grants ranging from $50 to $500 per pond. The amount of grant and conditions 

 attached to it vary with the individual Authorities. 



In 1962, subsidies were paid on 133 ponds by 11 Conservation Authorities. 



Pond sites surveyed: — 480 in 16 Conservation Authorities. 



FARM DRAINAGE 



One Conservation Authority, the Metropolitan Toronto and Region, gives 

 financial assistance towards the drainage of farm land. Upon completion of the 

 drainage work to the satisfaction of the Department of Agriculture, the Authority 

 gives a subsidy of two cents per tile. 



The Ausable River Conservation Authority has adopted an assistance policy 

 through which it gives technical and financial assistance towards the building of 

 proper outlets for farm tile drainage systems. 



GRASSED WATER COURSES 



Two Conservation Authorities extend financial assistance in the form of a 

 subsidy to landowners to build an approved grass waterway on their farms. The 

 maximum amount payable is $200 per farm. 



DEMONSTRATIONS 



One of the most effective ways of arousing interest in conservation farming 

 and improved farm use practices is by demonstration. Conservation Authorities 

 carry out land use demonstrations in several ways. 



One method is to purchase land and establish on it demonstrations of 

 approved land management. The Grand Valley Conservation Authority has one 

 such property of fifty acres on which they have carried out control of gullies, 

 constructed a farm pond and done reforestation and pasture improvement work. 



Twelve Conservation Authorities have established demonstrations of such 

 conservation measures as pasture management, reforestation, gully control, stream- 

 bank erosion control and contouring and strip-cropping on Authority-owned 

 properties. These demonstrations have proved an effective means of informing 

 the public of the value of conservation measures. 



The Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority has established a demonstration 

 pasture farm on land that tends towards the marginal for most farming purposes. 

 This demonstration shows the possibilities of various types of pasture management 

 and seed mixtures for these classes of land. The demonstration has attracted 

 considerable interest. 



LAND JUDGING COMPETITIONS 



A project becoming increasingly popular is the land judging competition. 

 Many of them are sponsored jointly by Conservation Authorities, the Ontario 

 Agricultural College and the Department of Agriculture. In 1962, eight Con- 

 servation Authorities helped to sponsor thirteen land judging competitions. 



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