L'ASSOMPTION. 



The SchooJ at LAssomption has not yet completed the changes and 

 improvements we thought it our duty to suggest ; but they are get- 

 ting on, and by next summer will, we doubt not, attract a good num- 

 ber of pupils 



COMPTON. 



We have only just founded the Compfon Model Farm for the Eastern 

 Townships. Every one knows that the locality selected is one of the 

 most celebrated for the excellence of its farms, for its good farming, 

 and for the care bestowed on the breeding of the best kinds of cattle. 

 The country of our great breeder, the Hon. Senator Cochrane, known 

 throughout America for his success in winning prizes at the exhibi- 

 tions, is indeed the place where one can most advantageously collect 

 young farmers and instruct thero in the intelligent breeding of cattle, 

 as well as in the art of growing crops suited to dairying And, so, I 

 thought it right to accept the offer of the municipality of the village 

 of Compton. The principal proprietors, all of whom are well known 

 farmers, take great interest in the new establishment ; the countnl 

 has bought the farm with its good and complete buildings, for which 

 $6,500 were i)aid, and has put it into the hands of a syndicate of ex- 

 perienced men. A model creamery the council is building, for which 

 all the necessary fittings have been carefully selected and bought ; it 

 will be ready to receive pupils next summer. Numerous will those 

 be, I hope, who will flock thither to perfect themselves in their busi- 

 ness on this classic land of good farming. 



Three members, one of whom is appointed by the government, 

 compose the syndicate. The House will learn with pleasure* that we 

 have chosen my Hon. colleague, the member for Compton. as our 

 representative. This eminent post among his fellow-citizens, was his 

 due since he was the chief founder of this school, and took the greatest 

 pains to arrive at the desired end, its successful establishment. It was 

 also his due, on account of his success as a farmer, for by that busi- 

 ness alone has our honorable colleague raised himself to the distin- 

 guished rank he holds among us. If I add that the son pf the former 

 partner of the Hon. M. H. Cochrane, Mr. F. H. O. Smith, who exploits 

 at Compton one of the best as well as largest farms of the province, is 

 one of the founders of this model farm and devotes all his time to it. 



