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and elementary mechanics in general. The fee is 5 dollars. In 

 connection with the College a convention addressed by the Pro- 

 vincial Premier is held every spring. The farmers who attended 

 the last numbered 400, and the time was spent chiefly discussing 

 dairying, stock, and seeds. The farm of 100 acres is only utilised 

 for growing food for stock which are kept for demonstration purposes, 

 and which comprise specimens of a number of the common breeds. 

 A larger farm will probably be obtained shortly for experimental 

 purposes. 



In addition to the purely educational work of the College a great 

 activity prevails for the benefit of the farmer. The Director of 

 Agricultural Societies controls the government grants to fifty 

 Agricultural Societies which must comply with the following regula- 

 tions among others. Each society must consist of 200 members, 

 must hold an annual show, and spend 50 dollars in prizes in which 

 case it receives 350 dollars for every 50 dollars spent. The College 

 provides judges for the shows. The College further organises farm 

 competitions, which have been very successful, and seed and growing 

 grain competitions under certain conditions. In order to earn the 

 full grant each of the societies mentioned above must hold four 

 Institute meetings in the year. These meetings are addressed by 

 the staff of the College, or members of the staff of the Federal 

 Department, or prominent farmers. 



Agricultural Education in other Provinces 



A certain amount of useful educational work in agriculture is 

 being carried out in Prince Edward Island by means of lectures in 

 the Prince of Wales College at Charlottetown, and by itinerant 

 instruction. Farmers' sons desiring further education go to the 

 Nova Scotia College at Truro, and the same holds good for New 

 Brunswick, where, however, an Agricultural College or Department 

 of Agriculture in connection with the University of New Brunswick 

 is contemplated. In British Columbia a Department of Agriculture 

 for educational purposes will form a section of the provincial 

 University now being constituted at Vancouver. 



Macdonald College at St Anne de Bellevue 



The Province of Quebec has no provincial agricultural college 

 maintained by public funds, but it has the Macdonald College at 

 St Anne de Bellevue, probably the best equipped and most modern 

 institution of that kind in the world. This College was founded, 

 erected, and endowed by Sir William C. Macdonald of Montreal, for 

 the following among other purposes. For the advancement of 

 education ; for the carrying on of research work and investigation ; 

 and for the dissemination of knowledge, all with particular regard 

 to the interests and needs of the population in rural districts. Also 

 to provide suitable and effective training for teachers, and especially 

 for those whose work will directly affect the education in schools in 

 rural districts. The College is situated on a beautiful site twenty 



