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jjrosperity, aud that all progressive countries are, at present making strenuous 
efforts for the introduction of improved methods of agriculture, your Committee 
believe that no object is more deserving of the active and gt-nerous support of 
the Federal Government than that of fostering and promoting this great 
industry, and of prompting, guiding, and co-operating with all local and 
provincial institutions formed for the furtherance of this object. Your 
Committee, therefore, beg leave to submit the following recommendations : — 
"That the Government take into earnest and favourable consideration the 
advisability of establishing a Bureau of Agriculture, and an Experimental Farm 
in connection therewith. 
"That this Bureau be formed in connection with and under the supervision 
of the present Department of Agriculture. 
" That the objects aimed at in the establishment of such Bureau and Farm 
be as follows : — 
" 1. To conduct such experiments in the introduction and culture of new 
varieties of seeds, plants, trees, &c., as will most efficiently aid in the advance- 
ment of Canadian agriculture ; to institute experiments with regard to the 
comparative value of fertilisers, the proper testing of seeds as to vitality and 
purity, and the healthy preservation and productive conditions of plants and 
animals. 
" 2. To make careful investigation into the origin, distribution, and habits of 
insects injurious and beneficial, aud the contagious and other diseases to which 
animals and plants are subject, in order to arrive at the best methods of 
<iestroying and counteracting them. 
"3. To study the qualities of the various breeds of cattle and other 
domestic animals, with the view of rei^orting on the best means of improving 
them ; of protecting them from parasites and epidemic diseases, of feeding 
them for the market, and on the treatment of milch cattle. 
"4. To initiate and carry out a convenient and comprehensive system of 
gathering the latest and most useful information, statistical and otherwise. 
"5. To publish and send to the press and the various agricultural and 
horticultural societies of the Dominion, at different periods of the year, 
bulletins giving the results of trials made on the Experimental Farm, and 
whatever other information the Bureau may consider useful, either in the 
prevention of the ravages of insects and of contagious diseases among animals, 
or concerning improved methods of culture that have stood test, or for the 
special advancement of any line of agricultural pursuits." 
Horse-hreeding in Canada. — From the Census Returns of 1881 
it is inferied that the total annual value of agricultural produce 
in Canada may be estimated as follows: — 
£ 
Horses 1,186,284 
Cattle, killed or sold only 3,288,405 
Sheep „ „ " 1,496,465 
Swine „ „ 3,907,509 
Wool and Honey 602,552 
Total Animal Broduce .. ..£10,481,215 
Dairy Produce 4,288,502 
Hay 6,066,972 
Grains and Hay Seeds 18,403,2-19 
Boots 4,518,968 
Grand Total £43,758,906 
