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made shall be as modorato as possible. There will be one at Quebec^ 

 where we ourselves already have the commencement of a laboratory ; one^ 

 at Montreal, one at St. Hyaciuthe, where our experiment station inoonnt'C- 

 tion with the College of St. Hyacinthe is situated ; and one at Sherbrooke. 



At these offices, the farmer will be able to get the artificial manures he 

 buys tested. He can have the different soils of his I'arm analysed, and thus 

 find out wherein they are defective. 



The prospector in search of mines may send his samples there in order 

 to know at once the value of his discovery. 



By means of these easily accessible institutions, doubtless more than 

 one farmer, who otherwise would never trouble himself to inquire into the 

 composition of the mineral his plough has just happened to turn up, will 

 find himself, perhaps, all at once the possessor of a property of very high 

 value. 



CONCLUSION. 



I have said what I proposed to say, and I conclude by asking you all' 

 once more to give me every possible assistance throughout the province. 

 Every one should do his part. Your hearty applause leads me to believe 

 that you accept this programme so humbly presented to you. With your 

 aid, coupled with the aid of the clergy and of all well disposed and pro- 

 gressive men, our farm-schools will soon overflow with pupils, there will be 

 siloes all over the province, and all the factories will be syndicated. 



When our schools shall be crowded, wo will set about other establisii- 

 ments, we will address our good farmers, such farmers as those whom we 

 are about to crown in the House as the laureates of the order of agricul- 

 tural merit. They, too, can bring up pupils. In that so well farmed 

 country, Scotland, there are uo other farm-schools than the farms them- 

 selves. 



My wish is that good farmers should be found all over our country. 

 Who says " good farmer," says, almost invariably, in this our country, a good 

 Christian, an example to the j^arish, a man at the head of all charitable 

 works. It has been said of him more than ouc3 that, having always before 

 his eyes the marvels of creation, the man of the fields remains good and 

 virtuous, for from the soil there arises around him, as it were, the aroma of 

 all the virtues. Providence gives him his bread in abundance day by day. 

 He has no need to envy his neighbour, but of all men the most free, he 

 depends solely on his God. 



To support OUT courage, we can repeat to ourselves that there is very 



