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themselves. Chickens and turkeys are more generally 

 raised than ducks and geese. In eastern Ontario 

 dairying is the chief farming industry. The British 

 Isles are a market for the produce. The factories for 

 cheese and butter are for the most part co-operative. 

 Hastings County alone sends ;^4(X),ooo worth of 

 cheese annually to the Mother Country. The 

 combined output in Ontario is ;;^3,ooo,ooo yearly. 

 The co-operative system is said to be an advantage 

 to the small farmer, who no longer has to bear all the 

 expense and risks and find his own market. He 

 only has to send the milk to the factory to be 

 churned into dollars. 



Cheese-making as an art is taught at the Mac- 

 donald College. I saw Stilton and Cheddar specimens 

 in no way differing in quality from their English 

 ancestors. The breed of milch cows in Ontario is 

 receiving great attention. 



It was only a short run from the fruit fields of 

 Norfolk County to the black bass waters of Lake 

 Erie. Mr. Pratt, being a Waltonian, cheerfully 

 accompanied me. 



We were fortunate in having as our companion 

 Professor Xavitz, a government expert on forestry. 

 We all shared the hospitality of Dr. Mclnnes, a 

 sportsman to the manner born. He is a veteran in 

 years but a youth in spirit, with the Scotch mother- 

 tongue still triumphant, despite long residence in 

 the Dominion. He lives on the lake shore, and at 



