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best made, but they must be also well packed in the best cases. Remember 

 what Mr. Ayer said to us the other ds.y in the Committetj ou Agriculture, 

 that our package was not the most suitable dress for our goods ; that it 

 injured the sale of our products. He quoted facts within his personal 

 experience. It is clear that if a shopkeeper entering a store finds on one 

 side a heap of boxes of cheese badly dressed up (agencee), of rough appear- 

 ance, and on the other side boxes of agreeable looks, well made and 

 constructed in such a way as to keep the contents in good order, — it is 

 clear, I say, that he will naturally be inclined to select the latter as his 

 choice. 



Since the preferences of the buyer may be determined, in a certain 

 degree, by the case even of the goods, the package itself must be cared for. 

 It is a detail that is not without its importance. 



It being granted that we are going to improve the process of manufac- 

 ture and the mode of marketing our butter and cheese, we shall necessarily 

 be led to increase our production of milk. And this brings me back to the 

 subject of the silo : with the aid of this we can make butter in winter as 

 well as in summer. 



THE SILO AGAIN. 



In connection with this, 1 think I ought to read to the House the 

 observations made by our friend, the member for Chateauguay. He spoke 

 to us the other day about the silo, and I am entirely of his opinion. He 

 belongs to a purely agricultural family : he is a near relation of several 

 of the laureates of the Merite Agricole. I may say the same of my estima- 

 ble colleague, the member for Compton. They both belong to the Scottish 

 nation, so skilled in agriculture, and at w^hose abode my countrymen have 

 always found so much kindly feeling, as well as such good examples in 

 farming. 



The following quotation is from the Montreal Gazelle of the 24th of 

 last May : 



THE CONSTRUCTION OF SILOES. 



" While the Grovernment seems disposed to encourage the farmers in 

 the building of siloes, it would be well to advise them, in order to save dis- 

 appointment, rather to expend a few dollars more in their construction 

 than to put up a cheap structure that will not keep out the frost. Mr. 

 Grfeig, member for Chateauguay, recommends one that is extensively used 

 in his county. The outside wall is composed of two thicknesses of plank, 

 with one or two linings of tar-paper between. The inner wall is of i>lank. 



