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days — at the house of Mr G. Smith, M.P., where we met many charm- 

 ing Canadians. Mr Smith was born on the farm of Mr Speir at 

 Newton, near Glasgow. 



Next day, our field of operation was to be in the Brantford 

 district. Soon after our arrival, motor cars and carriages appeared 

 at the station. The party was divided into sections. One section 

 went to see store and fat cattle, another section to see dairy farms, 

 another to see mixed farms, another to see fruit and vegetable 

 farming. More than one section was able to visit the Bow Park 

 Farm, a farm of 960 acres, three miles from Brantford. It was once 

 the property of the Hon. George Brown, and was the farm to which 

 the first shorthorn cattle were brought from Scotland. On our way 



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back to the station we had an opportunity of visiting the house where 

 the telephone system was discovered by Professor Bell. In the even- 

 ing we attended a banquet given by the Mayor, and subsequently a 

 public meeting, where we met two hundred farmers and others 

 from the surrounding district. 



We reached Niagara Falls about seven o'clock on Sunday morn- 

 ing. We had ample opportunity of visiting the Falls, both from 

 the Canadian and the American side. The Horse Shoe is the more 

 imposing Fall. Looking over the rounded part of the Shoe from 

 the Canadian side, you have a fine view of the rapids tossing the 

 water into froth as far as the eye can reach. The spray, possibly 

 because of the direction in which the wind was blowing, was coming 

 over on the promenade, and ladies were sheltering themselves 

 behind their umbrellas. Farther along, the road was soaked as it 



