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REPORT OF THE SCOTTISH COMMISSION 



which was, like most Canadian byres, floored with wood and not 

 up to the sanitary requirements of our own country. It had one 

 novelty, a sky railway inside the byre for carrying the food along 

 the main passage and also for carrying out the manure. Leaving 

 Mr Whitman's farm, we drove towards the hill. On our way up 

 we passed much woodland, composed largely of maple trees, from 

 which maple syrup is extracted. On the top we got a very fine 



THE HON. SYDNEY FISHER S COUNTRY RESIDENCE, KNOWLTON 



view of the country, a well-wooded country, with Brome Lake in the 

 hollow. Descending the hill the creamery at Knowlton was in- 

 spected. It is, if we may put it in that way, like the Prince Edward 

 Island Creamery, already described, a cross between a private and 

 a co-operative creamery. The owner charges the farmers 2\ cents 

 per lb. of butter made. The profits are divided among the farmers 

 according to the quantity and quality of the milk supplied. After 

 a passing visit to the library at Knowlton we proceeded to Alva 

 Farm, the country residence of Mr Fisher. A few hours were spent 

 in congenial company. Mr Fisher had brought to meet us, Judge 

 Lynch, Sir Melbourne Tait, Chief Justice of Quebec, Mr George Foster, 

 Lawyer, Montreal, Dr Fletcher, Botanist, Ottawa (since deceased), 

 Dr Robertson, Principal of Macdonald's College, St Anne de Bellevue, 



