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Q. What arc the principal cU^foots te he observed 

 witli regard Lo pasture lands in this country. 



A. The pasture lands in this country are gene- 



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rally poor. This arises from the fact that the farmers 

 do not give themselves the trouble of sowing them 

 with millet and clover and that our pastures are 

 generally nothing else but the stubbles of the last year. 



Q. What would be the advantages derived from 

 the sowing of pastures with millet and clover. 



A. These advantages would be, that the grass being 

 much thicker, the farmer would not have to use as 

 pastures as extensive tracts of lands as he now does ; 

 moreover the cattle having a more abundant food 

 would prove more profitable. 



Q. Are there sufficient good meadows and pastures 

 in the Province of Quebec. 



A. No, any good farmer, who wishes to acquire 

 wealth, should keep at least half of his farm in mea- 

 dows and pastures. (*) 



Stock or Domestic Animals. 



Q. What are the principal domestic animals reared 

 in this country ? 



(♦) A very good methood of securing abundant food for the cattle, 

 even when the pastures are dried up by the hot weather, consists in 

 sowing near the stables on the pastures, lentils or Indian com on 

 a small piece of land well prepared and well manured. When the 

 grass gives out, the quantity of food necessary for the cattle is cut 

 from it and the bad effects of the draught pre thus remedied. - 



