12 COMMISSION OF CONSERVATION 



No records kept, but fruit on sprayed trees 15 in number, 

 first-class. One unsprayed tree had not an apple al- 

 though there was plenty of blossom and the fruit set 

 well all through this section in 1910. 

 Orchard No. 4: Fruit clean. 



In the above four orchards work was done by my assistant or by 

 myself. 



Orchard No. 5: (Located 8 miles from other nearest demon- 

 stration orchard.) 

 Pruning, care and spraying done under our direction. 



Area, was 3 acres, Mclntosh. 



An orchard which seldom before grew marketable fruit. 

 Fruit sold on trees for $350, and graded nearly all firsts 

 and seconds. Three check trees fruit useless. In 

 unsprayed orchards of neighbourhood, fruit useless. 



Lanark Lanark county exports no grain; it is not as yet a 



County fruit county and its climate and soil do not lend 



themselves to the production of special crops. It is primarily a 

 grazing county and the principal industry is thus largely under the 

 supervision of the Dairy Instructor. Consequently, it is not easy 

 to show big results in any one line through the work of this office. 

 With the stimulation of production, the elimination of waste and 

 the promotion of agricultural interests in general as our governing 

 policy, we have, however, endeavoured to make the most of our oppor- 

 tunities and steadily to increase the sphere of influence of the office. 



In this report no attempt is made to touch upon the work of the 

 office as an information bureau. This has been pretty well covered 

 in a previous report and it is sufficient to say that the number and 

 variety of questions handled have greatly increased with each season, 

 as has also the area represented by those making use of the office. 

 Neither have I referred to the school work nor to meetings addressed 

 within the county and at outside points. 



During the fall of 1909, we added three new Farmers' Clubs to 

 our list Ramsay Township, Carleton Place and Pakenham. These 

 Clubs all held meetings every three or four weeks, and in addition to 

 the interest and enthusiasm which they awakened among the farmers 

 themselves, they afforded us additional opportunities for keeping in 

 touch with the more remote parts of the county. Our largest Club, 

 South Lanark, which has had three successful seasons, has been one 

 of our most important mediums in our work locally. While the dis- 

 cussion of farm topics and topics of general interest has constituted 

 one of its most important features, we have, in addition, made use 

 of it in the following ways during the past two seasons : 



