, of cow testing, milk and cream testing, and so on, the 

 information is all in the line of practical progress. In the depart- 

 ment of Physics, and on the subject of drainage, it may be said that 

 perhaps no single line of development presents such possibil 

 Since Kjo6 the staff of the College had drained over 44,000 acrea in 

 the Province, and through the demonstrations given the farmers 

 themselves had drained about 130,000 acres. According to reports 

 received from farmers, that drainage had increased the yield about 

 $20 per acre, with the result that the annual return is now $2,600,000 

 better. As increase in drainage continues these figures must be 

 largely increased. There are at least twenty-five to thirty million 

 acres of land in Old and New Ontario to be drained, much of which 

 till then is entirely useless, and the remainder only partially pro- 

 ductive. And when this drainage is completed the value of all 

 < Ontario's farm products will be counted not in millions but in bil- 

 lions of dollars. In the department of Forestry, it is stated that 

 hern Ontario has 20,000 square miles with 9 per cent, of inferior 

 woodland, yielding only a small revenue. Much may be urged in 

 favour of the policy of reforesting the waste land. It will ensure 

 a supply of wood, protect the headwaters of rivers, provide breed- 

 ing ground for game, afford object lessons in forestry, pay finan- 

 cially, and give the people an opportunity of development in condi- 

 tions obviating failure and making success. 



Additional to the regular courses, there are Short Courses of 

 from two to four weeks' duration. Hundreds of farmers at 1 

 these courses and highly appreciate them. Returning in June, they 

 see the results of spring planting, elicit information by questioning, 

 and manifest intense interest. Many a boy attending >IK h study 

 for the first time is encouraged to come back to the College later on 

 for regular work. 



The work at the College among rural school teachers goes with 

 them as a great inspiration on their return to the country schools. 

 courses are under the direction of the Professor of Nature 

 Study, whose chief function as Director of Elementary Agricultural 

 Education under the Department of Education is to interpret the 

 learnings of the College and the findings of the Experimental Farm 



