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katchewan, with dairies ; Manitoba, with 

 agricultural societies and milk supply ; 

 Quebec, with farmers' clubs, forest reserves, 

 and bee diseases. 



Newfoundland passed an Agriculture Act 

 having a very wide purpose of agricultural 

 education and encouragement of rural pro- 

 duction. 



In the West Indies several agricultural 

 Ordinances were passed, the most important 

 applying to Trinidad and Tobago, and 

 giving powers of appropriation of funds for 

 purposes of agricultural education, improved 

 methods of cultivation, exhibitions of stock 

 and agricultural products. 



In Great Britain no legislation at all 



was passed on agricultural subjects ; but 



there was an Act imposing very heavy 



fresh burdens of taxation on the land. 



Excepting the Falkland Islands and St. Helena, 



England was the only part of the Empire in 



which the interests of agriculture were quite 



ignored by the legislature. It is interesting as 



an indication of a frame of mind, a state of 



policy. Of course, Acts of Parliament are not 



