GRANTS IN AID OF AGRICULTURE 



The total sums expended in all departments of agricultural 

 administration in the Dominion are made up of grants derived 

 from two distinct sources, viz. : — 



(a) Grants by the Federal Government, secured by Special 



Annual Appropriation Acts ; and 

 (6) Appropriations by the various Provincial Governments. 



The following Tables (I. and II.) indicate the manner in which 

 these grants are disbursed. It will be seen that the Federal Grants 

 are chiefly applied to the maintenance of experimental farms and 

 to the development of schemes of extensive or national scope. 

 Agricultural education and the maintenance of agricultural colleges 

 and schools are not provided for under the Federal Grants as a 

 general rule, but are supported and administered by the various 

 Provincial Governments. 



Table I.— Federal Grants 



Extract from the Dominion Appropriation Act of 1908-9, giving 

 the various votes for agricultural purposes and the amount 

 allocated to each service. 



yj^ Service Grant 



39 Census and Statistics Office . . . $30,000 



41 Experimental farms . . . . 130,000 



42 Printing and distributing reports and bulletins 



of farms ..... 8,000 



44 Exhibitions ..... 200,000 



46 For the development of the dairying and 



fruit industries ; and the improvement and 

 transportation of, and the promotion of the 

 sale and trade in food and other agricultural 

 products (payments made from this sum not 

 to be subject to the Civil Service Act) . . 125,000 



47 To encourage the production and use of 



superior seeds of farm crops and for the en- 

 forcement of the Seed Control Act (payments 

 made from this sum not to be subject to the 

 Civil Service Act) .... 50,000 



48 Towards the encouragement of the establish- 



ment of cold storage warehouses for the better 

 preservation and handling of perishable food 

 products ..... 75,000 



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