. Welsh tenant-farmers on the agricultural resources of Canada [microform] : the reports of Mr. John Roberts, , Plas Heaton Farm, Trefnant, , North Wales; Mr. Dempster, Millbrook Lodge, Clarbeston Road, , South Wales, on their visit to Canada in 1893. Agriculture -- Canada; Agriculture -- Canada; Canada -- Emigration and immigration; Great Britain -- Emigration and immigration; Canada -- Émigration et immigration; Grande-Bretagne -- Émigration et immigration. Mr. John Boherts's Beport. 8 and the Victoria Bridge—the longest tubular bridge in the world, being over a mile and
. Welsh tenant-farmers on the agricultural resources of Canada [microform] : the reports of Mr. John Roberts, , Plas Heaton Farm, Trefnant, , North Wales; Mr. Dempster, Millbrook Lodge, Clarbeston Road, , South Wales, on their visit to Canada in 1893. Agriculture -- Canada; Agriculture -- Canada; Canada -- Emigration and immigration; Great Britain -- Emigration and immigration; Canada -- Émigration et immigration; Grande-Bretagne -- Émigration et immigration. Mr. John Boherts's Beport. 8 and the Victoria Bridge—the longest tubular bridge in the world, being over a mile and a half long. We left Montreal by train on Monday afternoon for Ottawa, Ottawa. the seat of the Dominion Government. The journey took us five hours, y'.nd we arrived there late rhe same even- ing. We had an interview with Sir Adolphe Caron, the Post- master-General, and several Government oifficials. Next morning we visited the Ottawa Experimental Farm, which is pituatod in close proximity to the town. Unfortunately, exceptionally heavy rain the week before our arrival had spoiled several ^ crops, so that we did not see the farm to the best advantage. Mr. W. Saunders. EZPEBIMEMTAL FABM, OTTAWA. is the director of the farm, and resides on it. There is also a resident staff, including botanist, chemist, entomologist, dairy commissioner, &c., <fec. The laboratory is an elegant building, fitted up with the best appliances for testing soils, fertilisers, &c., for making analysis of feeding stuffs, cakes, and agricultural produce generally. This establish- ment is of great value in finding out the most suitable seeds for this comparatively new country, in ascertaining what insects are, and are not, destructive to crops and vegetation, in selecting the most suitable animals for the climate and pasture, and in various other ways. In one year only there were distributed from this farm 16,905 samples of grain, which were sent out in 3-lb. packets to different parts of the
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