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REPORT OF THE SCOTTISH COMMISSION 



Canada's most notable public men. We had Mr Fisher, Mr Oliver, 

 Mr Scott, the Hon. William Paterson, Minister of Customs, and Dr 

 Rutherford, Live Stock Commissioner. Our destination was the 

 chief experimental farm of the Dominion Government, a couple of 

 miles outside Ottawa. We were met on the outskirts of the farm 

 by Dr Fletcher, who was then chief assistant to Dr Saunders, the 

 Director-General of all the Dominon experimental farms. Dr 



FARMHOUSE AT GRIMSBY 



Fletcher introduced us to the different professors and we proceeded 

 to examine the farm, its crops, and its stock — horses, cattle, pigs, 

 poultry — all admirably housed. After lunch, the work carried on 

 at the farm was explained by Mr Fraser and Dr Fletcher. On 

 returning to Ottawa, we visited large sawmills on the banks of the 

 Ottawa River. From the sawmills we proceeded to our hotel, 

 bade Mr Fisher good-bye, and left Ottawa for Brockville. 



Brockville is in the vicinity of the Thousand Islands, and our 

 friends at Brockville were not sure whether we would prefer to see 

 the Islands or the agriculture of the district. Acting on the wise 

 principle, which we never disputed, of business first and pleasure 

 afterwards, they decided to leave the Islands for another time and 



