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 Methods of Cultivation. 



Q. What method should the Canadian farmer 

 adopt ? 



A. The Canadian farmer should adopt the method 

 of converting as soon as possible and as perfectly as 

 time and his means will allow, as great a part of his 

 farm as possible into meadow lands. 



Q. Why should the farmer seek to convert the 

 greater part of his farm into meadow lands? 



A. For several reasons ; first, because farms in this 

 country are very extensive and manual labour is 

 becoming scarce ; secondly, the summer season being 

 very short, the farmer above all ought to try to 

 reduce the amount of labour to be done. 



Q. How does the cultivation of hay enable to 

 reduce the amount of labour ? 



A. Because meadow lands once well prepared do 

 not require any ploughing in the fall, nor sowing in 

 the spring, except when they have become old and 

 when the time has come to plough them up. They 

 do not demand any other work, but that of mow- 

 ing and the gathering and storing of the hay. 



Q. What other advantage does mis method offer ? 



A. This method allows to harvest a great deal of 

 hay, and with a large quantity of hay a great num- 

 ber of animals can be kept in good condition. These 

 animals give large profits and besides a great quan- 



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