Farm Notes.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4370, 6 February 1909, Page 4

Farm Notes.

I hr Mlasd Diiry ;PiodDce IT'- L';-i .1. ;■ .4.-- -Vi •' I ' *

(Cont'nued.) * MVe l-cceiVed ' from the Depart kt of 'Agriculture v ft’ r' port. "by .the,, ry €ntnmfenbtae**i(’Mr D virit'to Great Britain .111 dour 7 tiort with the inspection of better and eie. on the Home markets. The" rrimssiewr- also paid a—visit to-Den-M ■. Y* v y ; : 't.- ■ the present juncture anything I cfiog..th« .Dallying..', industry sidpmble importance to this Dominion ime especially those on.the land. In ,'iiitnsr of .New Zealiifd.' Creamery tor. MrCuddie goes on to sav v ONTARIO AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.’ Hn Ontario Agricultual College lafed just outside the city of» <*l ph has a reputation which ex-' As far. beyond the boundaries of nada, . Few, if any,' agricultural leges have quite so good a record has this one, and the Canadians are sly ; proud of their institution. I 1 to’d that for yearpits attendance s heen increasing, and its sphere ,of dnence is extending as it, becomes >re widely known. Over, one nusand students attended last year, d pome : of these from the •geutine Mexico, Japan, rypt, and Europe. ’i ; The instruction .available at this intution offers a wide choice to the iident. A four-years course is [apted to the student wishing to talify. for very advanced work, and ids to the degree of Bachelor of lienee in Agriculture. A shorter nr so of two years is available, for osa students who cannot take or do ib desire the longer course. Besides eso courses, which embrace general :riculture,;there are numerous short urses. These are taken advantage by those students who.have only a uited time at their disposal, and de- .* ■ e some assistkncp on a special subct. Under; tlps.vhaading ftre held ich courses as dairying, domestic ience, poultry-raising, stock-judging, ed-judgrog, etc. * A good deal, of experimental work done on the farm of this institution, understand that students ate retired to do their sha;re of practical rm work, and that the benefits of iese experiments are far reaching ad difficult to estimate. Even after udents leave college many continue > assist with a scheme of organized sperimental work carried on under le auspices of. their Experimental 'nion, of which Mr 0. A. Zavitz, rofessor Of Field Husbandry at the ollege, is secretary. Even in New Zealand we have eard not a little of the successful ex* erimental work (Carried out at , the airy Department p| this college. The dairy herd is' composed mostly f Ilolsteins and Ayrshires. The jrstem of recording the yields of each »w is followed here* as at. the Dolinion Experimental Farm at Ottawa. Special reference was made to one >w of this herd, it gave ,781'91 lb. of utter-fat in 365 days. This is beeved to be the best year-record for a anadian cow, and I was told that it doubtful if any cow beginning her scoTd before she was four years old as done better. The Ontario Agricultural College as for some three years sent a group E five, students to take part in the bock-judging competition at the In* Live Stock Exposition at 'hicago. Last year was the third in accession when the O.A.C. team won ie trophy outright. Those connected rith the O.A.Q. are very proud of his success. „

(To be continued 1,