ONTAKh 



..ttiuii, with 354; tin- Dominion Swine Breeders' 

 lation. with 5;S; the (Unarm Poultry ASMK lation, witli ' 

 the Ontario Hcrk>ln; '\. with U5 ; the Ontario Yorkshire 



Society, with 175. 



These Associations are organized for the purpose of looking 

 after the in:* i the classes of stock which they repre 



One of the most important things which has been taken up by them 

 i> the ijnoiion uf transportation. Upon representation.^ made to 

 the railway corporation-. \ery considerable reduction^ in the freight 

 fur pure-bred live stock have been conceded. They have also 

 secured additional important shipping facilitie> and condition-: 

 co-operati\e shipping of pure-bred stock is arranged, and cars of 

 pure-bred stock are sent regularly once each month from Ontario 

 tu the \\estern Provinces. And they are very closely associated 

 with the records for pure-bred stock in Ontario. 



In addition to the Provincial Associations, there are the Record 

 Associations for Canada, practically all having their headquarters 

 in Ontario, owing to the fact that a very large proportion of the 

 Breeders of pure-bred stock reside in this Province. 



Two Provincial Stock Shows are also held under the auspices 

 of these Associations, the Ontario Provincial Winter Fair at Guelph, 

 and the Eastern Ontario Live Stock and Poultry Show at Ottawa. 



Poultry Associations. 



There are 45 recognized local Associations, with a total member- 

 >hip of about 2,000. A recognized Association is one that is entitled 

 c a government grant and to have a lecturer supplied by 

 the Department at a meeting held in most cases at the time of the 

 Association's Annual Poultry Show. Each Association must hold 

 a "how annually. The total number of entries at the shows held 

 in iiu was 24,221, and the prize money paid was $10,000. The 

 wrk of these Associations adds much to the interest in improve- 

 ment of poultry conditions. Mr. Geo. Robertson, President, 

 Poultry Association of Eastern Ontario, in an Association meeting 

 said:" Poultry kept under proper conditions will pay, and pay 

 JIM as well as anything else on the farm. In the first place, they 

 must be properly housed, properly fed and cared for, and they must 

 also be properly bred the la t the lea^t in importance." 



Pnf. El ford said: "The average farmer knows how to grow 

 poultry produce lietter than he does how to market it. We 

 producers have failed in this. There is nothing that pays nearly 

 so well as proper feeding for the market." And speaking of eggs, 



