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>s and power t make < Mitario Mill more desirable as a Province 

 inch to live. It aim- il c\pi Tiinent work, and the securing of 

 the U-st \aneties ,,i Drains, r. : at the proper breeding 



I horses, rattle, sheep and ho^s ; at -ee<I and stuck judging; cow- 

 texiiiiK ; the due rare and handling of milk ; attention to the sanitary 

 surroundings nf staMcs. milk houses, factories, and creameries; the 

 getting of go<xl road-, rural mail delivery, telephones, etc.; the 

 interesting of the farm hoy in experiment work, testing grain 



testing, and feeding of stock; the hastening of agricultural 

 ; tid practice into public schools; and the co-operation of 

 farmers in purchasing supplies and in the marketing of faun 

 produce. Local, definite, and concrete, it is one of the most popular 

 forms of organi/ation ; and through its medium much effective 

 work is done. The number of clubs is 230. 



Dairymen's Associations. 



In the year 1867 the dairymen of Ontario who were interested 

 in the manufacture of cheese and butter formed a cheese and butter 

 makers' association, with a view to establishing uniformity in meth- 

 ods and stimulating a wider and keener interest in the dairy 

 industry. Later the original organization developed into the Dairy- 

 men'- \- < -iation of Eastern Ontario and the Dairymen's Associa- 

 tion of Western < Mitario. Much was done at the annual conven- 

 of these Associations to improve dairy conditions. Then in 

 In Western Association, and in 1880 the Eastern, undertook 

 to send instructors to give assistance to the makers in the factories, 

 which did much to improve conditions and to establish uniformity 

 in Ontario cheese and butter. This work developed to such an 

 extent that in i<j>7 the Provincial Department of Agriculture came 

 to the assistance of the Associations by appropriating funds to sup- 

 port a staff of instructors sufficient to make periodical visits to all 

 the factories and creameries in the Province. The work is now 

 direct cd by the Department, which has the co-operation and advice 

 of the Assuciatioiis. These Associations also hold district dairy 

 meetings in the various sections, emphasi/injr ^urli features as arc 

 <t imjwirtance in each. The Western Association has, for 

 a iinniU-r of \cars. lu-ld a dairy show in connection with its annual 

 niion. The reports of the Associations are published cadi 

 liy the Provincial Department for distribution -jcm-rally among 

 the factory-men and farmers of the Province. 





