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soil for grain-growing and the problems connected therewith are of 

 special importance ; while, in the semi-arid belt the branch farm 

 at Lethbridge, in Southern Alberta, has been set up to deal par- 

 ticularly with irrigation and the merits of this system contrasted 

 with the results of the best " dry " farming methods. Further 

 north in Alberta, at Lacombe, a different set of conditions prevail 

 and difEerent methods are required. Here mixed farming and the 

 cultivation of forage crops will stamp the character of the work 

 of this branch farm once it is properly established. In British 



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Columbia, at Agassiz, the fruit-growing and crops suitable as food 

 for live stock give characteristic features to the work. 



In this section only the experimental farms of the Dominion 

 Government and their work have been dealt with. But these are 

 not the only experimental and demonstration farms in Canada. 

 Nearly every province has its Agricultural College, of which an 

 experimental farm is an essential part. While these fall to be dealt 

 with elsewhere it may be recorded here that the splendid work 

 carried on at some of these institutions entitles them to a 

 share in the credit due to education and experimental work for 

 valuable assistance in the advancement of agriculture. 



