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pleatifuUy a happy people and emigration will cease. In the old 

 parishes there will be a scarcity of labour, and work will be paid bet- 

 ter for thau it is abroad. 



And much more, our compatriots will return from the States, 

 finding that there is plenty of work here, while it is scarce in that 

 country. 



Experience, especially of the last two years, has shown us what 

 this industry of making butter and cheese can do for our land. 



One of our leading financiers has just told us that it has sheltered 

 our province from the fearful commercial hurricane that lately swept 

 over the American Union. While, there, the financial institutions were 

 plunging into the depths one by one, in the midst of a general reign 

 of terror, ours, in a sereuer atmosphere, were peacefully pursuing their 

 prosperous and happy path. Thanks to dairying, the farmer, receiv- 

 I ing cash for his goods, has been able to pay cash for his purchases at 

 the store, the storekeeper has made all his payments ; the prosperous 

 branch has paid the great central bank, and thus our agriculture has 

 saved the province from the disasters that have raged elsewhere. 



"Wherefore, we intend putting to some good use the services of the 

 clubs, of the agricultural missioners, and of all well disposed men, to 

 encourage the establishment of this business, from this year, in all the 

 parishes which are not already favored by its existence. This can be 

 done, now that the St. Hyacinthe school furnishes us with dairy- 

 men. 



Some of our parishes last year sold as much as $60,000 worth of 

 butter and cheese apiece. What a success to lay before the eyes of 

 those of our farmers who, as yet, have not profited by this industry ! 



The cattle exist in every part. What Is wanted is the assured co- 

 operation of a sufficient number of patrons. The moderate capital re- 

 quired can easily be found. At the St. Hyacinthe school, as well as 

 at the more successful of the factories, the most suitable working 

 implements can be selected. All the arrangements can be made in a 

 very short space of time, and then the farmer will begin to draw 

 monthly payments for his labor. This is, indeed, very difierent from 

 that system of farming, the returns for which were only felt at the end 

 of three or four years ! 



By the production of a good article, extending f6r that purpose our 

 system of syndicates of creameries and cheeseries, making it even 



