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that are all its own. To-day it is being steadily 

 spread throughout Canada, much activity being 

 shown in this direction by the Dominion De- 

 partment of Agriculture, which during 1902 

 furnished speakers for systematic work under- 

 taken with a view to promoting the establish- 

 ment of Farmers' Institutes in Quebec, Nova 

 Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, 

 the North-west Territories, and British Colum- 

 bia. But, for the purpose of illustrating the 

 general system, it may suffice if I deal with the 

 growth of the movement in the provinces of 

 Ontario and New Brunswick. 



The " Rules and Regulations " approved in 

 1895 by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council 

 for the guidance and direction of Farmers' In- 

 stitutes in Ontario set out (among other things) 

 that — 



The Ontario Legislature has voted an appropriation of 

 $2,200 for Farmers"' Institutes for a grant of $25 to one 

 Institute in each district, on condition that an equal sum 

 be granted by the County Council or the municipalities in 

 which the Institute is organized, and on such further con- 

 ditions as may be imposed by regulations of the Minister 

 of Agriculture. 



The object of each local institute shall be the dis- 

 semination of agricultural knowledge in its district and 

 the development of local talent. The officers shall endea- 

 vour to bring the rank and file of the farmers into touch 

 with the most successful local men, that the masses may 



