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farms in each province. Later, we transferred these farms to the 

 Dominion Department of Agriculture, that they might be extended 

 and carried on on a much larger scale than our limited financial 

 resources would permit. 



In Dundas county — which was selected as being 

 ApSren?'^^^'^^ a typical area, and easily accessible from Ottawa— 

 we have 16 illustration farms in the four townships 

 which constitute the county. We can now see the results of 

 work done on our advice, such as the effect of adding lime to the 

 land prior to growing clover, results from thick seeding and from 

 thin seeding of clover seed, from the use of certain varieties of seed, 

 particularly of barley, oats, potatoes and com. For instance, we 

 demonstrated that seeding with potatoes grown in Northern Ontario 

 or New Brunswick increased the yield by from 15 to 100 per cent 

 as compared with potatoes grown from southern Ontario seed. 



Our Agriculturist, Mr. F. C. Nunnick, has held numerous 

 meetings on our illustration farms in Dundas county, all of which 

 have been well attended. The large numbers of farmers at these 

 meetings, and the ipierest shown by the questions and discussions, 

 demonstrate, if demonstration were needed, the great value of our 

 work in this area. 



Unfortunately, the excessively wet weather experienced in 

 Eastern Ontario last autumn prevented the harvesting of many 

 fields of com and potatoes, the crops rotting in the ground. 



Advice respecting greater use of agricultural 

 Account^ Book machinery and of labour-saving devices has resulted 

 in much greater use of these highly efficient aids to 

 agriculture. During the year a Farmer's Account Book was pub-* 

 lished. It is exceedingly simple and has been in great demand, 

 particularly in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. Other farmers* 

 account books have been published from time to time, but have 

 failed because they were too complicated to secure adoption by the 

 average farmer. 



Our Agriculturist has given addresses at numerous points 

 throughout Canada. At the fair at Winchester, Dundas county, 

 the Commission had a tent containing an educational exhibit of crops 

 grown on the illustration farms and an automatic projector showing 

 results obtained by improved agricultural practice. 



