1922.] Agriculture Abroad. 855 



The agricultviral appropriations or estimates of the Dominion 

 of Canada foi- the year 1922-23 are given in the Agncultural 

 . .. Gazette of Canada for September-October, 

 Appropriations ^^^^ Provision is made for a total expen- 

 for Agriculture ^.^^^^^^ $5,989,000, or at the present rate 

 m Canada. exchange approximately £1,345,900, 



compared with a total of £1,259,600 for 1921-22. The principal 

 headings of expenditm^e are : — Experimental Farms £297,700, 

 Diseases of Animals £401,100, Live Stock Improvement 

 £238,200, Seed, Feeding Stuffs and Fertilisers Control £61,800, 

 Destructive Insect and Pest Act £53,900. Dairying £39,300, 

 Fruit £35,300. 



The estimates of agricultural expenditure in 1922-23 for some 

 of the Canadian Provincial Governments are also shown. For 

 Ontario the total is £370.400, of which £129.600 is allocated to 

 the Ontario Agricultural College. British Columbia will spend 

 £85.300, the largest item in this province being for horticulture, 

 viz., £23,500. 



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The passing of an Act by the Nova Scotia Government re- 

 quiring that on and after 1st May last, all cream dehvered, 

 ent of ^^^^ purchased at any creamery or 

 . . . cream station in the country must be 



graded as to quality, and payment made to 



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the producer upon the basis oi that grad- 

 ing, brings under notice the very careful system of encourage- 

 ment and control exercised by the Provincial Government. 



Under the Act for the Encouragement of Dairying passed in 

 1914, known as "The Dairymen's Act," the Governor in 

 Council was authorised to expend 5,000 dollars per annum in 

 assisting the establishment of creameries, aiding winter-dairy- 

 ing, and maintaining instructors in butter-making. A further 

 sum of 20,000 dollars was later provided for the establishment 

 of demonstration creameries and cheese factories, and the pur- 

 chase of land necessary for the same. Other sums were autho- 

 rised for the making good of any deficit in the maintenance 

 of such demonstration creameries and cheese factories. 



The Act also provided for the registration of all creamery 

 and cheese factory proprietors and generally ensured that all 

 creameries and cheese factories should maintain a high standard 

 of cleanliness and of sanitary and mechanical methods. Care- 

 ful records of tests of samples of milk and cream delivered by 



