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results is most impressive. A specially built large two storey 

 building is devoted solely to the threshing and weighing of grain 

 crops, and special threshing machinery of easily detachable nature, 

 to allow thorough cleaning, is used to prevent admixture of varieties. 

 Some of the most notable results of Professor Zavitz' work com- 

 prise the introduction by breeding and selection of varieties of 

 cereals and forage crops much superior to the common kinds ; the 

 demonstration of better methods and times of sowing and cultiva- 



prob'emjsou zavitz demonstkating al i:lkll'h 

 (middle of picture) 



tion ; and the discovery of rotations of crops suitable to the districts 

 and the objects of dairy farmers and stock owners. The net results 

 of the work of the Ontario Agricultural College are these. First, 

 improved varieties of crops and better methods of cultivation have 

 been introduced ; second, much light has been thrown on the dairy 

 industry and on the prevention of fungoid and insect diseases ; 

 third, the Ontario farmer has learned to apply to the College for 

 information as to his business ; and fourth and consequently, the 

 College has obtained the unbounded confidence of the provincial 

 government and of the agricultural community. 



