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caught, or ships to he built, the farms may look after themselves. 
Imagine mv surprise when, one day at a farm near London- 
derry, I was walking through the larmyard to get to the big 
barn that I might handle the salt hay which was being brought 
in, and a sudden turn brought me alongside a nearly completed, 
good-sized, sea-going vessel ! There she was, at the end of the 
farmyard, resting high and dry upon the slips, which were 
directed downwards to a narrow channel filled just then with 
the fertilising red slime which may always be seen when the 
tide is out. No doubt she has been launched long ere this ; the 
obliging tide would fill the channel, the wedges would be 
knocked awav. and in a moment the farmers would see their 
good ship floating on the shore waters of the Bay of Fundy, 
whence she would be towed away for the completion of her 
equipment. Then, I presume, our iriends would turn their 
attention to the farm till they got another ship on the stocks, or 
perchance till the mackerel or shad should strike in along the 
shore, when the farm would be forsaken for the boat and net. 
In mv Report to the Department of Agriculture of the Do- 
minion Government there occur the following words, and I 
reproduce them, merely observing that most of the points 
alluded to are equally applicable to the other older Provinces as 
to the one now under notice : — 
" I^ova Scotia is in need of farmers who will give farming: the first jjlace in 
their consideration, who can bring with them some of the improved practic s 
of modern agriculture, who can intelligently combine pastoral with arable 
farming, who know something of dairymg, who understund how to manaae 
and at the same time to improve a flock of sheej), who in laying land down to 
grass will not rest' their faith solely in timothj', and who in estimating the 
yields of their lOot crops will discard the bushel measure in favour of the 
weighing machine." 
There can be no doubt, then, that Nova Scotia offers good 
opportunities to farmers with some experience, and of all the 
provinces of the Dominion this is perhaps the most English- 
like in general character. In arable and stock-farming, in par- 
ticular, the application of approved modern practice would soon 
tell its tale, and the exceptional facilities the Province enjoys 
with respect to the export trade should be a strong incentive to 
the speedier development of its agricultural resources. ^Iv 
observations with regard to the defects of Nova Scotian farmin'^ 
must not, however, be read without some modification ; and it is 
but fair to state that I did see farms on which it would be very 
difficult either to find fault or to suggest improvements. Around 
the town of Windsor, where, through the kindness of the Sheriff, 
I took a long circular drive, I saw a splendid and picturesque 
fanning country, with plenty of live-stock, and numbers of com- 
