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The day before yesterday, I heard the president of one of the syndi(;ates, 

 Mr. Brodeiir of St. Hugues, give us most interesting information on the 

 way in which the syndicates were appreciated by the people of his neigh- 

 bourhood. 



Let the farmers open their eyes and convince themselves of the good 

 they may derive from these institutions. Under the syndicates goods will 

 be well made. Then, I shall propose to the Dairymen's Association to put 

 a trade-mark on the cheese — not on the box, but on the cheese itself. It 

 might be stamped with the words " Class 1," or 2 or 3, by the Inspector- 

 Greneral of the Province of Quebec. "With the aid of our friends of the 

 Dairymen's Association, I intend to do my best to provide a sufficient num- 

 ber of inspectors, and to insure that they all know their business. 



To what result shall we arrive by this organization ? We shall se(;ure 

 the trade with the English market, the best and safest we have, and we 

 shall obtain prices mort? constant and more remunerative. 



There, that is what I wish to do with the aid of the House ; I speak 

 to both sides of the Chamber. 



As to myself, I intend to travel through my county, and to labor, with 

 the support of the cure of each parish and of all the well-disposed citoyem, 

 to attain to all three of the results which I have been talking about. 



I do not say we shall be successful in every point, but it seems to me 

 that if each member would put his shoulder to the wheel, before long, 

 success — general success — would crown our common efforts. 



We have to-day 800 cheese factories in operation, but we do not make 

 perfect goods in all of them. We must make perfect goods, uniformly, 

 everywhere, and thenceforward our trade will receive an enormous exten- 

 sion. We exported last year |10,000,000 worth of dairy products, of butter 

 or cheese. These figures represent the exports of the whole Dominion. 

 Unfortunately I cannot state the share of the Province of Quebec in them ; 

 still, looking at these figures, one can see at a glance the result at which 

 we might arrive with a little labor, which every one of us ought to give 

 with his whole heart. 



THE SCHOOL OF DAIRY INDUSTRY. 



A paragraph of the speech from the throne stated that the Government 

 intended to devote special attention to the dairy industry. I am now 

 explaining to the House what it is we propose to do. I am sorry to be 

 rather long, but the matter we are treating deserves that we afford it all 

 the time necessary to its consideration. I said that one of the most certain 



