. Reports of tenant farmers' delegates on the Dominion of Canada as a field for settlement [microform] : second series. Agriculture; Agriculture. .JH^ Mr. Iliii/h McLcctu'n R'jicrt. 41 lingt in green, purpl'' ith that metal. Tii.^ riorainic viewH of ran^ oriiifneiUy crookod. I mittielil lands in ei-^'â a iiajier- iiliiigi. â â â '- vii- - ilail with trees jiaintcd ly white c(itta,vto« with ,« wpy iivimnd tliu base the obacrvcr that, not- rder to bo eawn. The hip of Buryâ140 acre Wheat sometimes ih)C'« itatocs manured, lotimes Alsiko. Wliito Bcoiid-year crop. It in an canio here si
. Reports of tenant farmers' delegates on the Dominion of Canada as a field for settlement [microform] : second series. Agriculture; Agriculture. .JH^ Mr. Iliii/h McLcctu'n R'jicrt. 41 lingt in green, purpl'' ith that metal. Tii.^ riorainic viewH of ran^ oriiifneiUy crookod. I mittielil lands in ei-^'â a iiajier- iiliiigi. â â â '- vii- - ilail with trees jiaintcd ly white c(itta,vto« with ,« wpy iivimnd tliu base the obacrvcr that, not- rder to bo eawn. The hip of Buryâ140 acre Wheat sometimes ih)C'« itatocs manured, lotimes Alsiko. Wliito Bcoiid-year crop. It in an canio here six yvriv; ;ro. He manured the out 14 ton to the acre ; lue farms this quantity CO 11>. per bushel. 48 32 ti Is of oats, and one-third much work in we«dinR divnitoba. Buckwheat, be. It produces 50 to del; barley, 2 huwhols ; . turnips. 100 loads of >t live weight. :l. Saw the dyeing vats, tlie boir-ipicking inaehino, 20 sets of curding lehines, 21 spinnin" mules, each "oO splndhs; lo.'i luoios last week 711 of cloth, each ' yards long ; the hydraulic press, the patterns, and the maehme shop. The work employs from 500 to 5.'-0 hands. It is the largest in the Dounnion, and the machinery i- of the Litest and most approved invention. ,, . Visited the annual exhibition or fair. The licat cattle are now sent off to Britain, and oonse- laiently the fair-exhibits snlFer. , . â . â I next went to Uichmond, visited the College of Agriculture, being very kindly received ly Principal Kwing. He informed me that wheat with him averaged from 20 to 26 busheht acre ; barl-y, :!0 bushel-. (>als is a Mue cropâu.'i bushels to the acre. He groumled his students well in aritluuetie, , Euclid, and land-surveying. On tlio '>nd of October I went to see the (Juaiantine Depot at Point Levi, which many excellent cattle newly arrived from England. I thereafter started for St. John, New lUuiiswic
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