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GENERAL AGRICULTURAL NOTES. 



[June 1895. 



as may be appointed by the Provincial Secretary to examine into 

 its efliciency. The grants for the second and third years will be 

 paid at the end of each of such years, and will be dependent 

 upon the continued and efficient working of the creamery, as 

 shown by a statement of the work actually done during the 

 year, under a statutable declaration of the manufacturer, owner, 

 or secretary before a justice of the peace. 



An annual report of the operations of the year will be 

 required from all creameries participating in the grant under 

 this Act, such report to be transmitted before the 30th September 

 of each year to the Secretary for Agriculture. 



Dairying in Canada. 



In his report for the year 1894, the Minister of Agriculture 

 for the Dominion of Canada states that dairying yielded fair 

 returns during the year. The price of cheese was slightly lower 

 than in 1893. This is attributed mainly to the report that an 

 unusually large quantity of cheese was made in Great Britain 

 during the summer. The demand for Canadian cheese was 

 steady ; and its reputation as a wholesome pure food of fine 

 flavour and rich quality is said to have gained ground. There 

 is, it is maintained, much less difference between the qualities 

 and values of the cheese from the different provinces and the 

 different sections in each than used to prevail. The methods of 

 manufacture are now nearly uniform throughout the whole 

 Dominion, and while the districts which were formerly back- 

 ward are now nearly abreast of the foremost in quality of 

 product and in market price obtainable, the dairymen in the 

 districts which were formerly far ahead have also been the 

 gainers by the general improvement. 



A moderate increase is reported in the manufacture of butter 

 in co-operative creameries. It is pointed out that some better 

 accommodation for the shipment of butter to Great Britain in 

 summer will have to be provided, or cold storage must be more 

 generally used for holding butter at a temperature about or 

 under freezing point from the time when it is a few days old. 

 It is regarded as important that Canadian butter should win 

 and hold as good a name for excellence as has been gained by 

 Canadian cheese. 



Meetings of farmers, conventions of dairymen's associations, 

 conferences, and similar gatherings for the discussion of agricul- 

 tural and dairying topics were attended as usual in the different 

 provinces by the Dairy Commissioner and his assistants. 



As the climate of Canada imposes a period of at least six 

 months during which cattle must be fed in stables, more atten- 

 tion is being given every year by dairymen to the growth of 



