Please wait. Contacting image service... loading

Article text

FARMERS' S001UT112S.
In some p^rts of Canada there are
farmers' societies, which meet frequently
to discuss matters of importance
and special subjects, as they
crop up. For instance, the appearance
of any disease which is responsible
for damage to crops or stock would be
the chief topic of discussion at one
mooting, and the opinion of experts as
to Its origin aud nature, and tlie means
(o adopt in r.-heekhig, or eradicating it,
Is given. Another meeting is devoted
to a discussion of noil culture and manures,
and soil chemist ly. Short lee
turns are delivered by professors, and
much information Is Imparted to the
m a n cm lhn
J" 1 " 1 - Exactly what. h?
know the professor fells
him, and tells him, too, 111 home'
phraseology, so that lie may grasp the
meaning at once.
At these meetings, which sesrve a
most useful purpose, numerous minor
subjects are brought up, and opinions
are given, based on experiments or
practical results. These questions embrace
the best means to employ in
pickling wheat, the characteristics of
the soil which gives the best yields of
wlieat in certain localities and conditions,
the different manures to use for
loan), clay, and sandy soils, when and
how to use them. Nearly every member
belongs, is some way, to a cooperative
company, and transportation
by rail and ship, and marketing- in the
Dominion and out of it are given.
A good deal of consideration is given
also to specialisation, which is a great
factor in the succcss" of Canadian
agronomics. There are women's
branches of these societies, and the
subjects discussed are horticulture, orcharding,
fruit raising, etc. The Stat?
Governments provide abundance of
literature free of cost, so that th"
fairmer secures both oral and written
information at a vot.v small cost
in time aud money.
$