State  Aid  to  Agriculture  in  Canada. 
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Statement  of  Agricultural  Expenditure  of  the  Department  of 
Agriculture  for  the  Dominion  of  Canada , 1909-10. 
For 
Amount 
For 
Amount 
Experimental  Farms  . 
31,538 
Exhibitions  .... 
£ 
32,190 
Fumigation  Stations  (San 
Reindeer  in  Canadian 
Jos6  Scale  Act)  . 
1,027 
Labrador  .... 
205 
Live  Stock  Industry 
10,237 
Printing  of  Reports  and 
Swine  Commission 
1,694 
Bulletins 
1,771 
Dominion  Exhibition 
Health  of  Animals 
10,274 
51,343 
Salaries  and  Expenses  . 
49,151 
Meat  and  Canned  Foods  Act . 
22,775 
Total  .... 
251,982 
Dairy  and  Fruit  Industries  . 
18,214 
Cold  Storage  Experiments  . 
839 
Less  Receipts,  including 
Cold  Storage  Warehouses 
Seed  Control  Act  . 
Growth  of  Canadian  Tobacco 
Census  and  Statistics  Office  . 
4,949 
9,904 
1,019 
3,596 
Cattle  Inspection  Fees, 
Experimental  Farm  Sales, 
Fines,  and  Casual  Revenue 
10,596 
Net  Total 
6241,386 
International  Institute  of 
Agriculture 
1,256 
Other  Departments. — Several  other  Departments  of  the 
Dominion  Government  exercise  an  important,  if  less  direct 
influence  upon  the  national  agriculture.  Land  exploration, 
survey  and  settlement,  the  control  of  immigration,  forestry 
reserves,  astronomical  and  topographical  surveys,  the  govern- 
ment of  the  unorganised  territories,  and  the  delimitation  of 
boundaries  come  under  the  Department  of  the  Interior.  Acts 
for  the  inspection,  weighing,  and  grading  of  corn  are  ad- 
ministered by  the  Department  of  Trade  and  Commerce,  the 
country  being  divided  into  two  grain  inspection  divisions  for 
eastern  and  western  Canada  respectively.  Any  description  of 
the  elevator  system  under  which  farmers  receive  payment  for 
grain  delivered  cannot  be  attempted  now  ; but  on  August  31, 
1910,  there  were  throughout  Canada,  owned  by  companies  and 
individuals,  1,840  grain  elevators  and  warehouses  with  a total 
storage  capacity  of  over  94  million  bushels.  All  Canadian  corn 
is  sold  by  weight,  the  legal  weights  in  lb.  per  bushel  being  for 
wheat,  60  ; for  rye  and  maize,  56  ; for  barley,  48  ; and  for  oats,  34. 
Sugar  beet  cultivation  and  the  manufacture  of  beet-root  sugar 
are  making  headway  under  special  tariff  provisions  designed  to 
enable  sugar  refineries  to  keep  running  over  a longer  period 
during  the  year  than  is  possible  where  the  supply  comes  only 
from  home-grown  sugar  beet. 
Commercial  Feeding  Stuffs  and  Fertilisers  Acts  were  passed 
in  1909.  They  provide  for  the  licensing  of  the  manufacturers 
and  for  the  registration,  under  specific  numbers,  of  the  brands 
sold.  These  numbers  constitute  the  means  of  identification. 
The  detailed  provisions  of  the  Acts  are  worthy  of  study  in 
