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QUEBEC CHARLES FRANgOIS LANGLOIS, P«'^™ EXTUA COPY For original see: 630,7 Quebec, Ministcrc du 1 ' agriculture Q3 et de la colonisation Uapport du concours de merite agricole, (Competition of agricul- tural merit ,..) w I TOTf May it Th Provinc Compet began i each of divided No. 2, V Baj raond, I Richmo Jean, V We we all f should 1 we thei the 94 printed, volume. Th« larger t: petitors, addition system < Lawren< noticed. TO THE HONOURABLE AUGUSTE REAL ANGERS, Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Quebec. ^H: May it Please Your Honour : — The undersigued, members of the Council of Agriculture of the Province of Quebec, have the honour to submit the report of the Provincial Competition of Agricultural Merit for the year 1891. The present year is fhe second of the Provincial Competition, v\rhich began in 1890, and which is to last for five years, a year being devoted to each of the five agricultural districts in which the Province has been sub- divided by Your Honour. The competition took place this year in district No. 2, which comprises the following 22 counties : — Bagot, Beauharnois, Brome, Chambly, Chateauguay, Compton, Drum- raond, Huntingdon, Iberville, Laprairie, Missisquoi, Napierville, Richelieu, Richmond, Rouville, Shefford; Sherbrooke, Stanstead, St. Hyacinthe, St. Jean, Vercheres and Yamaska. "We began our inspection on the 16th June last. For the first week we all four worked together, so that we might settle as to how the farms should be inspected, and adopt uniform rules to guide us in our awards ; we then separated, in pairs. We have made a special report upon each of the 94 competitors, but we considered it unnecessary to have them all printed, and we decided to publish only 47, which are included in this volume. The district in which the competition took place this year is much larger than that of last year, which accounts for the great increase of com- petitors, from 34 in 1890 to 94 in 1891. There will also be found an additional interest in the reports of this year, for the difterence in the system of agriculture followed in the old parishes on the shores of the St. Lawrence, and that adopted in the Eastern Townships, will be particularly noticed. Not only the education and the agricultural traditions of the farmers of these two distinct regions are not the same, but the features of the land and the character of the soil are different, and in judging between the competitors, one cannot apply the same fixed rules to those who cultivate the hills and mountains of the Eastern Townships, and to those who farm the flat lands along the St. Lawrence. We have, however, tried to put clearly before the farmers of this Province, what good examples should b(> followed and what errors avoided, and above all, we have tried to impress upon them, that intelligence, order, economy and perseverence are the farmer's fortune, wherever his lot may be cast and whatever his circum- stances may be. It will be observed that a great deal of attention has been devoted to the subject of fertilizers and their use. Notwithstanding the favourable results obtained by " top dressing " in a moist and rainy climate such as England, we are unanimous in agreeing that in our climate, and with our dry summers, the full benefit of manure can only be obtained in one way, and that is by " ploughing it under." This question is met with in almost every report, but we have treated the subject at length in our report on Mr. Thomas Roy's farm (No. 47), which is the last one in this volume. Book-keeping is, as a rule neglected. It is, however, of great import- ance to the farmer. Careful book-keeping will enable the farmer, not only to find out what his annual profits are, but also to see which crops or undertaking pay best, and on the other hand, which give poor results or entail loss. "We advise farmers to make as correct an inventory as pos- sible, of their cattle, farm implements, etc., at the end of each year. "We regret the foreign export of large quantities of ashes and bones which would aid materially in improving our own lands. We strongly urge the use of plaster in stables ; it absorbs all noxious gases, and at the same time preserves the most essential parts of the manure. We have noticed in several cases that the meadows are mowed too closely, and on land where the owners sell large quantities of hay, we find the number of cattle insufficient to furnish the manure necessary for the soil, and that these farms gradually deteriorate, instead of improving. In the general index of marks at the end of the volume, will be found details, which it is impossible to give in each report. A diploma of " distinguished merit " and a silver medal, are awarded to those who haA'e obtained 85 marks out of a maximum of 100 ; a diploma of " great merit " and a bronze medal for 75 marks, and a diploma of merit for 65 marks. The law creating the Provincial Competition of Agricultural Merit, (52 Victoria, Cap. 20) only allows those to compete who have already obtained prizes for the best kept farms in county or sub-divisions of county competitions. Unfortunately, in certain counties the agricultural societies have been so often exempted by the Council of Agriculture, from the obli- gation of holding these competitions for the best kept farms, that the resident farmers have not had the same opportunities as those in other counties, of obtaining these county or sub-divided county prizes. This happened notably, in the County of Compton, where Mr. Judah lives. We allowed him 96.50 out of the maximum of 100 ; he is at the head of all the competitors, but as he has not previously obtained a prize in a county competition, he forfeits by law, his right to the Provincial Competition prize. Messrs. J. "W". M. Vernon, Bonaventure Robert, James Mcintosh and other distinguished farmers, are unfortunately in the same situation and for the same reasons. "We nevertheless, publish the report of our visit to their farms. It is apparent that the object of the law was not so much to reward the best farmers of the Province, (who find their reward in the profits gained by their good farming) as to make them known, and to hold them up as an example by which the agricultural class might benefit. Should it be impossible to reward all the above named gentlemen as they deserve, we trust that Your Honour may see fit to confer on Mr. E.W. Judah, a signal token of distinction, so that he may understand how fully the Province appreciates his merit. The whole respectfully submitted, • S. N. BLACKWOOD. E. CASGRAIN. J. PILON. S. A. FISHER. Judges of the Provincial Competition of Agricultural Merit. • - >l ti mam PRO^ Descripti For into fivt in turn, five. Ist. Cartier, part of 1 and tow (Th district 2nd of the Si and Mej Beauhai ingdon, Rouvilli cheres a (Th district 3rd Lawren Beauce, L'Islet, and "Wc (Th this dis 4. ' St. La\^ first di tides), I fr PROVINCIAL COMPETITION OF ACRICULTURAL MERIT. Description of the five Agncuttural Districts into which the Province is divided for the purpose of this competition. For the purposes of this competition, the Province has been divided into five agricultural districts, and the competition will be held each year in turn, commencing with number one district and ending with number five. 1st. The first district comprises the following counties: — Jacques Cartier, Hochelaga, Laval, Two Mountains, Soulanges, Vaudreuil, and that part of the counties of Argenteuil and Terrebonne containing the parishes and townships not included in the Laurentides. (The Provincial Competition of agricultural Merit was held in this district in 1890.) 2nd. The second district shall comprise the part of the Province south of the St. Lawrence, and south of the counties of Nicolet, Arthabaska, "Wolfe and Megantic. (This division comprises the following counties : — Bagot, Beauharnois, Brome, Chambly, Chateaguay, Compton, Dr.ummond, Hunt- ingdon, Iberville, Laprairie, Missisquoi, Napierville, Richelieu, Richmond, Rouville, Sheffbrd, Sherbrooke, Stanstead, St, Hyacinthe, St. John, Ver- cheres and Yamaska, 22 counties and subdivisions.) (The Provincial Competition of Agricultural Merit was held in this district in 1891.) 3rd. The third district shall comprise the remainder, south of the St. Lawrence. This division comprises the following counties : — Arthabaska, Beauce, Bellechasse, Bonaventure, Dorchester, G-aspe, Kamouraska, Levis, L'Islet, Lotbiniere, Megantic, Montmagny, Nicolet, Rimouski, Temiscouata and "Wolfe, 16 counties.) (The Provincial Competition of Agricultural Merit shall be held in this district in 1892.) 4. The fourth district shall comprise all that portion north of the river St. Lawrence, west of the county of Portneuf, and not comprised in the first district (Montreal) already defined, Argenteuil (part of the Lauren- tides), Berthier, Champlain, Jolielte, L'Assoraption, Maskinonge, Montcalm, mil i 8 Ottawa, Pontiac, St. Maurice, Torn'bonno (part of the Laurentidos), Thnv Rivers, ) 2 counties and divisions. (The Provincial Competition of Agricultural Merit shall be held in this district in 1893.) 5th. The fifth district shall comprise the county of Portneuf and the remainder of the Province north of the 8t. Lawrence, Charlevoix, Chicou- timi, Lake St, John, Montmorency, Portneuf, Quebec and Saguenay. 8 (The Provincial Competition of Agricultural Merit shall be held in this^district in 1894.) PROVINCIAL COMPETITION OF AGRICULTURAL MERIT. SECOND YEAR. Competition of Agricultural District No. 2. ORDER OP MERIT 1 2 :1 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 NAMES ADDRESS E. W. Judah Hillhurst, P. O. H. Gilmour Stanlmdf^e MrH. Mary L. Fearce. . . J. W. Vernon Thomas Watson VV. L. Davidson Robert Robertson J. H. Mastin R. A. Savage Pierre Paquet COUNTY. David A. Mansur Eug. Arthur Baldwin. Mrs. W. A. William.. Timothee Brodeiir Joseph V. Papineau. . . John Learned Jethro Batnhelier Bonaventure Robert. . Chs. W. Curtis A. L. Pomroy S. C. Cameron W. W. Rogers James Mcintosh Charles Roy Thomas Dryadale Alfred A. Sargeant Charles Hdbert John Mnir , R^mi T^traiilt S. I. Pomroy Addison Batcheller. .., Chs. Whitcomb Vhomas Hunter Compton...., Mifisisciuoi .. Stanstead Conipton .... Beaiihnrnois Shefford Chateauguay St. Jean Shefford . , . , Rouville.. Stanstead Stanstead Bromo — Bagot. Stanstead Plain . .... Waterville North (leorgetown Betiiel S. Georgetown, Howick Lacolle South Stnkley St. Michel de Rouge- mont Stanstead Plain Stanstead Plain West Bolton St. Hughes Barnston 'StanVtead . . . Cookshire ICompton . . . . Rougemont iChateauguay Waterville Compton . . . . Warden Shefford . . . . Compton Compton . . . . Durham Missisquoi . . i^aton Compton .... Waterville jComplon . . . . St. Anne de Sabrevois.' Iberville .... St. Louis de Gonzague Heanharnois. South Stukely Shefford St. Jean St. Jean Hinchmbrooko Huntingdon . St. Jacques le Mineur.Laprairle ... Compton Compton. ... Bedford iMissiscjuoi . . Waterloo [.Shefford Clarenceville ! Missisquoi . . TOTAL OF POINTS 96.50 95.85 89.50 89.40 89.40 88.90 88.05 88.00 87.90 87.80 87.48 87.40 87.25 87.25 87.00 86.95 86.90 86.62 86.50 86.50 86.10 85.90 85.90 85.80 85.75 85.75 85.75 85.75 85.65 85.50 85.40 85.40 85.35 34 35 30 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 4(1 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 5(! 57 68 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 F. W. Roy Wni. 1'. HilUiDimo Dom. I'lianeiif Pierm Tli<''t)orj?o H. A..k .1 McKay Jas. rottinuliam Joseph Roy Milton McDonald E. L. Roberts I. R. liri(l>?e Ilyp, UroHHoau John Bo rrowchile Ant Dnfaiilt Th. Rov W. 11 \Valker J. M. A. Vournier Michel Hernier Pierre Bran 11 Enp;. W. Morrill Jas. Deland Lud^rer Hessette Ed. Lanctot J. Azario Archambanlt, Israel M(^nard.. Archibald McCallum.. Louis Brosseau Eustache Roy Antoine Casavant. . . Louis Dubuc Patrick Ryan Nelson Smillie Toussaint Caron. ... Sim6on Letourneau. VVm. Barlow Michel Larochelle.. L I. Symons Pierre Boudreau... Joseph Leb(wu L6vi R. Whitman.. Gilbert Hubert G.W.Morrill Chs. Lafontaine Moise Vincent John Jackson David E. Taylor. ... Benjamin Vinet. ... J. B. Deland ..... I Amable Jacques iJohn Monaghan P. E. Ste. Marie iAngus ^NIcNanghton . jJames Dougall Seraph. Guevremont-. P. B. Lamarro Ferd. Lyster IThos. Sanders !Nap. Pr^fontaino , jJolin Bernier Honor^ Capistran ^Joseph Perreault, fils. . I Joseph Moreau Stanstead Plain Stanstead Kniiwlton Iiroiiio South Ktukely Shf (lord N.-l). d« Bonsecours. .. Knuvillo East Hatley Stanstead Ormstown ( hateanguay . . Ste. Anne de Sabrevois. Iberville • Acton Vale Station .... Bagot West Shetrord Shefford South Stukoly SheHnrd St. Sebastien Ibei »'ille LacoUe St- John Ste. Victoire Iticholieu St. .lean St. John (lodmauchester Huntiiiitdon ... .Marioville Rouville St. Hyacinthe St. Hyacinthe.. St. S<5bastien Iberville «tanstead Plain . Stanstead Sainte Marguerite de Blairflndy St. .John N.-D. de Bonsecours. . . Rouville St. Constant Laprairie Slierbrooke Sherbrooke St. Jean St. .lohn Danville Village Richmond .... St. Hubert Chambly Sainte Marguerite de Blairflndy St. John St. Dominique Bagot St. Isidore Laprairie Conipton ("omptou Richmond jRichmond St. Cyprien jNapierreville . . bt. Constant Laprairie West Danville Richmond .... Ste. V ictoire | Richelieu .St. Ix5uis de Gonzague.. Benuharnois .. Ste. Victoire IRicrhelieu Ste. Marie Monnoir....|Houville ;Knowlton iBrome St. Michel J Yamaska Compton Stu ;Compton St. Simon i Bagot St. Hubert |Chambly jRichmond [Richmond .... Richmond jRichmond Beanharnois JBeauharnois .. Sainte Marguerite de| ] Blairflndy ;St. John La Presentation !St. Hyacinthe . St. .lohn :St. John St. Hubert jChambly Ilinchinbrooke jHuntingdon . . ^Brigbam iBrome Sorel iRichelieu 'St. Lambert iChambly iRichmond iHicbraond . ... 'East Sherbrooke jSherbrooke- ... Longueuil JChambly lie du Fort 'Yamaska St. Thom.de Pierrevillej Yamaska Bassin Chambly jChambly Ctrantham IDrummond ... 85.35 85.30 85.20 85.15 85.10 85.10 85.10 85.10 85.05 83.30 81.7<» 81.20 80.00 79.50 79.40 79.15 77. .55 77.35 70.45 76.35 76.20 76.('.. 76.00 75.75 75.75 75.45 75.40 75.30 75.00 74.25 72.30 71.41 70.90 69.30 68.95 68 25 67.75 67.70 67.70 67.35 67.30 67.20 67.10 66.70 66.45 66.25 66.20 66.05 65.55 65.50 65.15 65.15 65.10 65.05 65.00 64.55 57.00 54 60 54.00 50 55 45.05 I '!>( W hi 10 No. 1. E. W. JUDAH. For details, see table of points, at the end of this volume. On the 24th of August, 1891, we visited the farm of Mr. Ernest W Judah, of Hillhurst, County of Compton. Ir contains 4u0 acres, of which 150 are uuder cultivaticn, 130 in permanent pasture and 120 in forest Mr. Judah has a grea. reputation as a breeder of Hereford cattle. His stock has carried off numerous prizes at exhibitions held in this Proyince and in Ontario; he is however not only a successful cattle breeder, but also an excellent farmer, joiner, carpenter and blacksmith. In studying the general table of points, we can appreciate how nearly he attains to per- fection m every respect and how worthy he is of the title of " a morfd farmer." His system of rotation is as follows First year, oats. Second year, turnips, potatoes or carrots. Third year, barley or wheat se-ded down for hay. He has attempted to grow turnips this year on meadow land having manured the soil heavily ; the second year he intends sowing beans and the third a grain crop, seeded down for hay. After a crop of oats, in order to prepare hi« soil for luruips, he ploughs and harrows it m the autumn, spreads his manure in the spring, ploughs it under, harrows it with care and then passes the chain harrow over the whole ; he then makes his drills and sows his turnips as soon as possible. Whet he intends putting in a crop of turnips on meadow land, he ploughs about the end of August, harro\^s with the cut away disk harrow in dry weather, then levels his land with an ordinary harrow and cross ploughs it late in the autumn ; he spreads his manure in the spring, ploughs it under, harrows with the cut away disk harrow and then with the ordi- nary harrow or chain harrow, makes his drills and sows. When possible, he manures his stubble in the autumn. The farm h well divided ; the dwelling house perfect in every detail. 11 The barns, stables, piggery, sheds for wood and vehicles, harness room, carpenter and other shops are all most satisfactory and well adapted to the needs of the farm. His soil needs careful draining ; to meet that want he has built 49 arpents of tile and stone drains which work perfectly. His fields are in good order and free from bad weeds ; we were however obliged to deduct 15 hundreaths of a point on that head, as we found that he had allowed scrub growing alongside of the public highway fence, to extend f jr a small distance on a part of his land, which however was not under cultivation. Mr. Judah was getting rid of this scrub at the time we paid him our visit. His farm instruments are numerous, of the best make and perfectly kept ; his manure is preserved with care. Apart of the manure derived from the farm, Mr. Judah has employed this year 400 loads of manure, bought in Montreal and shipped to him by train. His cattle and horses are very good ; he has two " Clyde " stallions one of which is thorough- bred, and a thorough-bred " Shetland " stallion and mare ; six work horses ; two, three year-old colts ; one, two years old ; one, one year old and two yearlings. One " Hereford " bull, 9 heifers and cows from two to seven years and one Hereford calf, all thoroughbred; four Jersey grade milk cows ; forty-three fattening cattle two years and up, four grades one year old and two grade yearling calves. One ram and six ewes " Shropshire '' grades ; one sow " Chester White " and twelve young pigs. It has been our duty to find fault with several of the competitors for having sown too great a quantity of grain and having neglected root crops. Mr. Judah is above reproach on that score, as he has but 2 J acres of mixed oats and buckweat and 34f acres of root crops and beans. His fields were all very fine ; they consisted of 93^ acres of meadow, 122 acres of perma- nent pasture,j2J acres in mixed oats and buckweat, 12 acres in oeans, 20 in turnips, f of an acre in red carrots and 2 acres in potatoes. He expects to get 900 bushels of turnips to the acre ; hei disposes of them either in Montreal or Boston for It J cents per bushel ; his beans are sold on the same markets. "With part of the produce of his turnips and beans he buys grain, ground cotton seed, indian corn and a car load of linseed cake, which he gives lo the cattle he wishes to fatten. The quantity of manure which he gets from his large s^ock of cattle assists him greatly in enriching his farm. Among all the competitors, whose farms we have examined, Mr. E. m 12 W. Judah has obtained the highest number of marks, viz : 96.50. He is worthy of the highest reward ; we deeply regret, that the law which ex- cludes those who have not already obtained prizes in country and sub- division of county competitions, from taking part in the present competi- tion, debars us from awarding him the prize he eo well deserves, but we trust that a special reward may be given him. County and subdivision of county competitions have been very scarce in Compton, as the Council of Agriculture has frequently exempted that county as well as others in the Eastern Townships from holding such competitions ; for the above reason, farmers in the counties that have been so exempted have not had the same opportunities as those in other counties, to qualify for the provincial com- petition. In any case Mr. Judah's example will not be lost to the farmers of this province, and we are happy to have had the opportunity of rendering him justice and of recognizing his merit. S. N. BLACKWOOD, E. CASGEAIN, Judges of the Provincial Competition of Agricultural Merit. It IVo. 2. Colonel A. H. GILMOUR. For details, see table of points at the end of the volume. Colonel Gilmour's farm contains 445 acres in superficies, a large portion of his soil is alluvions and gives splendid crops of hay and grain. The remainder of his land is composed of dry, warm soil, which is well adapted to the growing of Indian corn, potatoes and other vegetables. His pasture land is very good. Colonel Gilmour bought his farm about six years ago, and since then he has applied himself to put it in good condition ; he has built new fences, made drains wherever necessary and has in short done everything necessary to make his farm one of the finest in this Province. The system of rotation of Colonel Gilmour is perfect. This is it : Ist year. 13 generally hoed crops with a heavy dressing of manure, but sometimes oats on a part with manure ; 2nd. year, wheat and barley with grass seed. He always ploughs meadow in the Fall, and crossploughs in the Spring ; he never ploughs meadow without enriching it before seeding down again. He keeps it 5 years or more before ploughing again. He draws out his manure into large piles and spreads it in Spring after cross-ploughing and works it in with he disc harrow. We believe he would do better to plough in the manure when he cross-ploughs in the Spring, as he takes the trouble any way to do this ploughing, and before ploughing he would fir'^ it less work to spread the manure, and ploughing in is better than covering with the harrow. Still we must admit that the results apparent were very satisfactory. He sows J bush of timothy and clover mixed, to the acre. The division of the farm is perfect, there being an alley way to allow the animals to come from the pasture to the barns. The house is good. All the barns, stables and hog- pens and poultry house, the sheds for wagons and wood are all as perfect as can be for the working of the farm, both as regards convenience and good care for the animals. They are, however, much too expensive for most farmers and it must be necessary to have other revenues than those of the farm to put up such fine buildings. However, if the majority of farmers cannot erect buildings like those of Colonel Gilmour, it will interest them, no doubt, to read a description of his, and we feel sure, that even those with the most restricted means, can adopt some of his improvements. Here is a description in a few words of the barn of 100x65 feet that Colonel Grilmour has just built. The lower flat contains stalls and boxes for more than one hundred head of cattle and colts. Carts loaded with hay, make their way to the hay-loft in the third story, by a gradual slope, and after unloading, they make their way down by another exit. The means of watering and feed- ing the cattle are so good, that two men spend but a short portion of the day in attending to their wants. The scond flat is reached by a stairway placed in the centre of the building, and is used for storing in separate compartments, the difierent kinds of food for the cattle. A carpenter's shop is there, as well as a henery, rooms for grain, and a place in which to store the agricultural implements and two silos capable of holding 250 tons each. From the observatory on top of the barn, a vast panorama extends . i i-t 14 towards the North, as far as Montreal, and to the South as far as the Green Mountains. A wind mill, on top of the observatory, pumps the water into a large reservoir placed on the second story. Pipes connect the reservoir with the stables. Apart of this barn, there are five other smaller ones on the farm. The ditches and drains all work well. We regret to notice more weeds than careful cultivation ought to allow. The general order of the building and implements leaves but very little to be desired, but we are obliged to deduct .25 of one point on the order of the fields in consequence of some bad weeds. The books are not complete, and we have only given 2 points out of three allowed for that. On the care and increase of manure we allow the full points. Besides the manure made on the farm he has bought 1*75 worth of commercial feitilizers this year. At the end of the farm there are 50 acres of maple trees. This year, 800 trees were tapped and 2,000 lbs. of sugar were made. Mr, Gilmour has on his farm a thoroughbred stallion and a pure Hambletonian stallion, 6 mares, of which 3 are thoroughbred;;(Gold-dust), 3 cross-bred ; 10 work horses, Ti 2-yearold crossed, 2 thoroughbred year- lings, 4 cross-bred yearlings, 2 sucking colts thoroughbred and 4 cross- bred. He has also 2 pure Durham bulls, 33 grade Durham cows, 12 steers, 20 2-year-olds, 9 yearlings, 8 calves, of which 2 are pure; a Berkshire boar, 3 Berkshire sows, and 27 pigs. This year there are 122 acres in meadow, 140 acres in pasture, 25 acres in clover, 4 in wheat. 25 in barley, 27 in oats, J in tares, 3 in mixed grain, barley and buckwheat, 1 in sugar beets, J in turnips, J in red carrots, 4 in potatoes, 3 in green fodder, 2 acres of corn for grain, and 13 acres of corn for ensilage and an orchard of three acres. The crops all through are very good. The number of points given is 95.85, in consequence of which we recommend him to ;receive the silver medal and the diploma of distinguished merit. S. N. BLACKWOOD E. CASGRAIN, Judges of the Provincial Competition of Agricultural Merit. f ; 16 f 5 No. 3. MRS. M. C. PEARCE. For details, see table of points at tlie end of the volume. On the 19th August we visited the farm of Mrs. Mary C. Pearce of Stanstead Plain, in the County of Stanstead. This farm has an extent of 265 acres, of which 90 are cultivated, 160 in permanent pasture and 15 in woods. The system of rotation is perfect, but we take off one-tenth of a point because in the fifth year she top dresses her meadow to cut hay a couple of years more, and in this we are quite sure that there is waste of manure. This is the system followed : — 1st year, wheat, or barley with grass seed or mixture of oats, wheat and barley also with grass seed v/ith manure, and a part in oats. 2nd year : hoed crop where the oats were. 3rd year : wheat and grass seeds where the hoed crop was. She leaves the land in meadow four years and where she puts on the top dressing she cuts hay two years more. The manure is drawn out in winter and put in large piles, and it is spread on the ploughed ground and worked in with the disk harrow. She never ploughs up and seeds down to grass any land without manuring it. A very nice alley, well fenced, leaves the high road and leads up through the centre of the farm to the last fields, and one can pass from this alley by gates into all the fields. The buildings are J of the way up the farm where one can view all the fields. The house is large and well ventilated and arranged for a farm of the kind. The barns and horse stable are perfectly arranged for economic and handy work. The cattle barn io new and roomy and may serve as a model in all its arrange- ments. The order in the buildings, fences and fields, in the fine meadows and rich pasture free of weeds, as well as the fine appearance of the grain and root crops, all shows a good system of cultivation. The crop this year of grain s very fine, and Mrs. Pearce expects to get from 40 to 75 bushels per acre. The manure is carefully preserved under shelter and superphosphate is used. i • ( . 16 On another property, 5 miles away, Mrs. Pearce, this year made from 1,300 maple trees, 3,300 lbs of sugar. The cattle and stock, which are very fine and of which a part pasture on another property, are as follows : 4 brood mares, 4 work horses, 4 3-year- old colts, 2 2-year-olds, and 1 yearling; 2 bulls, of which one is a Polled Angus ; 24 cows, of which 4 are Polled Angus ; 4 steers for beef; 8 2-year- olds, of which 2 are Polled Angus ; 6 yearlings of which 2 Polled Angus Chester White sows. There are 33 acres in length of under drain which works well and for which we give 4 points. Mrs. Pearce has this year on the farm 70 acres in meadow, 160 in per- manent pasture, 4 in wheat, 6 in barley, 9 in oats, 5 J in mixed grain, oats wheat and barley, J in beans, 3J in turnips, IJ in potatoes, i in green- fodder. We give 89.50 points, which entitle Mrs. Pearce to the silver medal and the diploma of distinguished merit. S. N. BLACKWOOD, E. CASaRAIN, Jiidges of Provincial Competition of Agricultural Merit. It JVo, 4. J. W. M. VERNON, For details, see table of points at the end of the volume. The 29th of August we visited the farm of Mr. Vernon, of Water ville, County of Compton. This farm contains 462 acres, of which 175 acres are under cuHivation, 215 in permanent pasture, 70 in woods, 1 in orchard and 1 in garden. This is a farm very well adapted to all kinds of cropping. Mr. Vornon is also a breeder of Hereford cattle, well-known in the Eastern Townships. In 1886, Mr. Vernon sold, to go to the United States the Hereford Bull Flushingham for $5,000, and, notwithstanding that the price of all animals has fallen since, he sold, during 1890, 14 head for $1,955. The same year he had the misfortune to loye by fire his stable with 27 heads of Herefords and all his implements, only partly covered by insurance. Mr. Vernon, eight years ago, left a good position and tine property in England to settle in the Eastern townshisps and devote himself to farming and cattle breeding and brought with him these fine Herefords. This is the system followed by Mr. Vernon: 1st year : oats and hoed crop. 2!)d year : where the oats were, he puts hoed crops and whore the hoed crops were he .sows wheat or barley with grass seed. 3rd year: where the hoed crop was the 2nd year, he sows wheat with grass seed. He draws his manure in winter and puts it in large piles in the field ; bespreads it on the ploughed ground in the Spring and works it in with the disk harrow. For the potatoes he puts his manure in the Fall on the turf and buries it with the plough. For turnips, after oats, he spreads the manure on the stubble and burios it also with the plough. He never puts manure in drills. The division of this farm is gooil ; the house is first rate in every respect. The barns and cattle stables which are new and cost |3,000, are models but without any showiness ; the horse stable, sheep pons and hog pens are all 2 M ta^imnKmiiifsmi 18 well suited to his requirements. The fields are in order, nearly free from bad weeds, but still we take off i'o"„ of a point in consequence of some heads of white daisy that we saw. The manure is well managed and cared for. Besides the manure produced on the farm, Mr. Vernon, in 1890, used 600 lbs. of superphosphate and 12 barrels of ashes. The implements are suffi- cient in number, good, and well cared for. The ditches, water courses and drains are good and work well. The stock is as follows : 1 Standard American trotter stallion ; 8 brood mares, of which 3 are Standard bred ; 1 English thoroughbred and 4 cross bred ; 2 work horses, 5 3-year-old colts, 2 being Standard bred and 3 cross bred ; 5 2-year-olds, 1 being Standard bred, 2 Clydes and 2 trotters ; 5 yearlings, 1 Standard and 4 trotters and 1 Clyde sucking colt. A Hen- ford bull, 1 Hereford tows, 8 2-year-old Hereford heifers, 3 yearlings and 5 calves, all Hereford enregistered. Also 37 heads of fattening animals, 2 years old and over. A Shropshire ram and 10 ewes and a sow of the large Improved Yorkshire breed. Mr. Vernon has this year on the farm : 110 acrvis in meadow, 215 in pasture, 2 in wheat, 6 in barley, 30 in oats, 1 in buck-wheat, 10 mixed, oats and peas, ^ in beans, 2 in turnips, 1^ In potatoes. Mr. Vernon also taps 2,200 maple trees with which this jear he made 5,000 lbs. of sugar. Mr. Vernon has obtained 89,40 points, which gives him right to the silver medal and to a diploma of distinguished merit. It is with deep regret that we cannot allow him the reward he has so well deserved ; he is unfortunately in the same position as Mr. .Tudah. having never obtained a prize in a county or sub-division of county competition for the best kept farms. S. N. BLACKWOOD, E. CASGRAIN, Judges oj Provincial Competi/inn of Agricultural. Merit. I V ree from ne heads ared for. used 600 are sufR- .rses and HIJ llion ; 8 ed and 4 ?d and 3 trotters ; A Kere- ns and 5 imals, 2 he largo i Dw, 215 ) mixed, ion also mgar. ; to the th deep d ; he is :ained a 3St kept : t .;. rii. 'k r 1 !r THOMAS WATSON No. oiitlie Plan. 6 y 9 4 p 7 8 5 3 4 1 •7 1 s DEBeARATS A ClE, OHAV. F.I imp,, r.ONThi-W 19 THOMAS WATSON. INDEX AND DESCRirnON OF THE PLAN OF HIS FARM. No. — Area. To o al. oiitlie Plan. < OQ 6 Mea(iow , 10 10 7 10 10 .5 S 10 10 20 9 << 'M 4 Pasture 7 8 10 10 20 3 4 acres in wheat and 4 acres in barlev 1 Oats 1 acre of beets, 1 acre of potatoes, 1! acres of Indian corn and 5 acres in neas Sugar Busli, Orchard and Building lot 100 100 I I I I IP h 20 No. 9. THOMAS WATSON, For (letnils, see (able of points at the end of the volume. On the 22nd of June, we visited Mr. Thomas Watson's farm at North Georgetown, County of Beauharnois. This farm contains 100 superficial acres of which 16J are in forest. The division of the f\u'm is good, nevertheless we were obliged to deduct a quarter of a poiut because part of his alley was not fenced ou one side. Mr. Watson's system of rotation is perfect. It is as follows: First year, oats; second year, hoed crop, or peas and wheat. He spreads his manure in the autumn and plows it under, passes the grubber twice in the spring and then the roller ; third year, barley with hayseed composed of 1 gallon of timothy and 5 lbs of Vermont clover; he takes a hay crop for two years and pastures for three. The dwelling house, barns, siables for horses and cows, piggery, grain shed, out houses and blacksmith shop, are well adapted to his needs. A fine garden ornaments the front of the house, and on one side there is a splendid orchard containing a large number of fine trees. The orchard is protected by a fine twelve foot hedge of muind cedar, white spruce and balsam. The fences are of wood and wire and a« in very good order. The fields are all well cultivated and in perfect order The manure is not looked after with sufficient attention : on that head we deducted IJ points. The agricultur.'i t .ir., ments are most satisfactory and in very good order ; we allowed him on that score the maximum of points. 21 >n Mr. Watson has a f bred fJlyde marft, 4 work horses, 1 oolt ? Clyde, two ytiars old, and one, 1 year old j Clyde; 1 Ayrshire hull, 10 Ayrshire cows, 2 ono year old Ayrshire heifers and 7 Ayrshire ealves, all registered and of first-class quality ; 1 . ow Berkshire and 7 young pigs, Berkshire and Chester white grade. Mr. Watson has 20 arpents in meadow, 82 in pasture, 4 arpents in wheat, 4 in barley, 10 in oats, 5 in peas, ', in beans, 1 arpent in beet- roots, J in white carrots, 1 arpent in potatoes, 3 arpents in Indian corn for ensilage, and 3 J arpents in orchard. Wo observed that the farm work was carried on with the greatest economy, all the wood and iron work and all repairs being done in the most perfect manner by Mr. Watson's sous. One of Mr. Watson's sons devotes a great deal of attention to the rais- ing of bees, and has 18 magnificent hives. His sons are all hard-working and intelligent ; one of them is a veteri- narj'^ surgeon. Mr. Watson has obtained 89.40 points, and consequently he is entitled to the silver medal and to a diploma of distinguished merit. S. N. BLACKWOOD, E. CASGRAIN, Jvdffes of the Provincial Competition of Agricultural Merit. 22 ]\o. 6. W. L. DAVIDSON, For details, see table of points at the end of this volume. On the 5th of August we visited the farm of W. L. Davidson, at Bethel, in the County of ShefFord, containing' 155 acres, 90 of which are arable, 32 pasture not arable, 3 in orchard, making in all 125 cleared and 30 in bush. Mr. Davidson's system is as follows : — 1st year : oats, pease and oats, corn and potatoes. 2nd year: after corn and potatoes, wheat or barley, seeded with 4 to 5 qrts, timothy, and say 2 lbs. clover per acre. After oats, pease and oats, generally hoed crop, sometimes wheat or barley seeded as above with manure. 3rd year : after hoed crop seeded down for hay, with wheat or barley. When he plants potatoes for a first crop, he spreads his manure after first plowing, and cross-plows it under before planting. Corn, as 1st crop, he manures in the hill. For corn and potatoes, when 2nd crop, he spreads and harrows for potatoes, and drills for corn, and puts hog manure in the hill. lie mows from 3 to five years, or so long as it will give a good crop. Mr. Davidson has found out that when he sows his hay seed with the second crop, the land stands longer to hay. He pastures from 3 to 5 years, but owing to too much rough land which gives him so much permanent pasture, he does not pasture all the land which comes under the rotation. When he .sows grass seed with the second crop, he spreads manure after ploughing and harrows it in. We approve of this rotation, the fertility of all parts of the farm gives evidences of its good effects. However, for that part of it in which he (some- times) spreads manure on the ploughed ground and harrows it, we show our disapproval by deducting 0. 10 on this head. 23 The division of his farm is good ; he has a good well fenced passage to his buildings. Implements are in good order but we consider them insuffi- cient for all his purposes and deduct 1.50. His accounts are well kept and we allow him the maximum of points for this item. His stock consists in two work horses, 1 three years old, 2 two years old and one 1 year old. A grade Hereford bull, 15 good grade milk cows, 3 fattening cattle, 1 two years old, 3 one year old and 3 calves, all good. One ram and 5 ewes, grades, good and 9 grade pigs, very good. The stock is good and sufficient for the size of the farm, allowing the equivalent of a head of cattle to each acre and two thirds, but, as the bull is not thorough- bred, we can only allow 10 points for this item. We found on the l\irm : 2 acres in wheat, 4 in barley, 6 in oats, 1 in peas, 1 in buckwheat (Japanese), 1 in oats and peas mixed, | in timothy for seed, f in turnips, i in red carrots, 3 in potatoes, ^ in Indian corn, 69 in meadow, 45 in pasture and a garden of 46 feet by 200. Mr. Davidson's farm is worked with judgment and pays him ; his accounts are well kept and show a most satisfactory profit, but apart of that, thanks to his excellent system of cultivation, his farm is steadily getting richer and its A-^alue increases every year. We have all the more pleasure in rendering justice to Mr. Davidson's merit as a farmer, as he began life as a tailor, and was already well advanced in years when he bought his farm, which, although in standing timber at the time he bought it, he has nevniheless succeeded in bringing to its present satisfactory state. We sincerely hope that Mr. Davidson's success may serve, not only to keep farmers on their lands, but to convince those who flock to cities in s(!arch of wealth, that it may bo more easily found in farming, and health and happiness as well. Mr, Davidson has obtained 88 90 points, which entitle him to the silver medal and to the Diploma of distinguished merit. S. N. BLACKWOOD, E. CASGRAIN, Judges of Provincial Com petition of Agricultural Merit. ^Hl If *i I i * ■ mm 111 ■wnffrmri'iiiiiirrr"' '■ 24 »o. 7. ROBERT ROBERTSON. ,i| INDEX AND DESCEIPTION OF THE PLAN OF HIS FARM. No. on the Plan. 3 3u 4 4a 5 6a 6 6a la 2 2b 7 7a 10 8 8a 9 9tt 2c 2d Ic 1 Meadow . Pasture Oat«, Barley and Peas . Wheat Orchard . . . . Yard Plantations . Forest Superficies. 5 o <1 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 1 5 1 5 5 8 5 5 4 2 1 1 1 4 91 OQ V o 1^ 50 50 50 50 50 50 Total. Remark. — It takes about seven square arpents to make six square acres. is subdivided into one hundred square joerc/ies. S 40 26 14 2 1 1 1 4 91 50 50 50 50 The square arpent s CL S «? ■if '^ P" az. F ^f ^ f t 1 «f S e£ \ s 4 \- ^ OJL S ae. : S \ f9'i-'^ ROBERT ROBERTSON DTfiRAIiAT-^ ,♦ TIE, (<>* .' II Ji li i Ont: South G superficie At fi entered f buildings in the fie] care ; wo building Whil cows cam the stable or 6 of th Mr. ] vegetable under, thi a mixture of Vermo: year. In in the sea and, as w a ^ of a p This ploughs i He r hay crops 25 Rio. 7. ROBERT ROBERTSON, For details, see table of points at the end of the volume. On the 20th. of June last, we visited the farm of Mr. Robert Robertson, South Georgetown, Howick, County of Chateaugiiay ; this land has a superficies of 135 arpents. At first sight it was easy to see that this farm was worthy of being entered for the competition. The pretty house with its splendid out- buildings, tasteful fences well whitened and general appearance of order in the fields all pointed to the fact that this farm was managed with great care ; workmen were engaged in adding a new story to the stable and building a fine silo at the back of the stable. Whilst we were there, Mr. Robertson's splendid herd of Ayrshire cows came into the yard and each animal by itself took its own place in the stable. Whilst the milking was going on, we weighed the milk of 5 or 6 of the cows ; each cow gave between 32 and 3G pounds of milk. Mr. Robertson's system of rotation is as follows : — First year, he sows vegetables on half of the land that he has taken up, with manure ploughed under, the other half he sows in oats and wheat ; the second year he sows a mixture of oats, barley and peas with hay seed and alsike clover, and 1 lb. of Vermont and 1 lb. of Rawdon ; he manures where he had oats the first year. In former years he was in the habit of spreading his manure early in the season on the pasture Unds and ploughing it under in the autumn and, as we found a small quantity of manure lying exposed we deducted a J of a point. This year he has changed his system ; he now spreads his manure and ploughs it under before putting in a hoed crop or grain. He never sows hay seed, before first manuring his land. He takes hay crops for four years and then pastures for three. The division of his i I I \ wmm -:;l^ 26 farm is perfect ; a splendid alley well fenced gives access to all his fields ; fences are of wood and in good order ; there are no bad weeds on the farm ; the dwelling house; is most satisfactory in every detail ; the barn, stablest sheep-fold and piggery, without having all modern improvements are yet well adapted to the needs of the form and are quite satisfactory from an economic point of view. Farm implements are in sulFicieut quantity and ot good quality. The manure is preserved with care, but its quantity might be increased more than it is, and we have deducted half a point ou the Item of augmentation. Accounts are well kept, but an inventory of stock and agricultural implements is not made every year ; we therefore deduct 40 hundredths of a point on this item. In 1890 Mr. Robertson bought six barrels of plaster to employ on his land. The stock is as follows : 2 grade Clyde mares and one thoroughbred, 2 grade Clyde work horses, 2 three-year-old colts, oneof whicth is thorough- bred, one Clyde colt a year old thoroughbred, 1 yearling thoroughbred aiid 2 grades ; 1 thoroughbred Ayrshire bull, 12 thoroughbred Ayrshire cows and It) grades, 1 thoroughbred 2-year-old bull, 3 thoroughbred heifers, 1 year old and 1 calf pure Ayrshire ; 2 rams Leicester. 8 ewes and 2 lambs, and 2 young Berkshin; pigs. The grain and vegetable crop is good, free of we(>ds and well looked after ; the meadows and pasture in a satisfactory state. Crops this year are as follows : 40 arpents in meadow. 26 in pasture, 2 in wheat, IS in barley, oats, pt>as, mixed grain, 1 arpent in timothy for seed, IJ in potatoes, 1 in Indian corn for ensilage, J an arpent in ludiau corn for green fodder. Mr. ltob;>rtson has obtained 88.05 points, which entitle him to tl sih^er medal and to a diploma of distinguished merit. le S. N. BLACKWOOD, E. CASGRAIN", Judges ProvinvinI Competition of Agrir.ultnral Merit. 2-7 ]Vo. 8. J. B. MASTEN For details, see (able of points at the end of the volume. On the 8th. of July we visited the farm of Mr. J. B. Hasten, situated at Lacolle, County of St. Jean. It contains 220 acres, of which 195 are cleared. Mr. Masteu's system of rotation is as follows : First year, on low land, peas, peas and oats mixed, and sometimes oats. On upland, where suitable, corn, potatoes and other roots with manure spread and ploughed under, and superphosphate in hills or drills. Second year : Hoed crops are followed by wheat or barley. The peas are generally followed by barley, mixed peas and oats. Oats followed by bu<'kwheat and sometimes only peas, the balance of the field with oats, peas and barley mixed — , with manure spread and ploughed under. Third year: Where he had wheat or barley, or bu<^kwheat the second year, he sows oats, peas and barley mixed and seeds down with one pound alsike, two pounds Northern Vt. clover, and about two gallons timothy per acre, mows three years and pastures generally two. He manures all the land ploughed, during the course of the three first years, with manure and superphosphate. On this farm, we found everything in good order, as well in the house as outside, and we were very favorably impressed not only with Mr. Hasten 's farm, but with himself and his family. He has work'.^d for many years on the i'arm ; when his father died, in 184"), leaving a number of children, the farm was not completely i)aid for. J. B. Hasten bought the shares of his brothers and sisters, and paid for them, finished payi g off" the price of the ftirm, and, improving it year by year by steady application to his work, he has brought it to its present state, and it deserves to be ranked as a model farm. He has brought up a large family, and has given them the benefit of a good education. We found on his farm the following stock : two brood mares, a cross of the St. Laurent and Cleveland Bay, very good ; three work horses, two two years old and two one year old. Two Durham bulls, one good and ;■ ■ 1 J ,1 f - t (ill ;; i. 28 Olio Knpt'iior, lil'tctMi niilcli (H)ws, Durham, Boiuct of tluMn rcjj^iHtcrcd, three riitl(Mii)jHbrd, containing 200 acres, 55 arable, 70 in pasture not arable, in all 125 cleared. Mr. Savage's rotation is as follov^'s : — Ist year ; oats, peas and sometimes hoed crops. 2nd year; after oats and peas, hoed crops ; after the hoinl croiv^ wheat or barley with grass seed. 8rd year : barley and wheat seeded for hay. Manure transported in large piles in fields in winter, a part kept under cover lor fall use. Some, say one- third, plowed under, the rest well har- rowed in with spring-toolh harrow. 29 Wo disapprove of thn spring-tooth harrow for covering manure, and deduct 1 point and allow iJ.OO. We found a few weeds and deduc-t 0.30. House all right, barn extra, horse and cattle stables very good ; we allow on out-buildings 0.30 of th(! maximum 7.00. Implements 4.76. Order in all departments very good. Farm accounts are good but not p(!rfect ; we allow 2.00 on that item. The stock consists of one brood mare, half Morgan, 3 work horses, 1 two-year old and 1 one-year old, all very good ; 1 bull pure Jersey, 20 high grade Durham cows, 2 two-year old heifers, 4 one-year old, and calves, all very good, 13 ewes and 17 lambs, good; 2 white Chester sows, and 3 young pigs, good, for the whoU; of which we allow 12 points. The crops were as follows: — IJ acres wheat, 2J oats. 1 peas, J peas and oats, ^ beans, | mangolds, J Swedish turnii)s, 'j potatoes, 45 meadow.s, 70 pasture,^ gn-en feed, J orchard, and a garden 100x100. We found this farm, as a whole, well managed, everything showing good care and sound judgment. By his example, as well as by the neal with which he discharges the duties of President of the Shelford Agricultural Society Mr. R. A. Savage does much for the farming community among whom his lot is cast. Having been awarded 87 00 points, he is entitled to the silver medal and the diploma of distinguished merit. S. N. BLACKWOOD, E. CASGRAIN. Judges of the Proinnrial Competition, of AgriruHurnl. Merit. 1 '. h 80 So. 10. PIERRE PAQUET For delaib, ste table of /minis at the end of the volume. The 17th July, we visitt'd the i'ann of Mr. P. Paqiiet, of St. Michel do Hougeniont, County of RouviUe. This tiinn has 9tj arpents and he has also another larm of 40 arpents of which 25 arpents are cultivated and If) are in wood. In these is a, magnificent sugar bush in which he taps 700 trees and this year obtained 700 lbs. .sugar and 130 gallons syrup which latter was sold at oue dollar a gallon. This latter farm is situated al a distance of 2 miles from the one where he lives, but the fodder is drawn for the cattle. meuts a The system of cultivation. Mr. Paquet commences by putting a good coat of uiauure on his pasturt! early in the spring and then ploughs in both manure and sod. Later he i;ross ploughs and works up the soil for a hoed crop A part of the land is sowed to oats without manure this first year. The 2ud year where was the hoed crop he sows the wheat or barley, with grass seed 1 peck timothy and 5 or (3 lbs. of Alsike and Ilawdon clover mixed per arpent. The part where oats were is manured and hot'd croj) put on it. The 3rd. year this latter part which was in hoed crop the 2iid year is sowed with grain and grass seed. He leaves the land generally 3 years in hay and 3 years in pasture. This rotation is good especially for this farm, which presents a naturally poor and sandy soil on most of its area. The division of the farm is well enough, but w'e take olF J point because the alley does not reach the back field. As for bad weeds, we have; taken off a point because we found some white daisy on the farm lying 2 miles away from the homestead. The buildings are excellent : the barn stables are new and very well adapted to all his wants and to economical working of the farm. The water is distributed in all the troughs by pipes with faucets. We con- 81 sider these buildings models for farmers generally to be copied. The implements are complete, of good quality and in good order. We allow the full points for increase and care of the manure which is perfect. Everything also in very good order and we give full points. Mr. Paquet keeps his books very well but we have taken off I point because there is no inventory of the animals, implcMnents etc ,, which iii- ventory ought to form part of the farmbooks. Thi- i>ermanent improve- ments are satisfactory as will be seen by the number of points we have given. In stock Mr. Paquet has 3 good work horses, a pure Durham bull 1 2 cows. 2 beef animals, 8 heifers of 1 year 2 ewes and 1 lamb Southdown grades, a grade Chester white sow and 4 pigs. This year Mr. Faquet has 45 arpents in hay, 38 in pasture of which T) is permanent, 2^ in vvheat, 14 in oats, 2J in peas, 2 in tares, 3J in barley, 2 of timothy cut ibr seed, ^ in onions, | in green fodder, 4 in orchard. The net revenue of the farm for the last year comes to iii>1021.79 as we found on examining his books. In accordance with the number of points awarded Mr. Paquet, 87.80 we recommend that the silver medal and the diploma of distinguished merit be awarded him. S. N. BLACKWOOD, E. CASGRAIN, Judges Provincial Competition Agricultural Met cL Hi p: 32 No. II. DAVID A. MANSUR Far detnih, see table of points at the end of volume. On the 19th of August we visited the farm of Mr. Daviil A. Mansur, of Staiistcad Plains, County of J^tanstead,- containing 330 acros, 280 aral)le and 50 in forest. His system of rotation is as follows: 1st year: oats se( ded. for hay, potatot's, corn, turnips. 2nd year : hay after oats, after hoed, crops — wheat and barley seeded with G quarts timothy, 5 lbs. Rawdon and 3 lbs. Alsyke clover ; he mows as long as he can g-et a paying crop. He draws his man- ure iu winter, except what he requires for next year's potatoes and corn, which he spreads on the ploughed ground in autumn and covers with spring-tooth or disk harrow. The rest he puts in large piles and spreads on the land in Spring and covers as above ; he never seeds down foi hay, land that has not been manured. From the luxuriant growth of aftergrass on all the meadows, quantity and quality of hay in the barns and spUndid appearance of all the crops, we conclude that but a very small portion of the manure is covered in the Spring with the spring-tooth harrow, and allow four points for the rotation. It being such a rare thing to find weeds here, lest Mr. Mansur should think we did not look sharp, we deduct 0.25 point for some we found in his calf pasture, below the road, the seed of which may be carried to his beautiful clean fields, if he does not take care. Plis stock consists of 1 brood mare. 3 work horses, 1 three years old and 1 foal, very good ; 2 bulls, 1 pure Hereford, extra good, the other a grade, good, 10 milk cows, good grades, 2u fattening steers, very good, 5 two years old, 10 one year old and 9 calves, very good ; 1 Shropshire ram, 18 ewes and 16 lambs, all good grades ; 1 breeding sow and 8 young pigs, White Chester o-rades. The crops this year cons-ist in : 2\ acres in wheat, 5 iu barley, 10 in oats, 4 in barley and oats mixed for provender, i in timothy for seed, 1 in 88 Swedish turnips, IJ in potatoes, \ in Indian corn for grain, 115 acres of very fine meadow and 140 oi pasture. We were much pleased with this farm, and with the exception of the outbuildings, which are old-fashioned and far from convenient, though carefully kept and utilized to the utmost, we have no hesitation in recom- mending it as a model. We saw there, as well as on Mrs. Pearco's farm, a very good arrangement for raising water from a low lying spring to the buildings, a height of fifty feet, by means of a hydraulic ram working under a head of only five feet. Mr. Mansur has been awarded 87.48 points which entitle him to the silver medal and the diploma of distinguished merit. S. N. BLACKWOOD. E. CASGRAIN, Judges of Provincial Competition of Agricultural Merit. No. IS. EUGENE ARTHUR BALDWIN For details, see table of points at the end of the volume. \1 u On the 14th of August, we visited the farm of Mr. Eugene Arthur Baldwin, at Stanstead Plains, in the county of Stanstead, containing 260 acres, 200 of which are arable, 20 iu pasture not arable, in all 220 cleared and 40 iu bush. Mr. Baldwin's system is as follows: — First year: plovv's grass land in autumn, generally, draws out manure in winter and puts in large piles where wanted, say 40 double loads per pile. In spring, spreads manure on surface, and covers with di.'^e harrow for grain. For potatoes, spreads and plows under. For turnip crop, plows in the spring and manures in the drill. He seeds down to hay, all grain and corn fodder land the first crop, with 6 quarts of timothy and 2 quarts of red and alsyke clover, per acre, 3 I :z3 34 then mows, say five years. Second year : barley and seeds with hay, as above. after hoed crops, sows wheat or m < When there are spots on his permanent pasture which require im- proving, he plows them and seeds them with timothy and white clover on dry land, and adds red top on wet land ; and pastures the following summer. Remarks : "We have had no personal experience in seeding to hay with the first crop, and we luok on it with suspicion. We find, however, this practice is generally followed in this neighborhood, and must confess that as a whole, we fin.i the grain and hay the best of any parts we have visited, and the farms remarkably free from bad weeds, being equalled in that respect by Compton only. We also witnessed more of the good effects of the disk harrow for pulverizing the soil and burying the manure, in this county. We have never used the disk harrow ourselves, but have seen its use- fulness before we came here, notably at Messrs. Hunter, Gilmour and Batchelder's, and from the results, we think it next to the plow, for burying the manure. With regard to his mode of improving his pasture, we sug- gest, that where practicable, the new seeded ground should be protected from the cattle by a temporary wire, or other fence, and mowed the first year to make a better sod for pasture. We allow full points, 4 for this system. Division : Owing to the hilly surface of this farm, as well as of Eastern Township farms in general, we consider it would be detrimental to have them divided into regularly shaped fields, as it would seriously inter- fere with the proper plowing of the hills, which should be doue at different an'^les. As pasture does not come in the rotation, we find the cultivated land in large fields, parts of whit;h are plowed as occasion requires, and a well fenced lane from the permanent pasture to the buildings, for which we allow 2 points. We fou)id a iew bad weeds, for which we deduct 0.40. Farm books not perfect ; we allow only 0.7') out of maximum 3.00. Stock : 1 brood mare, Morgan, A^'ry good ; 3 work horses, 2 good and 1 very good, 1 two-year old and 1 one-year old, good ; 1 pure Herelbrd bull, very good, 12 grade Hereford and Durham cows, very good, 14 butchers' I 36 cattle, good, 13 two-year old, 3 one-year old and 6 calves, very good grades ; 1 South Down ram, very good, 16 ewes and 21 lambs, good grades ; 1 breeding sow and 4 pigs, white Chester, good, turkeys and hens. "We allow 12 points for the stock. Crops as follows : IJ acre wheat, 5 of oats and barley mixed, 2 oats, 2 barley, J beans, 2 Swedish turnips, 1 potatoes, | ensilage corn, 50 meadow, 160 permanent pasture, | green feed, J orchard. The haying was finished before we visited this farm, but we had no difficulty in forming our opinion on the quality of the crop, by visiting it where it was housed in the barn, and the after growth was luxuriant, even on the top of very steep hills, — altogether we were much pleased with this farm. We have awarded Mr. E. A. Baldwin 87.40 points, which entitle him to the silver medal and to a diploma of distinguished merit. S. N. BLACKWOOD, E. CASGRAIN, Judges of the Provincial Competition of Agricultural Merit. 11 i No. 13. MRS W. A. WILLIAMS For details, see table of points at the end of this volume. The 6th of August, we visited the form of Mrs. W. A. Williams, in the township of West Bolton, County of Brome Mr. Williams died at the end of last winter, and Mrs. Williams, who has no children, is now carrying on the farm with hired help. There is much outdoor improvement on the farm, in the shape of underdrainage and levelling especially, which we could not fully appreciate as we would have been able to do, had the master who planned and carried out the work been with us. It is easy, however, to see how excellent a farmer Mr. Williams was, and his work lives after him to prove how great a loss the death of such a man must be, not only to the a- :..».•' 36 widow and his immediate relatives, but to the whole community in which he lived. The farm contains 150 acres, of which 80 are in woods and 56 in rough pasture, not improved. There are this year 2 acres of barley, 5 of oats, 1 of potatoes, 1 of corn for grain and a small piece of carrots and beets and remainder in meadow. The system pursued is : 1st year, oats ; 2nd year, hoed crop with manure ; 3rd year, barley, wheat or oats with grass seed. Mrs. Williams could not say how many years Mr. Williams had been in the habit of cutting hay on each piece, but evidently it was not too long as all the crops and fields showed plainly they had been under good and careful management. All the farm is absolutely clean and we give full points on the item of weeds. The fences are nearly all stone walls which are splendidly built of great size. Some we measured were 5 feet wide on the top and 4J feet high, while in building some, a trench about 2 feet deep had been dug in the ground and filled with stone to sorve as a found- ation and for drainage. Of the 34 acres of arable land, 24 acres are thoroughly underdrained with stone drains, which, in conjunction with the enormous quantity of stone in the walls, will give some idea of the amount of intel- ligent work that has been done to make this farm the model it now is. We may say tLat of all the farms inspected, we find Mr. Williams' improve- ments in stone work and drains, come the nearest to that of Mr. Charles Champagne who, last year, got the highest points for these. In the woods 400 maple trees are tapped, and we found that in 1889 no less than 1,500 lbs. of good sugar was made, whib last year 1,000 lbs. was made. Mrs. Williams' house is a very good one and everything about it shows that she is as competent in her sphere as Mr. Williams was out- doors. The barns are in very good order and well kept. The arrangements for tending.the stock are convenient and everything is provided to keep the animals comfortable and clean. Besides a good manure shed, Mr. Williams built a large cemented cistern or tank under the floor of the cattle stable, into which all liquid runs. This is pumped up into barrels on a waggon and drawn and spread on the (ieldsf Mr. Williams used to Hnd a load, two coal oil barrels full of this, equal to a large two horte load of dung and that it was easier to load and spread. This is an arrangement which we would gladly see adopted generally, as we have noticed a great waste of liquid manure almost everywhere ; if r\ 37 that waste were stopped, a great improvement in the fertility of our fields would follow. Wo would like to give the full number of points for the item of manure and preservation of manure, were it not that we found some of it laying and spread in the yard, for which we must deduct one- tenth of one point. The stock consists of 3 good work horses and one colt ; a grade Dur- ham bull and 12 good grade cows ; 10 young cattle of good quality and 5 spring pigs good Chester "White grades. The cows and young cattle are very nice, but we feel it impossible to give high points where a grade bull is used. Butter is made and we find that prizes are invariably taken by it at the county and other exhibitions. Mrs. Williams gets 87.25 points which we are glad to accord, more especially as an appreciation of the work of her late husband, and we recommend her for the silver medal and a diploma of distinguished merit. S. N. BLACKWOOD, E. CASaRAIN, Judges of Provincial Competition of Agricultural Merit. II !' ]%o. 14. TIMOTHEE BRODEUR For details, see table of points at the end of this volume. On July 9th, we reached St. Hughes, and were met by Mr. Timothee Brodeur whose farm we examined. It happened that Mr. Chapais, the Assistant Commissioner of Dairying for the Dominion Grovernment, and Mr. McDonald, the cheese maker who is visiting the different syndicates of cheese factories in this province, were at the factory of Mr. Brodeur this day and we were glad to see an attendance of cheese makers to receive instructions. This opportunity, however, ought to be more largely taken advantage of. Mr. Brodeur's factory is on his fai-m and is quite a model one, both as a building and the way it is kept. It has been taken as a school by the A. 38 Proviucial Dairy Association, and Mr. McCarthy, their instructor, was also on hand and showed us some cheese made on the French system which were quite successful. Mr, Brodeur's farm adjoins the village and contains 290 arpents, 190 is in cultivation, 12 in rough pasture and 88 in forest. There are this season 3 arpents in wheat, 6 in barley, 14 in oats, 3 in peas, 7 in melange, -} in beets, J in potatoes, 6 in corn for ensilage, 102 in hay, 47 in pasture and aboxit i in green fodder and J in garden. The farm has two parts of differ- ent character ; on one side of the high road the laud is light and sandy loam, on the other side it is heavy strong land. The two parts are treated differently ; the strong land is ploughed after pasture and oats or wheat is sowed. Next year, oats or barley with grass seed, 10 lbs. timothy seed, 4 lbs. red clover, and 1 lb. white clover per arpent, then 3 years in hay and 2 pastured. "We feel constrained to deduct one point from the full number, on account of so much land being tilled without manuring it. "We must acknowledge, however, that on it, this year, we saw remarkably fine crops of hay, oats, barley and wheat, and we can only congratulate Mr. Brodeur on the possession of land which will produce, even in a favorable season like this, such crops without any manure. All Mr. Brodeur's crops are extra, except his ensilage corn, which had been badly hurt by the crows pulling the young plants to eat the seed, consequently there were many blank spots and Mr. Brodeur had been obliged to sow a second time part of the field. The wheat and barley ou the heavy soil were uncommonly fine and even. Though there was none this year, Mr. Brodeur tells us, he generally ploughs under some buckwheat, to enrich his lighter soil by green manuring. All the fields were clean and very few weeds were to be seen at all. The ditches and rigoles were all complete, well cleaned out and the earth drawn away and used to level the fields. We noticed with pleasure that where the earth had been piled in cleaning the ditches, the ground had been harrowed and sowed and a splendid growth of clover was now covering the soil, Mr. Brodeur has a large herd of good grade Ayrshire cows and some fine young cattle ; but here again we regretted to see that the bull now with the cows was only a grade animal. A lot of young calves in a nice clover paddock near the barns, are being brought up on whey and bran, and looked well, though small. In the hog pens were a large number of 39 fine hogs with a young boar of pure Berkshire blood intended for next fall. Mr. Brodcur's house is very good in all ways and with everything about it in first rate order. Mrs. Brodeur, too, has a fine garden with good small fruits and vegetables. The barns are complete in all details, conveniently arranged for the work of caring for the animals. The horse stable is very well fitted up, and light and high. There is a roomy barn floor, or space, for cutting up and mixing food, adjoining which is a large silo. The cattle stable is good and roomy. In the centre between the two rows of cattle is a pit, about 10 feet wide and 3 or 4 deep for the manure, which is piled up here under cover, all winter. This is a good arrangement for the manure and involves very little labour ; but we believe it is better to have the manure outside the place where the cattle have to remain, eat and sleep and lie all winter. If kept thus, plaster ought certainly to be mixed regularly with it, to prevent the offensive escape of the gases from the manure. Mr. Brodeur is evidently a business man, as he showed us a well kept book of accounts, where all details of his farm business were carefully entered. We found in the woods a very fine sugar house. This is placed in a hollow in the woods, well drained and so arranged that the sap can run from the draw tub into the sap holder inside and thence into the evaporator without any handling. Mr. Brodeur has a new patent evaporator, placed on a furnace, made of boiler plate iron, and so built as to use very little fuel and do a great deal of boiling in a short time. Everything about the house and tools was in perfect order and well made. We giA'-e 8*7.25 points here, which entitle Mr. Brodeur to a silver medal and a diploma of distinguished merit. J. PILON, A. S. FISHER, Judges of Provincial Competition of Agricultural Merit. I 40 No. 15. JOSEPH VICTOR PAPINEAU. For details, see table of points at the ti volume. On the 28th of August, we visited the farm of Mr. Joseph Victor Papinetiu, of Barnston, in the County of Staustoad, containing 435 acres, 125 plowable, 175 permanent pasture, in all 300 cleared and 135 in bush. Mr. Papineau's system is as follows : — First year : from pasture, oats on fall plowed land and seeded for hay, and mow one year (to make a sod), and then pasture. When he wishes to plant hoed crops, he spreads what manure he has, in autumn he plows it under. On the rest (fall plowed) he spreads his winter "manure, in spring, and covers with disk harrow for hoed crops. Second year: wheat, barley, and seeded down with timothy and clover. The balance of his manure, he spreads on land plowed in autumn, covers it with disk harrow and sows to barley, sometimes buckwheat, always seeded for hay. He draws his manure to his far fields in winter, and deposits in small piles, when there is much snow. When there is but little snow, he spreads it immediately. He spreads immediately manure drawn in spring ; he tries to apply the manure as so.n as made, and the horse, hog and cattle manure is mixed as much as possible. The part of this system w^hich consists in spreading the manure drawn in winter, and even in putting it in small piles, in our opinion entails a loss. We recommend putting it in large piles, and exposing it when spread as short a time as possible, before it is covered with the plow. For this part of the rotation we deduct 0.50 and allow 3.50 points. We found some bad weeds, for which we deduct 1.00 point. House comfortable and suitable outbuildings (see points). Order: — fences and implements perfect, buildings and fields (see points). Farm account : — We 41 examined Mr. I'apinoau's farm account-books and find them good, except that there is no inventory of the stock, etc. We find Mr. Papineau has made 2,r)00 yards of drain, working well, for which we allow 4 jioints. He also plowed under 2 acres of buckwheat. He has used 800 lbs. Guano @ S16.00, and planted 1,600 black walnut and maple trees. Stock: 2 stallions, pure Shire (extra), 4 Shire and standard bred. (We understand, by " standard bred," horses whose record is two minutes and thirty seconds on the course, or the offspring of male and female of such). 6 grade mares, 3 three-year old grades, 1 two-year old Shire, and 3 grades, 1 one-year old Shire and 3 grades, and 1 foal, gradi', all A'ery good ; 1 pure Hereford bull, very good ; 4 grade cows, good, 5 pure two years old Hereford, very good, and 3 Hereford and 1 grade calf, very good ; I yoving pigs, good ; 1 brown leghorn, and 1 grade cock, 10 leghorn and 2(5 grade hens, and 60 chickens ; 1 Pekin drake, 2 ducks and 3 young ducks. We allow 14 points for the stock. The proportion of cows is insufficient, but Mr. Papineau und«M-stands that, and is w.orking to increase it. The crops : 3 acres of wheat, 12 of barley, 14 of oats, 4 of buckwheat, J of beans, Ih of Swedish turnips, 1 of white carrots, 1 of potatoes, | of Indian corn, 100 of meadow, 175 of pasture, 4 of orchard, and a garden 100 by 100 feet. Mr. Papineau showed us a plan of his orchard, showing the location of each kind of trees, so as to know wherewith to replace any trees that may die. He has a very extensive nursery of walnut and other trees, which, he told us, he was going to increase. We have awarded Mr. Papineau 87.00 points, which entitle him to the silver medal and the diploma of distinguished merit. « S. N. BLACKWOOD, E. CASGRAIN, Judges of the Provincial Compelilion of Agricultural. Merit. 42 ]Vo. 16. JOHN LEARNED, For details, see table of points at tin end of this volume. The 22iid August, we visited the farm of Mr. John Learned, Cookshire, County of Compton. It contains 400 acres, of which 100 is in cultivation, 100 in permanent pasture and 200 in forest. The system of rotation is good, as follows : — 1st year, oats, barley, peas and wheat mixed and sowed with gvass seeds, manured on the ploughed ground and worked in with the cut away harrow, and a part of the ground is put into oats alone. 2nd year : where the oats v/ere ho puts hoed crop. 3rd year : after the hoed crop, he sows a mixture of barley and wheat. He draws out the manure in winter and puts it in large piles. It is always buried either by a cross ploughing or with the cut away harrow. Ashes and superphosphate are used, but superphosphate preferred in consequence of it§ better results. The division of this farm is good ; the house is well adapted for comfort. The buildings, stables, poultry house and hog pens are very conve- nient and well fitted for the needs of the farm. Mr. Learned also has a very tine silo which gives him perfect satisfaction. The fences are good and well maintained ; the fields are in good order and free from bad weeds ; the implements are well kept and in proper number. The management of the manure leaves nothing to be desired. For picking up stones and mak- ing good use of them we allow four points, and for 1000 feet of underdrain which works well, we allow 3 points. In 1890 Mr. Learned bought 50 double loads of manure and a ton of superphosphate. The stock is as follows : — 1 Cleveland Bay stallion, 4 brood mares pure Hambletonian, 3 work horses, part Clyde and Percheron, 3 three years old colts, crossed Hambletonian and Percheron, 2 two years old, almost pure Clyde and 3 suckiug colts, the same ; a pure Durham bull, 13 Durham cows, 5 being registered, 6 steers, 2 two years old heifers, registered, 2 yearling heifers, registered and 11 calves, 5 registered ; a Berkshire boar, 6 sows, Berkshire and Chester White and 4 pigs, the same. 43 This year '^ r. Learned has : T8 acres in meadow, 100 in permanent pasture, 15 in mixed barley and wheat, 1^ in potatoes, 4 J in corn lor ensil- age, and an acre in green fodder. The crops leave nothing to be desired. Mr. Learned by his work; his activity and his capacity merited 86.95 points which we have given him, and this entitles him to the silver medal and a diploma of distinguished merit. S. N. BLACKWOOD, E. CASGRAIN, Judges oj the Provincial Compelilion of Agricultural Merit. No. 17. JETHRO BATCHELLER, For details, see table of points at the end of this volume. We made an examination of the farm of Mr. Jethro Batcheller, of Rougemont, on the 18th July. It contains 90 arpents, including 18 in woods. The soil is generally sandy, and covered with little stones. It is necessary to be a good farmer to make a good living, as Mr. Batcheller does on such a soil. The system of rotation followed by Mr. Batcheller, is good : the division of the land is also good, though we have taken off J point because his farm road does not reach to the last field. The fences are in good order, as also the drains, which w^ork very well. We found all the fields produ- cing well, the hoed crop being very good. The house is good, but the other farm buildings leave much to be desired, and we have only given him 4J points, out of 7 possible for build- ings. The implements are in good order, but not quite sufficient. We have taken off IJ points of the 5 allowed for them. The increase and care of manure are perfect, and we give the whole 5 points allo^ red. il •■■i ii 44 The book-keeping leaves something to be wished for, and so we have taken off^ of a point. The" stock is good. There is a brood mare, 3 work horses, 1 yearling colt ; a Jersey bull, 6 cows, a yearling heifer and 4 calves ; a ram, 21 ewes and 6 lambs, all Southdown ; 12 lambs have been sold to the butcher. There also is a brood sow and 6 pigs, with a lot of poultry. Mr. Batcheller has this year on his farm, 31 J arpents in meadow, 21 arpents in pasture, 1 arpents in oats, 1 arpent in tares, 2 arpents timothy cut for seed, J arpent in beans, •/ arpent in sugar beets, \ arpent in mangold wurzel, ^ arpent in turnips, 1} arpent in potatoes, 2 arpents in corn, 4 arpents in ensilage corn, 1-.') arpent in onions, 1 arpent in green fodder, oats and rye. The orchard of about 2 arpents is very good, and we saw some line small fruits in the garden. The sugar bush is very fine, and if Mr. Batcheller takes care of the young maples which are growing in great numbers, it will largely increase in value. The yield averages 2J pounds per tree, this year. In consequence of the number of points, which are 86.90, we recom- mend that the diploma of distinguished merit and the silver meda! be awarded to Mr. Jethro Batcheller. S. N. BLACKWOOD, E. CASaHAIN, Judges of the Provincial Competition of Agricultural Merit. 46 '*! ceu 9io. 18. BONAVENTURE ROBERT. For details, see table of points at the end of this volume. Ou the Slst of August, we visited the farm of Mr. Bonaventure Robert, of Waterville, iu the county of Compton, containing 180 acros, 100 plough- able and 40 in pasture not ploughable, in all 140 cleared and 40 in bush. Mr. Robert's system is as follows : 1st year : oats, hoed crops with manure. 2nd year: all in barley and wheat with grass seed. Mows as long as ho gets a good crop, generally 4 to 5 years. Pie draws manure in winter into as large piles as he can, spreads a part on what he had iu oats and corn and works in with spring harrow for barley and wheat. He puts a part of his manure in piles covered with earth to spread on old meadow in autumn, and ploughs under and cross ploughs in Spring for hoed crops. We approve of this system as vert/ good in general. We disapprove, however, of working in a portion of his manure with a spring tooth har- row, as we apprehend that his land is not so well prepared as his neigh- bour's, Mr. Mcintosh's, being worked over one time less and also lacking the black earth, for which we deduct 0.10. We suggest that when manure is applied in autumn fpr hoed crops, a practice of which we approve, that it be covered with a comparatively light furrow and cross ploughed in Spring with a deeper furrow, to prevent leaving the manure exposed on the surface. Division of farm and fences, we found good ; destruction of bad weeds good ; his dwelling house quite suitable ; outbuildings, ulthough not em- bracing all the modern improvements, are very suitable. We noticed a new cattle stable not yet finished which we consider well adapted to its purpose and very economical for feeding (see points). Order perfect iu all departments. Farm account : We are sorry Mr. Robert does not keep a regular account of income and outlay. He gave us memorandum notes showing his income in 1890 to have been $2,120 and outlay including taxes, wages, bran and shorts and 1 plough, |222, showing a net balance of $1,898. 4C Wo observed ou this farm au attathment to hiw niowiiig maehino for gathering grain, to supply the phice of a reaper (moissonnouae) which we consider usel'ul and inufenious. Stock : 1 stallion Black Hawk and 8t. Ijaurent grade, I brood mare St. Laurent and Percheron, both very good, 1 two years old and 1 one year old and 1 foal, very good ; one bull I Durham. 10 milch cows, 12 butiiher's cattle, (i two years old, 10 one year old and ft ealves, all very good grades ; 1 ram, 7 ewes and 10 lambs, good grades ; 1 boar, Chester White, extra good, I sow, Chester White, very good and 3 grade sows, good, 10 young pigs, good, with a moderate lloek of poultry, lor the whoh' of which we allow 12 points. Crops as follows : ;') acres in wheat, 7 in barley, 12 in oats, J in tan^s^ (lentilles) IJ in buckwheat, \ in Swedish turnips, 2 in potatoes, ^ in Indian corn for grain and 5 for ensilage, dii in meadow, 45 in pasture, 1 in orchard, and a garden 100 feet by 100, We are surprised to tind in this farm such a large stock kept in such good condition. We calculate that after the sale of the twelve butcher's cattb' there will still be the equivalent of one head of cattle to every 3| acn's of clear land. We wish to draw specially the attention of farmers upon this feature of Mr. Robert's farming, that he feeds to his stock nearly everything that he raises on his farm, besides buying for their food, bran and shorts (gaudriole) ; he ploughs only so much as is necessary for the improvement of his meadows and fiud.s that, with less labour, his stock pays him better than raising grain for the market, besides improving his farm, from year to year. Such friendly and helpful relations as exist be- tween Mr. Kobert and his adjoining neighbours we hold up, with pleasure, as worthy of imitation by all farmers. We have awarded 86.62 points to Mr. Bonaveuture Robert, which would entitle him to the silver medal and the diploma of distinguished merit, but deeply regret that, owing to his never having received a prize before this, for county or divition of county competition of best kept farm, (as strictly required by law) he is not qualiiied as a competitor ; we publish this report, however, in the hope that it will be read with interest and profit. S. N. BLACKWOOD, E. CASGRAIN, Judges of the Piovincial Coia/jclilwn of Agricultural Merit. 47 !Vo. Itt. CHARLES W. CURTIS. For details, see table of points at the end of this voli»me. On tho 4th of August, wc visittnl the I'ann of Mr. ('hurhis (Jurtis, in Warden, County Shelford, oontaininfT 160 acres, of which 55 are arable and 70 not arable, in all 125 acres cleared. Mr. Curtis's system is : Ist year, oats, peas and oats, potatoes ; 2nd year : after hoed crop, wheat or barley seeded for meadow, and after oats, or peas and oats, hoed crop ; 3rd year : after hoed crops, wheat or barley seeded for hay. All ho(!d crops he manures, sometimes spread and plowed under, sometimes spread and harrowed. When he spreads and harrows, he usually puts phosphate under the seed, in the rows. He mows so long as he gets a good crop. He selects the poorest of his mea- dows to take w/A He has so much rough laud unfit for plowing, that he does not turn his meadows to pasture. He finds a benefit in using phos- phate on hoed crops. We approve of the above system, excepting spreading and harrowing in manure with a common harrow, for which we deduct 0.50. We iiotict'd a few bad weeds, fpr which we deduct 0.75. We find a lack of implements, for which we deduct 1.50. Order in fences and buildings not perfect ; we deduct 0.25 on each. The stock on this farm consists of 2 grade brood mares, 1 work horse, 1 one-year old and 2 foals, all good grades ; 1 pure Jersey and 1 grade Holstein bull, 16 milch^ows, grade, 4 two-year old, 5 one-year old and 4 calves, all very good of their kind ; 1 ram, Shropshire, very :Tood, and 2 Shropshire rams, good, 20 ewes Shropshire grades, very good; 2 sows, one pure ^nd one grade white Chester, and 12 young pigs; 2 cocks, Plymouth rock and white leghorn, pure, 24 hens and 47 chickeus. Mr. Curtis pastures his sheep from home a part of the season, but we are surprised to find that he is able to winter so large a .stcck on his farm. IM 48 "We found the crops, as follows : 2J acres in wheat, 7 in barley, 3 in oats, 3 J in pc is and oats, J in timothy for seed, J in beans, J in sugar beet, I in white turnips, f in Swedish turnips, ^ in red carrots, IJ in potatoes, 1 J in Indian corn for grain, 37 in meadow, 70 in pasture, f in green feed, and 2 acres in orchard, garden 90 by 90 feet. "We have awarded Mr. Curtis 86.50 points, which entitle him to the silver medal and to the diploma of distinguished merit. S N. BLACKWOOD, E CASGIUIN, Judges of the Provincial Competition of Agricultural merit. ]Ko. 20. A. L. POMROY. For details, see table of points at the end of this volume. On the 25th of August, we visited the farm of Mr. A. L. Pomroy, of Compton, in the County of Compton, containing 150 acres, of which 100 are arable, and 40 not arable, in all 140 cleared and 10 in bush. Mr. Pomroy's system is as follows : 1st year, corn, oats, potatoes and sometimes buckwheat ; 2nd year : wheat or barley with grass seed, after hoed crops ; after oats, hoed crops and manure ; 3rd year : after hoed crop, wheat or barley seeded for hay. Apply manure in spring, on plowed ground, and cover with the " cutaway " or disk harrow, for grain and corn. For roots, put in the d^'ill with superphosphate. • He mows as long as he gets a good crop. He is now trying 2 acres of clover to plow under, after the first crop. He took it up from meadow and raised a crop of oats last year, wiiaout manvire, and seeded with clover. He never seeded down before without manuring. "We have no doubt he will get a benefit from what the clover roots draw from the sub-soil, but he must bear in mind, that cropping in that way, without ma.i re, '^i exhaust- 49 ing the fertility of both surface and sub-soil. By this means he can supple- ment an insufficient supply of manure, but even thus, ma^iure is needed before the land is again seeded down. We hope he will follow our advice, and as the 2 acres are an experiment, the rest being in our opinion, correct, we allow full points 4. The out-buildings on this farm, as witness points on barn, adaptation and economy, are comparatively cheap and superior, with a good silo. We would here note Mr. Pomroy's mode of raising ensilage, which we saw here for the first time. Mr. Pomroy sows in rows 2| feet apart, 2 rows of large corn, and the third rSw small early corn, thus giving light and air to the large corn to mature it. We found the small corn, at the date of our visit (25th August), glazed, and the large well advanced in the milk ; this and Col. Grilmour's, being the best we have seen. The stock en this farm consists of the following : 1 stallion, pure Percheron, very good ; 4 work horses, good ; 1 two-year old and 1 one-year old grades, good ; 2 milch cows, Durham grade ; 30 butchers' cattle, Durham grades ; 5 two-year old, grades, very good ; 1 pure Chester white breeding sow ; 20 young pigs, grades, very good ; we allow- nine points for stock. The crops are as follows : 8 acres in barley, wheat and oats mixed, 4 in buckwheat, 2 in peas and oats, J in mangolds, I in white carrots, 1 in potatoes, \ in Indian corn for grain, 4$ in corn for ensilage, 60 in meadow, 30 in pasture, J in orchard, and garden 50 feet by 200. We must remark, that wre do not approve of the use of the common yellow buckwheat, which is as hard to get rid of as any bad weed, and which w^e found on this farm. Mr. A. L. Pomroy has received 86.50 points, which entitle him to the silver medal and to the diploma of distinguished merit. i all ■ i, f ■ ^ S. N. BLACKWOOD, E. CASGIiAIN, Judges of the Provincial Competition of Agricidtural Merit. 60 ]Vo. 31. S. p. CAMERON For details, see table of points at the end of this volume. The 29th July we visited the'^arm of Mr. S. P. Cameron, of Dunham, in the county of Missisquoi. This property has 226 acres of which 100 acres are in wood, 71 in permanent pasture and 55 cultivated. Mr. Came- ron is a very intelligent man and is orderly in everything ; he does all his work in proper time with economy, judgment, knowledg-e and taste. In watching this pleasant and intelligent family everything shows order, talent and easy circumstances ; and this comfort has all been obtained out of this farm. Mr. Cameron carries on a sugar bush of 650 trees with which he made this year 1,000 lbs. of sugar. He has lately built a horse barn with coach house and small workshop which might serve as a good model for other farmers. His system of rotation is perfect. It is as follows : 1st year, hoed crop, or oats or peas, or a mixture of oats and peas, with manure ploughed in on all ; 2nd year he generally sows in wheat or barley, what was in hoed crop the year before and seeds it down to grass. He sows oats without grass seed because he finds he does not get as good a catch of grass with oats, but he sows barley wnth grass seed ; 3rd year where he had oats the 2nd year he manures again and sows barley with grass seed. He sows about a \ bushel of timothy and 8 lbs. clover to the acre, or about IJ arpents. This is a heavy sowing, but his soil requires a heavy seeding and to be often manured. He leaves it in meadow as long as the hay is good, about 5 to 8 years, and then ploughs again. It will be remarked that instead of putting all his manure on one piece of land each year, which would make his grain lodge, he puts it on in two or three yeai-s a little at a time. This farm is the first we have come to which may be considered the type of the system followed by the old country people in the Eastern Townships. It will be noticed that the system differs from that followed in our older parishes along the rivers. This depends largely on the nature of the country, of which a great part consists of rocky hillsides, which cannot be ploughed, but are kept iu per- 51 manent pasture and not brought into the rotation. In the part that can be ploughed, the rule is never to break up more land than can be properly manured. The house is such, that one could not ask for a better in any respect. The barns, stables and hog pens are all convenient and suitable to the needs of the farm. The fences in wood or stone are all good. The fields are in good order except that we found the white daisy all over them, for which reason we could only give 1 point for the destruction of .bad weeds. The implements were in good order, but he might have some more of them to advantage. In regard to care of manure we allow the full 5 points. In addition to the animal manure he bought 1,500 lbs. superphosphate. The drains and ditches all work well. The books show a net revenue of $709 — last year. There are the following animals : 2 brood mares, very good ; 2 work horses ; a fine Jersey bull ; 18 milch cows ; 2 two year old heifers and 2 year- ling heifers of which 1 is fine Jersey ; 13 calves Jersey grades ; a sow and 4 pigs. This year Mr. Cameron has 43 acres in meadow, 71 in permanent pas- ture, 2| in wheat, 3 in barley, 4 in oats, i in beans, | in turnips, 2 in potatoes, I in corn for grain, | in corn for fodder, and an orchard of 2 acres. The grain and roots are very good and so are his hay pasture, orchard and garden. We award Mr. Cameron 86.10 points, which give him the right to the silver medal and the diploma of distinguished merit. S. N. BLACKWOOD, E. CASGRAIN, Judges of the Provincial Competition of Agricultural Merit. ii .,m»m'iiihitmian trSJi 62 No. 32. W. V/. ROGERS. For details, see table of points, at the end of this volmve. The 22nd August we visited the farm of Mr. W. W. Kogers of Eaton, county of Compton, containing 212 acres of which 100 acres are under culti- vation, 56 acres in permanent pasture and remainder in forest. The soil is very rich, and having a large area well situated there is a fine opportunity to follow a uniform system of rotation over the whole farm. The follow- ing is the system of Mr. Rogers : 1st year, he ploughs in the fall, draws his manure in winter, putting it in large piles, and spreads it on the ploughed ground and buries it with a cross ploughing. He sows wheat or barley or oats with grass seed, but puts in some hoed crop ; 2nd year, where he had the hoed crop he puts wheat or barley with grass seed. He ther leaves it in meadow as long as the crop of hay is good. He puts ashes broodcast on the meadow which we consider profitable. The division of the farm is perfect and the fences are good. The ditches waterfurrows and drains are all good and work well. The underdrams are 25 acres in length. The meadow and pastures are good and free ot weeds, as also are the hoed crops. The house is good and well suited to the needs of the farm. The barns, stables, sheep pens and hog pens and sheds for wood and wagons are all good and in good order. We found the management of the manure perfect and give full points. Besides the manure made on the farm he used 100 bushels of ashes and 1,200 lbs. superphosphate this year. • General order is good. The implements are sufficient in number, of good quality and in good order. Mr. Rogers does not keep any books. As to the stock Mr. Rogers keeps very few horses, 1 brood mare and 1 work horse, a pair of working oxen, 13 Durham cows, 5 two years old steers, 3 yearling heifeis and 2 calves. Mr. ±toger8 had sold tixc week 63 before our visit 12 fat animals to be sent to England at $210 a pair. He intends to replace these with others to feed during the coming winter and finish off on the grass and sell about the 1st August for export. He has besides 10 ewes and 15 lambs. Mr. Rogers has built much stone wall for which we have allowed him 4 points. The crop this year is very fine. There is an area of 50 acres in meadow, 89 in pasture, 1^ in wheat, i in beans, 1 in barley, 6 in oats, IJ in mixture of wheat, oats and barley, J in turnips, IJ in potatoes, ^ in corn for grain. In consequence of the points accorded Mr. Rogers 85.90 he is entitled to the silver medal and the diploma of distinguished merit. S. N. BLACKWOOD, E. CASGRAIN, Judges of the Provincial Competition of Agricultural Merit. ' ! ft! II No. S3. JAMES Mcintosh., For details, see table of points. On the 31st of August we visited the farm of Mr. James Mcintosh, of Waterville, in the county of Comptou, containing 125 acres, 100 of which are arable, 12| pasture not arable, in all 112| cleared and 12^ in bush. Mr. Mcintosh's system is : 1st year, oats, patatoes, corn. 2nd year, barley and oats with manure on oat stubble seeded for hay ; wheat after hoed crops seeded also ; mows as long as he gets a good crop. He draws out manure in winter, generally in March, and put it in large If II 64 II piles. He has a place dvig behiud his cattle, into the hard pan, into which he puts muck (black earth) from time to time, to mix with the manure. We would recommend that this pit should be enclosed or covered so that cattle or calves could not fall into it. He has also a pit outside, dug in a like manner into which he empties the manure from the stable, from time to time, thus working over the manure and saving the liquid part. He spreads his manure on the ploughed ground before sowing, and buries it in with the spring harrow, if sufficienthj rotten ; if not he ploughs it under. In approving of this rotation wo wish to direct attention to the fact that Mr. Mcintosh mixes his manure with muck, works it over twice, once into the pit outside and once into the large pile, and then if sutficiently rotten buries it in with the spring harrow. If not, he ploughs it under. He is alw-ays careful about covering manure, as he knows there is a very great loss from insufficient covering. The stock on this farm is as follows : 1 brood mare, Canadian grade, 2 work horses, 1 one year old and 1 foal, all grades, very good, 6 milch cows, 15 butcher's beasts, all grades, very good, 1 Leicester ram, 12 ewes and & lambs good grades, making the equivalent of one head of cattle to 3i acres of his cleared land. We allow 11 points for the stock. The farm is divided this summer as follows : 2 acres wheat, 14 barley and oats mixed, 1 buckwheat, | white carrots, 2 potatoes, 50 meadow, 40 pasture, | orchard. We are sorry to find that Mr. Mcintosh does not k ep farm accounts, beino- satisfied from what we observed that, had he done so he could show a handsome balance on the right side. We can allow him only 0.50 fo the memorandum notes he showed us. He made use of $32.25 worth of super- phosphate, ashes and plaster this year. He expressed the following opinion about superphosphate, " I think, if used along with manure, it is very valuable. " It brings up the crop earlier, and assures a better yield." He tried it with potatoes, cabbage, carrots, turnips, corn and small fruits, such as currents and gooseberries, with great success. On potatoes and hoed crops he uses about 300 lbs. per acre sowed in the drill. On small fruits he spreads 2 or 3 handfulls about the roots and lets it soak down, at the same time keeps down the weeds. Ho found it also very b(^neficial on house plants. The brand of phosphate he employs is the " Victor." Mr Jame- McTntosh has been awarded 85.90 points, but unfortunately, as in the case of Mr. Judah, Vernon, Robert, and other distinguished farmers, he is deprived, by the law creating the provincial competition of agricultural merit, from being awarded the prize he so v;ell deserves ; in publishing his report, we hope to render him justice, and at the same time to benefit the farming community at large. S. N. BLACKWOOD, E. CASaEAIN, Judges of the Provincial Compitition of Agricultural Merit. No. 24. CHARLES ROY. For details, see table of points at the end of the volume. On the ^lOth. of July we visited the farm of Mr. Charles Roy, in the Parish of Ste. Anne de Sabrevois, County of Iberville, containing 224 arpents of which 124 is cleared. His rotation is as follows, to wit : 1st. crop ; Dats, peas or mixed grain. 2nd. crop ; a part in roote manured. "Where he had peas he sowed barley or wheat seeded with 1| gallons of timothy, 4 bis. Alsyke and Vermont clover per arpent. In 40 arpents ploughed he manured 25. 3rd. He sows wheat or barley, sometimes oats, seeded as above where he had roots. 4th. to 6th. meadow, *7th. and 8th., pasture. "We consider the above defective in so far as he does not manure the whole in the course of ploughing, consequently we deduct 1 from the maximum on system. "We also deduct 0.50 on division on account of back field having no communication with the barn. "We beg to suggest to Mr. Roy, 1st. to plough no more than he can manure well when ploughed. 2nd. to divide his fields cross-wise, making them shorter, vviih a lane through all but the back ones, to his barn. II ii 11 t r- 56 We found on this farm : seven work-horses, one a Percheron, one three years old, and two one year old. One grade bull, twelve good grade cows, two fattening beasts and five calves. One ram, ten ewes and five lambs, all grades. Two brood sows, twelve young pigs. One turkey cock, four hens and twenty-live young ; three cocks, one hundred and three hens and one hundred chickens. Two ganders, four geese and thirty-two goslings, all grades. "We find that the stock amounts to only one head for five and a half arpents, which is too low, and we allow only 8.Y5 points out of 15 on that head. Crops : barley 5 arpents, oats 40, peas 17, buckwheat 21, grass seed 3, beans J, potatoes 2, Indian corn 1, meadow 52, pasture 50, orchard IJ, garden 160 by 120 feet. 1 ^twithstanding the defects thai we have pointed out we must render justice to the industry and perseverance displayed by Mr. Eoy ; by refer- ring to the table of points it will be found tnat he has obtained 85.80, which entitle him to the silver medal and the diploma of distinguished merit, S. N. BLACKWOOD, E. CASaHAIN, Judges of the Provincial Competition of Agricultural Merit. N«. 35. THOMAS DRYSDALE. For details, see table of points at the end of this volume. On June 23rd, the four judges visited the farm of Thomas Drysdale of the parish of St. Louis de Gouzague. The homestead and main part of the farm is iu the above parish, while another part touching this is in the parish of St. Sacrament de Howick. These two pieces meet at the back of the main farm, making a sort of letter L, and in consequence the whole is not of a convenient form for working and it is a long way to the far end of the 2nd part. This end, however, is on another high road and is bounded by the river, which gives watering facilities when these fields are pastured. By the house and barns, Mr. Drysdale is abundantly blessed v/ith a 61 number of fine never failing springs, which join a nice brook running close • by the buildings and are useful for supplying house and sto<;k. One icy cold one is utilized for setting the milk in deep cans and keeping the cream in. Mr. Drysdale sends his cream to Montreal. He takes a can or two every day to the station, IJ miles away and ships to Montreal and finds this pays well. The farm consists of 135 acres, 1 in permanent pasture and 2 in bush. There is 2J acres in orchard and around the house, good garden and yards. The buildings stand back from the high road and we passed through a field, which this year is being pastured. The cows are put here for the night, and have first rate feed in it ; in the day they are in a back field. The system pursued is, on ploughing pasture, to put oats and hoed crops. The latter is manured on the sod in Fall and ploughed in the Spring. 2ud year : the oat stubble is manured in the Spring and on the whole, oats, barley or peas are sowed with grass seeds, 10 lbs. timothy, 2 lbs. Alsyke clover and 2 lbs. Rawdon. Then it is mowed 2 years and pas- tured 2 years, making a 6 year rotation. This is rather short, but as the proportion of crop and grass is good, and the results make a first rate show, we gave Mr. Drysdale full marks for his system. We found 5i acres in barley, 17 in oats, SJ in peas, GJ in mixed grain, i in beans, 1 is cut for timothy seed, 1 in potatoes, | in corn, J in green fodder, 3*7 in hay, 45 in pasture, 1 J in orchard. TVe found the manure drawn out for Fall use. It was all put in one large well made square pile, by the field in which it is to be used. Plaster had been mixed with it, and the earth thrown out of the ditches had been carted and put on the top and beaten hard, making a perfect covering. There was not the slightest odour of escaping gases to be noticed, and we recommend Mr. Drysdale's manage- ment as one well worthy of imitation and gave him full marks for it. The stock of cattle is very good, a pure Ayrshire bull of high quality and several pure cows, besides fine grades. The heifers and calves are also very fine and in fine order ; the horses too, are good, especially the young stock, 1 three year old, 1 two years old and 3 yearlings, one of which is pure Clyde. Mr. Drysdale showed us his books, which are just com- menced and incomplete, but evidently he is going- to know more of the details of his business in future, as a good beginning is made. We may here draw attention to the great need of farmers keeping careful accounts of the revenue and expenses of all their operations so that they may know, not only the general success of their business, but also what pays best and what results in loss I 58 Mr. Drysdalj buys plaster every year to mix with his manure, which practice we wish to recommend generally, as there is no doubt a large and valuable part of the manure is by it preserved and retained, instead of es- caping and vitiating the air in the stables. It is a good practice to sprinkle it in the stables behind cattle and horses. Mr. Drysdale's barns are rather old and not convenient, but he has al- ready drawn the timbers for a new barn with stable, manure tank and silo, the plans of which he showed us, and we are satisHed that in future good results will bo obtained from this investment. Had we been able to give Mr. Drysdale as many marks for his buildings as for his other things, he would have attained a higher position, which the general excellence of his farming entitles him to. However, his 85.75 points allow him the silver medal and the diploma of distinguished merit. S. N. BLACKWOOD, E. CASGRAIN, J. PILON, S. A. FISHEE, Mdges of the Provincial Competition of Agricultural Merit, Ho. 86. ALFRED A, SARGEANT. For details, see table of points, at the end of this volume. On the 8th of August we were kindly driven by Mr. Bridge to the farm of Mr. Alfred A. Sargeant, of South Stukely,.in the county of ShefFord, containing 400 acres, 90 of which are arable, 90 in pasture not arable, in all 180 cleared and 220 in bush. Mr. Sargeant's system is as follows : 1st year, oats, corn, turnips. 2nd year, after oats, hoed crops ; after corn and vegetables, wheat or barley seeded for hay. 3rd year, wheat or barley after hoed crop seeded for hay. 69 He drawB manure from stable and puts it in large piles in the field, generally spreads on plowed ground and harrows in the spring. He never plows land and seeds for hay without manuring. We. disapprove of this mode of burying manure with a tooth harmw ; we consider there is a serious loss ; with a disk harrow it may do, but, we confess we prefer the plow to either, being more certain to cover all the manure. To mark our disapproval of that part we deduct 1 point. On the division farm fences, destruction of weeds, house and out- buildings, implements, manure, its conservation and augmentation, and order, we cheerfully allow him full points. His system of book-keeping is bad, it consists in making notes in a small book. The stock is as follows : — 3 good work horses, 1 2 years old grade Clyde ; 1 very good thorough red Durham bull, 22 grade cows, very good, 2 fattening cattle very fine, 3 2 years old, *7 one year old and 5 calves, all very good ; we allow 11 points for stock. "We found on the farm: 2 acres in wheat, J in barley, 6 in oats,^ in beans, J in turnips, J in white carrots, 2 in potatoes, 90 in meadow, apart of the permanent pasture, J in orchard and a good garden. We will briefly describe Mr. Sargeant's barn, which is well laid out and so saves a good deal of labour, at the same time its cost is not beyond the means of any ordinary farmer, especially if there should be a rise of ground near one end of the barn. Its length is 125 x 34 feet. There is a drive through the hay loft for carts, and the roof is high enough to allow of men standing on their loads. The carts enter the hay loft by one of the gables, by means of a bridge resting on the summit of a little hill, which is about the height of the gable of the barn, the bridge has railings so that no accident can happen to carts and horses when backing them out of the loft ; a turn-table would be very handy in the loft and would avoid the necessity of backing out the horses ; or a way might be opened at the other end of the barn by which the empty carts might go out ; the bridge would necessarily have a good deal of slope, but the horses could easily go down with empty carts. As the hay loft is not very wide, there being but 1*7 feet from the middle to the sides, one man is generally enough to- unload. The floor of the hay loft is 20 feet lower than the road by which ' i! i ■ttc: - vf 60 the carts enter, and so saves a great deal of labour at a time when every moment is precious, , W*) have given Mr. Sargeant 85.75 points which entitle him to the ^silver medal and to a diploma of distinguished merit. S. N. BLACKWOOD, E. CASGIUm, Judges of the Provincial Competition of Agricultural Merit. No. 37. CHARLES HEBERT. For details, see table of points at tlie end of this volume. On the 22nd of July, we visited the farm of Mr. Charles Hebert, in the Parish of St. Jean, County of St. Jean, containing 233 arpents, 222 of which :are cleared. Mr. Hebert's rotation is : 1st year, after meadow he sows peas ; after pasture, wheat and oats; 2nd year: hoed crops with manure plowed under, also barley and wheat on all that he has manure for, (with grass seed), and the part for which he has no mani^re, he sows with mixed oats and peas, and g.ass seed ; 3rd year: where he had hoed crops, he sows wheat and barley with J bushel timothy and 5 lbs clover per arpent. He mows 3 years anu pastures 3 years. This rotation is good, save that he should not plough more than he can manure. For so doing, we take off 0.50 and allow him 3.50. The stock on this farm consists of 1 stallion, f Percheron and 1 St. Laurent, very fine ; 3 brood mares of same stock, very fine ; 4 work horses, 1 three-year old, 1 one-year old and 3 foals, grades, all very fine ; 1 pure Durham bull, very good ; six milch cows, Aryshire and Durham grades ; 2 fattening cattle ; 2 two-years old, and 5 calves, all very good ; 1 breeding sow and 6 pigs. 61 The stock is very good, but not sufficient in numbers, for the extent of t\^e farm, giving only the equivalent of one head of cattle to seven arpents, in consequence of which, we can only allow 10 points on that head. "We admire the order prevailing in every department of this farm, and the smoothness of the fields, but we think Mr. Hebert cuts his hay toa close to the ground. We have known meadows to have been reduced from three tons per acre, in one year, to half a ton, by close cutting, followed immediately by hot, dry weather. We found on this farm, 4 arpents of wheat, 1 of barley, 84 of oats, 19 of peas, 9 of buckwheat, 2 of potatoes, 1 of Indian corn for grain, J an arpent of Indian corn for ensilage, 10 of meadow, 18 of pasture, coming in the rota- tion, and 73 of permanent pasture. Mr. Charles Hebert has obtained 85.15 points, and is entitled to the- silver medal and to a diploma of distinguished merit. S. N. BLACKWOOD, E. CASGRAIN, Judges of (he Provincial Competilion of Agricultural Merit. :t I' {; 62 No. 28. JOHN MUIR, Index and Description of Plan. i Superficies of fields. Total. s CD a ■ h < i a < 1 12 3 12 11 18 12 6 8 14 50 50 Meadow 4 6 U ,,.•,••• •,.•••..••• 28 1 Pasture u • • • • • • • 29 12 6 8 14 8 5 acies in wheat, 2 in Indian corn, IJ in potatoes, 7 3 3 ireas, oaney ana mixeu graiu • r^afd ,...•• TprtWftaf ......■■■ ...■■••••• 07 97 . '< The firs of Hinchiub bush, of wh cleared and guay. The irregular sh in it were h from the hi] too wide) "v\ the way up Muir hires colts. The dv centre of th other. The fences are a so that a sij bottom rail allow of all neither in weed to be comparativ ditched an( and spread also a little filled with of the rest ^ had been n laid walls ' barns, and paths whei 63 No. 3S. JOHN MUIR. For details, see table of points at the end of this volume. The first farm on the list was that of Mr. John Muir, of the township of Hinchinbrooke. It contains 97 acres of land, 14 at the back of the farm in bush, of which about 300 maple trees are tapped. The rest of the farm is all cleared and improved, stretching down to the banks of the Eiver Chateau- guay. The high road is nearly parallel with the river, having one field of irregular shape between them. This was pastured this year and the cattle in it were happy in clover really up to their eyes. The rest of the farm from the high road to the bush, is divided in the centre by a wide (perhaps too wide) well kept road, fenced and ditched on both sides and leading ail the way up to the bush, and indeed through it, to the back road. Mr. Muir hires 12 acres of land on auothor farm for pasturing his sheep and colts. The dwelling house is situated on a slightly rising ground about the centre of the farm, on one side of this road, and the barns and yard on the other. The fields are evenly divided by cross fences on each side. The fences are all straight, of rails with the pic'vcts nicely trimmed and driven, so that a sight can be taken from end to end between their tops, while the bottom rail is raised from the earth high enough not to be rotted and to allow of all weeds being carefully cleaned a\vay. We may say here that neither in fields, crops, by the fences or on the road sides, was a single weed to be seen, which is all the more extraordinary, that Mr. Muir has comparatively a small area of hoed crops. The fields and roads are all well ditched and every ditch was nicely scraped out, and the earth drawn away and spread on the fields when needed to fill any depressions. There is also a little under draining laid with stone, and some hollows have been filled with stone and earth scraped and carted on to bring them to the level of the rest of the field. "We were much struck with the excellent use that had been made of the stones cleaned off the fields as shown in very well laid walls under all the buildings and holding up the drive ways to the barns, and in the excellent paved walks around the barn yard and in the paths where the workers have constantly to pass. Mr. Muir and his son ill i ik 64 are both competent masons and stone workers, and have done all this themselves. Another excellent use of the wide flat stones has been made in the bridges and culverts over the ditches, wherever there is a gate into a field, all of which are neatly and substantially laid in stone. The house is a large stone one, with splendid high airy cellar, good rooms, and all conveniences for house and farm work. All too was in perfect order, neat and clean. Mr. Muir's crops were excellent, showing good management of his laud. His system is to plough a field that has been pastured and sow a crop of mixed grain, peas, oats and barley. 2nd year, one part, oats and barley with manure, and on the other part potatoes and corn, also manured. 3rd year, wheat with grass seeds ; then 2 or 3 years in hay and 2 or 3 years in pasture. The stock kept is 2 work horses, and a mare that gives a colt nearly every year, but not this year ; 3 colts ; an Ayrshire bull, 3 Ayrshire cows and 9 grade cows, and 11 head young cattle ; a Leiceeter ram, 3 Leicester and 1 gracle ewe, and 5 other sheep. With this stock and careful management, enough manure is made to keep the farm in good heart, and besides every few years Mr. Muir burns a kiln of lime and gives his land a dressing of it. Mr. Muir has all the necessary implements and a well fitted tool room and work shop, where they can repair and even make many of their implements. They also have a good library of veterinary works and a case of instru- ments, with which, when needed, to aid or relieve their animals. Mr. Muir's stock is superior and he has often carried off prizes for cattle at the different fairs. We weighed the milk of some of his cows the evening we were there, which showed a large yield, 4 cows giving respectively at the evening milking, 18, 19, 20 and 22 lbs. of milk. Mr. Muir has obtained 85.75 points which entitle him to the silver medal and the diploma of distinguished merit. S. N. BLACKWOOD, E. CASaRAIN, J. PILON, S. A. FISHER, Judges of the rrovincial Competition of Ag-riculiural Merit. 65 IVo. SO. REM I TETRAULT. For details, see table of points at the end of this volume. On the 4th of July, we visited the farm of Mr. Remi Tetrault, of the Parish of St. Jacques le Mineur, County of Laprairie, containing 165 arpents. Mr. T§trault's system is as follows : 1st year, peas ; 2nd year : oats seeded for meadow when land is rich. When poor, potatoes, corn, beets, carrots and turnips, with manure ; 3rd year : wheat or barley after hoed crops. Part of his land is not manured during the course. He mows so long as it gives him a good crop, and pastures two years. He draws his manure in winter, and puts it in large piles to heat in spring. He spreads and ploughs it under, at once. What he draws out in spring, he puts in large piles to heat. He draws, spreads, and ploughs under at once, in autumn. We approve of the above system, except the ploughing of more land than he can manure well during the course of rotation, for which we deduct J point, and allow 3.50. We found on this farm : 2 brood mares, part Clyde ; 4 work horses, 1 three-years old, 1 two-years old, 2 one-year old, and 1 foal ; 1 Durham bull, 12 milch cows, 2 two-year old, 1 one-year old and o calves ; 1 ram, South- down, 9 ewes, grades, and 11 lambs ; 1 boar, Chester white, 7 sows, grades, Chester white, 2 fattening pigs, and 7 young pigs. It is at the rate of about 1 head for 4J arpents ; we allow 11.50 points out of 15, for the stock. Mr. Tetrault lately sold a calf of 7 months, weighing 800 pounds, which shows extraordinary growth and very good care. Crops : we found on his farm ^ arpents in wheat, 40 in oats, 2 in peas, 10 in buckwheat, 5 in timothy, 2 in clover for seed, 1 in beans, J in mangold wurzel, ^ in white carrots, 4 in potatoes, 4 in Indian corn, for green fodder, 55 meadows, 48 pasture, 1^ in orchard, 25 feet by 150 garden. 5 66 Mr. Tetrault having obtained 85.65 points, is entitled to the silver medal and diploma of distinguished merit. S. N. BLACKWOOD, E. CASaRAIN, Judges of the Provincial Competition of Agricultural Merit. ]Wo. 30. S. J. POMROY. For details, see table of points at the end of this volume. On the 26th of August, we visited the farm of Mr. S. J. Pomroy, of Compton, in the County of Compton, containing 755 acres, of w^hich 200 are in bush, 250 in pasture not arable, and the balance under cultivation. Mr. Pomroy's system is as follows: 1st year, oats and wheat; 2nd year : part hoed crop, part barley, manured and seeded for hay ; 3rd year : wheat or barley after hoed crop seeded for hay. Mows as long as he gets a paying crop. Never ploughs and seeds to hay without manuring. We allow 4 points for his system. We found division good. Fences not per- fect in all parts, for which we deduct 1 point. His farm is free from bad weeds. Out-buildings, especially barn, very good. A good silo. Order in fences and around buildings deficient ; 0.50 deducted for each. Order in implements and fields, good. Mr. Pomroy has used 1 ton of superphos- phate, and 50 bushels unleached ashes, the present year. The stock consists of : 5 brood mares, 10 work horses, 4 three-years old, 3 two-years old, 2 one-year old. and 3 foals, all very good grades ; 1 bull, grade, 12 milch cows, 40 butchers' beasts, 5 two-years old, 9 one-year old, and 10 calves, good grades ; 3 sows and 30 pigs, for which we give 13 points. The crops are as follows 4 acres in wheat, 6 in barley and oats mixed, 11 in oats, 2 in Swedish turnips, i in white carrots, 2 potatoes, J Indian corn for grain, 4 in corn for ensilage, 110 iu meadow, 350 in pasture, 5 in 67 orchard aud garden, 100 by 200 feet. "We are obliged to deduct from the points alloted to meadows, on account of some of Mr. Pomroy's being lighter than they should be, having been evidently kept too long in hay. Mr. S. J. Pomroy has been awarded 85.50 points, which entitle him to the silver medal and the diploma of distinguished merit. S. N. BLACKWOOD, E. CASGRAIN, Judges of the Provincial Competition of Agricultural Merit. No. 31. ADDISON BATCHELLER. For details, see table of points at the end of this volume. On the 31st July, we visited the farm of Mr. Addison Batcheller, of Bedford, county of Missisquoi, which contains 181 acres. The system of rotation of Mr. Batcheller is perfect ; it is as follows :— 1st year, oats or barley ; he ploughs in the B'all and draws his manure in winter. He spreads it in the Spring on the ploughed land and works it in with the disk harrow. He sows about 14 lbs. of timothy seed and 5 or 6 lbs. of clover to the acre when seeding down ; he also ploughs some in the Spring for corn and puts the manure in the drills. The 2nd year he has a hoed crop, the manure being spread on the stubble and covered with the plough. 3rd year, he sows barley where the hoed crop was, with 12 lbs. timo- thy and 4 lbs of clover to the acre. He leaves it in meadow 1 to 10 years, as long as the hay crop is good. Some of the land he mows two years and then pastures as long as he can> according to the character of the soil. The division of this farm is not perfect aud we can only allow 1 point out of 2 possible. The fences are of wood and wire and very good. We saw some weeds in the fields and we take out two points on this account. it 68 The implements are good, well kept and sufficient ; the house is good and well suited to the farm. The barns, cow and horse stables, waggon and wood sheds and harness room, sheep and hog pens and poultry house are all very convenient and suitable to the needs of the farm. In fact, all denotes care and good management in both husband and wife in their respective departments. Both are industrious and intelligent. The management of the manure is good. Part of the cattle are pure Durham and very fine ; the horses too are fine. We saw a fine brood mare, four good work horses, a Morgan two years old and a colt of this year ; 2 Durham bulls, 1 being registered, 20 cows, 2 registered, 4 yearlings, J regis- tered, 3 calves, 2 registered ; 12 Leicester ews and 4 lambs ; a Chester White boar, 2 brood sows and 22 pigs, all pjire. Mr. Batcheller has this year on his farm 80 acres in meadow, 60 aores in pasture, 7^ in barley, 20 in oats, 3 in Japan Buckwheat, 2 timothy cut for seed, i in beans, 1 in sugar beats, 1 in mangold wurzel, f in turr>ips, | in white carrots, 1 in potatoes, 4J in corn for grain, J in onions, J in green fodder ; the crops are very fine and heavy. In consequence of the number of points accorded to Mr. Batcheller, 85.40, we recommond that the silver medal and diploma of distinguished merit be awarded to him. S. N. BLADKWOOD, E. CASGRAIN, Judges of the Provincial Competition of Agricultural Merit. 69 JSo. 38. CHARLES WHITCOMB. For details, see table of points at the end of this volume. 1! On the 8rd of August, we visited the farm of Mr. Charles "Whitcomb, of Waterloo, in the County of Shefford, containing 240 acres, of which 65 are arable, 40 in meadow not arable, (interval) 95 in pasture, not arable ; in all cleared 200 acres, and 40 in bush. Mr.Whitcomb's rotation is : 1st year, oats, corn and potatoes, or peas and oats ; 2nd year : after oats, and peas and oats, hoed crop. After corn and pota- toes, wheat or barley seeded for hay ; 3rd year : after hoed crop, wheat or barley seeded down. He manures all land he takes up the 1st or 2nd year, with all the manure it will bear, always ploughed under. He has tried top dressing with barn-yard manure, but considers he lost a great part of his manure and labor. He has so much rough pasture that he cannot pasture his arable land. We found a few bad weeds which could be spared, and for which we deduct 1 point. "We found here, what were originally 3 barns, of 14 feet posts ; 2 of them which stood in fields a distance from the homestead, were taken down, and the posts spliced to make them 20 feet, then rebuilt near the homestead, with doors for the admission of hay and grain (partly through the roof), 15 feet above the foundations. "We mention this to show how the material of old barns may be utilized in rebuilding on an improved plan. The implements, although in good order, we consider insufficient and deduct 1.50 points. Under heading, "Plantation of Forest Trees," we remarked that Mr. Whitcomb has two roads on his farm, forming the letter T. Alono- these roads have been planted 400 maple trees, averaging, say 16 inches in diameter, which could make a good sugar bush. The stock on the farm consists of 1 brood mare, 4 work horses and 1 70 one-yoar old, Morgans, all very good ; 1 pure Hereford bull, and 2 grade bulls, good ; 35 Ayrshire and Devou- grade cows; 11 butchers' boasts, 7 two-year old, 11 one-year old and 1*7 cnlves, all good ; We cannot approve of the promiscuous crossing of so many breeds, and certainly with a Ibunda- tion of dairy stock, such as De\ou aud Ayrshire, a bull of a purely beef breed, like a Hereford, should not be used. To continue with the stock, we foxind 1 Lidcestcr ram, 20 ewes and 20 lambs ; 1 white Chester boar, 2 breeding sows, and 11 young pigs ; 1 ;ur- key cock, 2 turkey hens and 16 young turkeys ; 30 hens and 50 chickens, all black Spanish, good. Our impression is that the river pasture, or interval, is more extensive than the 40 acres Mr. Whitcomb reckons it to be, or it could not support in such a satisfactory manner, such a large herd ; owing to its very irregular shape, wi* could not form a correct estimate of its extent. We found on the farm : IJ acres in wheat, 4 in barley, 10 in oats, 1 in buckwheat, 10 in peas and oats mixed, 1 in beans, ^ in Swedish turnips, IJ in potatoes, 1 in Indian corn for grain, 80 in meadow, 90 in pasture, of which 50 acres are permanent, orchard 4 acres, garden 100 by 100 feet. "We have awarded Mr. Charles "Whitcomb 85.40 points, which entitles iiim to the silver medal and the diploma of distinguished merit. S. N. BLACKWOOD, E. CASGRAIN, Judges of the Provincial Competition of Agricultural Merit. 71 No »3. THOMAS HUNTER, For details, see table of points at the end of this volume. The 2r)th July I made a visit to the farm of Mi. Thomas Hunter, alone, as Mr. S. N. Blackwood, my colleague is father-in-law to Mr. Hunter and would not taki' part iu the examination of his farm This is a splendid farm, especially well situated, placed on one of the promontories in Lake Champlain, in the parish of Clarence ville, county of Missisquoi. It con- tains 280 acres, of which 30 are in woods. The following is the system adopted by Mr. Hunter : 1st year, on the low ground near the lake overflowed every ring by the high waters, he sows ji.st one year of grain with grass seed. He puts manure, spread on the ploughed grcund and worked in by the disc harrow. The hind is too low to plant hoed crops on it. On the upland not overflowed in spring he generally ploughs twice, manured the flrst year, but sometimes the second with manure ploughed ntuler. "When he puts on hoed crop he makes three years of plor^hinii". puLs the manure on the second year, and the third year seeds down with grass seed and grain. He mows the low lands always six years and pastures three. The uplands he mows as long as he hay crop pays. For this system I give the full 4 points. Division on the farm is perfect and the fenc ai e good ; the ditches and water furrows all work well ; as for weeds, not only can I not allow any points for their destruction, but I would be disposed to take off" from other items on accoui i of their presence, did I not see that their seeds ar.> brought from neighboring lariiis by the wind and water and the county is so full of them that one finds them even in the woods. I speak ^ T the white ox- eye daisy which infests the county so mucli in many neighborhou !s. The manure is well taken care of and 100 loads of black muck are drawn each year to mix with the manure iu the piles. The buildings are excellent ; the barns and stables are very well arranged for the ecou'' mi' I'arrviu"" on of the work in them .arsH tho"" ar" well suited to the needs of the farm. There is also on the farm a flue gar- ; w den and nice yard. Indeed everything, not only in the husband's, but also in the wife's domain, shows good order and careful management ; both are industrious and intelligent. The cattle are part Durham ; the horses are good. I noticed among others 2 Black Hawk brood mares, 4 work horses, 3 yearlings and 2 suck- ing colts ; a fine Durham bull and 41 grade Durham cows, 6 steers, 6 yearling heifers and 1 calf; a Chester White sow. Mr. Hunter has this year 130 acres in meadow, 100 in pasture, 3 in barley, 30 in oats, 3 in peas, 4 in buckwheat, 3 in timothy cut for seed, IJ in beans, IJ in potatoes, 2 in corn for grain, an orchard of 8 acres. In 1890 400 lbs. of superphosphate were bought over and above the manure made on the farm. Mr. Hunter has 85.55 points and I therefore recommend him for the silver medal and the diploma of distinguished merit. E. CASGRAIN, Jvdge of the Provincial Competition of Agricultural Merit. No. 34. F. WILLIAM ROY. For details, see table of points at the end of this volume. On the 16th August we visited the farm of Mr. F. William Roy, of Stanstead Plains, in the county of Staustead, containing 300 acres, 230 arable and 70 in Bush. Mr. Roy's system is : 1st year, oats, corn and generally hoed crops, with manure, sometimes manure and seed for hay with oats first crop. 2nd year, after hoed crops, manure and sow wheat or barley, seeded to hay. After oats, when not seeded with grass seed, hoed crops with manure. 6 to 3rd year, after hoed crops, wheat or barley, seeded for hay. Mow from 7 years or so long as he gets a paying crop. 78 also i are long uck- '8, 5 3 m i, H 1890 lade him , of 230 o. . "///"T! ""^^ *^® ""''"'''■'' ^" ^*" *^ ^^"^^'^ *°*1 P"ts into large piles of 86 to 40 double loads. In spring ho spreads on the ploughed ground and covers with disk harrow. In autumn draws all the manure he happens to have and spreads on ploughed ground and covers with disk harrow. In spring he never seeds to hay, without first manuring. Ho generally does all his ploughing in autumn. Uses guano on all vegetables, J guano § ashes applied in the hills or TOWS. o ff We approve of this system all but spreading the manure in autumn and leaving it so until spring. Considering that there is but a small part so treated, we only deduct 0.10. Fences we did not find quite perfect. Mr. Roy's house and especially his barn are models. His stablinffs principally under the barn, are convenient and comfortable. He has a good silo 15 X 15 X 80 ft. deep, and 8 acres of good corn for ensilage to put into It Mr. Roy shewed us his account books for the farm which appeared all right, except that he had not taken inventory, for which we deduct 0.25. We find that Mr. Roy has bought IJ ton of guano and 50 bushels of ashes at a cost of '*'"' The stock consists of: 1 brood mare, extra good, 2 work horses, 1 three year old, 1 two year old, 1 one year old, all very good. 1 bull, grade, 15 milch cows, 5 butcher's cattle, 5 two years old, 6 one year old. and 12 calves, all good grades. We beg here to remark that the improvement resulting from a good pure bred bull, on the large number of young cattle enumerated above, would soon pay for his first cost. We found also 1 ram, 14 ewes, 18 Iambs, grades, good, 1 brood sow and 9 pigs also good. The crops consisted of 8| acres wheat, 12 oats, i beans, J mangold U Swedish turnips, } red carrots. 2J potatoes, J corn for grain, and 8 acres' for ensilage, 82 meadows, 120 pasture, 2 orchard, and garden. 100 feet by 100. Mr. F. William Roy having obtained 85.35 points would be entitled to the silver medal and the diploma of distinguished merit, but unfortu- nately, like several others, he is disqualified by law, not having obtained any prize in a county or subdivision of county competition for the best kept larms ; we regret it very much. S. N. BLACKWOOD. E. CASGRAIN, Judges Provincial Competition of Agricultural Merit. t 74 No. »S. WM. P. HILLHOUSE. For details, see table of points at the end of this volume. On the 6th of Aiigust we visited the farm of Mr. Wm. Hillhouse, of Knowlton, in the county of Brome, containing 300 acres, 50 arable, 100 in pasture not arable, in all 150 acres cleared and 150 in bush. Mr. Hillhouse's system is : Ist year, oats or potatoes with manure ; 2nd year : potatoes are followed by wheat, seeded for hay, oats, when land is suitable are followed by corn ; otherwise oats are followed by barley, seeded for hay, the land being ploughed, then manure spread and harrowed in. For corn he spreads manure, ploughs it under and puts hog manure in the drill. 3rd year : Generally seeds down for hay the 2ud year, all except what is in hoed crop, and that he seeds down for hay the third year. He manures all land taken up in the course of the rotation before seeding, and that is generally in 3 years ; mows as long as he gets a good crop. All his pasture is necessarily permanent, being very stoney. We approve of this rotation all but the manure spread and harrowed, which we understand to be a very small portion, and for which we deduct 0.10, allowing 3.90. Division of the farm we found perfect, as also fences which were com- posed in a great measure of well built stone walls. Mr. Hillhouse, although owning a comparatively hard farn. to work, pays attention to destruction of weeds, for which we allow him full points. We found his fences, implements and fields in good order; he was busy repairing the out-buildings, which stood in great need of improve- ment. Mr. Hillhouse has a sugar bush of 185 trees of which, in 1889, he made 800 lbs. of sugar, and in 1890, 600 lbs., for which we allow 0.90. Mr. Hillhouse's stock consists of one brood mare, 2 work horses, 1 two year old colt ; 1 grade bull, 23 milch cows, 2 two years old, 3 one year old and 5 calves, all very good grades ; 1 sow, 3 young pigs and a few fowls, •76 for which we allow 12 points. We are surprised to find a man of Mr. Hill- house's intelligence using a grade bull with his tine herd of cows, when pure bred bulls can be procured so easily. The crops are as follows : 1 J acres of wheat, 2 of barley, 5 of oats, ^ of potatoes, J of Indian corn for grain, 40 of meadow, 100 of pasture, .? orchard and a garden 80 feet by 40 feet. Mr. Hillhouse came from Scotland to Canada in 1849, at the age of 16. He worked the first and second year for his board and clothing, the next year for .$5.00 a month, at the end of which his mother, a noted butter- maker, and the rest of the family came out. After spending three years with them, he bought 60 acres of land, and, tw^o years after, one hundred more, adjoining, and got married to a young lady who came over about the same time that he did. Having no ready money to pay for his land and all the accessories, he ran heavily in debt, until the amount of interest he had to meet, every year, amounted to as much as two hundred dollars. Being both blessed with good health and stout hearts, he and his wife put their shoulder to the wheel, and, after a brave struggle, paid off all their debts and they are now enjoying the reward of their perseverance and industry. We may here remark that good butter making appears to be a specialty, with that family. Mrs. Williams, the excellence of whose butter we men- tioned in our report on her farm, is a sister of Mrs. Hillhouse ; in all the reports of Agricultural Exhibitions in the County of Brome for many years past, their name appears on the list of prizes for best butter, and Mrs. Hill- house showed us a diploma for the best Canadian butter awarded her at the International Fair held in New York in 1879. Mr. W. P. Hillhouse having obtained 85.30 points is entitled to the silver medal and the diploma of distinguished merit. S. N. BLACKWOOD, E. CASaRAIN, Judges of the Provincial Compel.iion of Agricultural Merit. \> i» w IVo. 36. DOMINIQUE PHANEUF. For details, see table of points at the end of this volume. The eleventh August, we visited the farm of Mr. D. Phaneuf, of South Stukely, County of ShefFord. It contains 350 acres, of which 130 are in cultivation, 70 in permanent pasture, and 150 in woods. In regard to his system, we approve the arrangement by which he follows one crop with another, but we find that there is not enough hoed crops, and for this we have taken off one quarter of a point. The division of the land is good, and the fences are in good order. The fields are in order and free of bad weeds. The implements are almost sufficient in number, and are well kept. The ditches, water furrows and drains, all work well. The house is good and well suited to the needs of the family and their comfort. The out-buildings, stable for cattle and horses, granary, sheds for wagons and wood, although old, are all in good order. The cattle are generally Ayshire and A'ery fine. The horses are good. We found among others, a brood mare and 2 work horses ; also a pure Dur- ham bull and 2*7 cows, of which 5 are registered Ayrshire ; a pair of work oxen, 3 two-year old heifers, 5 yearlings and 8 calves ; 1 Cotswold ram, 7 ewes and 1 lamb, Cotswold ; 2 Chester white sows and 3 pigs. Mr. Phaneuf has o his farm 90 acres in meadow, 70 in permanent pasture, 2 in wheat, 5 in barley, 8 in oats, 2 in timothy, cut for seed, \ in clover for seed, 4| in corn lor fodder. Mr. Phaneuf told us that he did not regret having sold, 7 years ago_ the fine farm which he had at St. Antoine, to come to live in Stukely. He says he makes more money here than when he lived in St. Antoine, because he had learnt from his neighbour, Mr. Sargeaut, how to cultivate his land 80 as to enrich it, at the same time as to make it pay. Besides, these two neighbors are great friends, and help one another to their mutual profit. 11 We give Mr. Phaneuf 85.05 points, which give him the right to a silver medal and the diploma of great merit. S. N. BLACKWOOD, E. CASGRAIN, Judges of the Provincial Competition of Agricultural Merit. outh re in his with 8 we rder. most I and is of and ^ood food. Dur- vork ira, 7 nent i in ago. He ause land two t. Wo. 37. PIERRE THEBERGE. For details, see table of points at the end of this volume. The 14th of July we visited the farm of Mr. Pierre Theberge in the parish of Notre-Dame de Bonsecours, county of Rouville. This farm con- tains 324 arpents of which 268 are arable and 56 are in forest in which 3,000 maple trees are tapped. This farm has all the advantages of a good soil and abundant scope for an excellent system of cultivation. Mr. The- berge was the son of a labourer and left his father at the age of 14 years to engage with a farmer. He remained there till he was 19, after which he was overseer of a gang on the work of completing the Grand Trunk railroad. At 21 years he bought a threshing mill and a pair of horses which brought him in $3 per day. Later he had 2 mills. In 1858 he made |200 during the winter, and bought part of the farm he now has at the price of |5,266 — to be paid in instalments, and the same year he married. Since then Mr. Th6berge has bought more land to the value of $2,300, and he has given to 6 of his daughters who are married $12,000. He values his pro- perty to-day at $20,000, including a piece of land on which he still has $10,000 to pay, but he has owing him on good security as much as this. His family has never been away in the United States. The system followed by Mr. Theberge is good enough but we have taken off f of a point because he does not manure all the land he ploughs, and his land although still rich, will in the end be impoverished. He says he top-dresses in the two first years of cutting hay, still there is always a part of his land which doesn't get any manure because he sows too much grain. 78 The divisiou of the farm is good ; but we have taken off a quarter of a point, because he cannot reach a fielH at the hack which he pastures, until the other crops are gathen>d in. The fields are free of bad weeds and the fences are in good ord. t. Wents peas, ed, i dder and it. 12 ;i Aax % t\.n f> * jf m^ ^ . I g a s 2& 3 36 4a 5 8 10 11 9 7&7 .3c 4c 6a 3a 6 4& 10a 3o 4 12 13 L la o DESBAHATS « Lit, CR^V. EI IMP., MOh THEAC. ;!Vo. »8. H. A. AND J. McKAY. INDEX AND description OF PLAN. Numbers on plan. Superficial area. Total. < 1 15 2 2 9 24 8 5 13 113 4 4 5 9 9 i 1 208 24 2 2 1 2 1 3 2 a 26 Meadow S do 3& do 4o do ■■ 5 do 8 do 10 do 11 do 1 68 9 9 Pasture (in the rotation ^ • 7& 7 Permanent Daature 2 126 4 .3c 4c 6a Barley ...'... ") do !■ do J 2 oa Oats 6 do 9 4& Oats and peas r . • , 10a do 9 2 4 1 1 8a Potatoes 9 4 Tu rni D8 ^..* 9 12 Woods 13 Siifiaf maple grove 2 2 232 I Ouihuildint^B and yard \ .*.nd premises, etc ( Orchard la 2 2 2 9 452 452 ' -p so IKo. 3S. MESSRS. H. ALBERT & JAS. McKAY. For details, see table of points at the end of this volume. On the 13th August we visited the farm of Messrs. H. A. and J. Mc- Kay, of East Hatley, iu the county of Stanstead. This property contains 452 acres, of which 225 are iu forest. It has all the requisites that a good soil and large size can give for a good farming business. The system of rotation of the Messrs. McKay would be perfect if they used a disc harrow in place of the spring tooth harrow to cover their manure ; for this reason we have taken off one half of one point on the marks for system. This is the system followed by them : 1st year, oats, peas and oats, wheat or potatoes ; 2nd year : after the potatoes, wheat or barley with grass seeds, after the oats, peas and oats mixed, turnips and some barley with grass seeds ; 3rd year : where the turnips were, they sow wheat or oats or barley with grass seeds ; then the meadow is left as long as the crop is good. Sometimes they spread the manure on the sod and plough it in, but for a general rule they spread the manure on the ploughed ground and har- row it in with the spring tooth harrow. They never sow grass seed for meadow without having manured the land, except sometimes in their per- manent pasture where they plough a piece simply to level and drain it and then take just one crop, seeding it down at once again. They draw muck in the Fall to put in the stables for the purpose of absorbing the liquid manure. They have a tank lined with clay to receive the liquid manure and they spread this on their meadows with a very ingenious machine made by themselves. The division of the farm is good enough ; there is an alley way com- municating with all the fields. The fences are in good order and there are no bad weeds in the fields. The drains to an extent of 36 acres in length work very well. The house is suitable to the needs of a farmer, and the barns, stables. 81 shfiep pens, poultry house and hog pens are of the most convenient kind tor good work and very well adapted to economic working. The imple- ments and tools are all in good order and suitable to the work. The bookkeeping would be perfect if they had made each year an mventory of their stock, etc. etc. We cut off one quarter of a point on this account. We give them four points for gathering and cleaning away stones and making best use of them. They have in every field some shade for the animals and water. In a general way everything on this farm is in good order The orchard of about 2^ acre, is fine. The horses are good. We saw two nice brood mares, crossed Morgan and what is called Arabian, 3 work horses and 2 three year old colts ; also a registered Hereford bull, 10 milch cows 11 two year old steers, 3 two year old heifers, 1 yearling, and 5 calves- a fine Shropshire ram, 13 ewes and 11 lambs, grades ; a Chester White boar 2 breeding sows and 3 pigs, also Chester White. We found on the farm this year 126 acres in pasture, 69 in meadow, 4Jin barley, 9 in oats, 4 in peas and oats mixed, J in beans, 1^ in turnips and IJ in potatoes. We have awarded for this farm 85.10 points, which entitle the owners to the silver medal and the diploma of distinguished merit. S. N. BLACKWOOD, E. CASGRAIN, Judges of the Provincial Competition of Agricultural Merit. 6 82 No. »9. JAMES COTTINGHAM, For details, see table of points at the end of this volume. On the 19th of Juue, we drove from the village of Huntingdon to the village of Orrastown, through a remarkably prosperous section, passing a number of faru,. which looked as though their owners ought to have entered for this competition. "We went to examine the farm of Mr. James Cottingham, of Ormstown. It is situated about one mile from the village, and fronts on the river. The high road lies nbout 300 yards from the river, and close to it is the homestead and farm yard. The house is placed on one side of a fine square yard, with the horse stable and wagon sheds across from it, and behind these is a square barn yard, completely shut in by the other buildings. The farm road, whic^h is wide, smooth, clean and well fenced and ditched, starts from the high road, and running through the above mentioned square, stretches through the centre of the farm to the back concession road. In front of the house is a garden and orchard reaching down to the high road. All the buildings, and the fences around them, were nicely white-washed and everything about them was very neat, clean and in good order. Carpenters \vere at work putting in a new cow stable, which, when finished, will be very comfortable and convenient, and a' -angements are made to build a silo, also, of over 200 tons capacity, and s< placed that its contents can be easily brought into the stable to be fed. We also noticed a good windmill, which pumps water from a good well into a large watering tank in the yard. This year we found 3J acres in wheat, o in barley, 12 in oats, 9J in -peas, 7 in mixed grain, J in flax, ^ in beans, 1^ in potatoes, i in corn for grain, 4J in corn for ensilage, 26 in hay, 31 in pasture, in the rotation and 7 acres in permanent pasture. On the one side of the yard is a TOW of good loose boxes, and in one was a thorough bred Ayrshire bull, and in others, several calves. In another, was a very fine Clydesdale stal- lion, which showed good points and good care. In the pasture were 3 brood mares, 2 two-year old colts and on.- gelding, all very good. There are kept 12 cows and .several young heiters, of fair quality, Mr. Cotting- i 83 ha»- .ikes butter, and has a convenient arrangoment of a horso power to chu with The milk is set in deep cans, in a tank in the milk house dj, minor, which 18 a coi.venient ice house ; near this, but siiffiriePtly ct- ' rto avoid any bud odor, is the pig pen, which has a capita, arran .me. ■ c( )king and i 'xiuf food, ^ is well laid out. Mi Oottinghanx's tem : Ist, oats or wheat, for the wheat the sod is manured and ploughed in ilu- fall ; 2nd, peas whore the oats were, and barley when he wheat was-also th.. hoed crops, potatoes and corn for ensilaj. , are ut in this yoar with manure. 3rd, oats, barley and peas mixed, or any of them alon(^ and with grass seed on all, IJ lbs Alsike clover, or 2 lbs. Rawdon and 1 peck timothy seed per acre. Then hay is cut lor .3 years and pastured for 3 years. The crops were good, and there were no weeds to be see), ujywhere. At the back of the farm is a rou-h ridge, which had been , , vd long ago. Mr. Cottingham has now planted this^^with young trees, chieily maple, whu ' as he uses the land for pasture, he has protected with railings around them, and in a few years, this now useless lot, will be an ornament and advantage to the farm. We^found a complete set of farm implements, all well cleaned and carefullv housed in the spacious sheds. Th.- house is roomy, convenient, and home-like. Mr. Cottington keeps no books, and could only give us an idea of his receipts and expenditure, although it was evident that the balance is well on the right side. We have awarded Mr. Cottingham 85.10 points, which entitle him to the Sliver medal and the diploma of distinguished merit. S. N. BLACKWOOD, E. OASGRAIN, .T. PILON, S. A. FISHER, Judges of the Provincial Compelilion, of AgrivuHural Merit. r^Xi IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-S) 1.0 2J 2.2 I.I us 10 11.25 1.4 m 11.6 A {/ fe t<^>' e": cW ^^^ ^ i?/^ Photographic Sciences Corporation 23 WeST MAIN STREET WEBS7ER,N.Y. 14S80 (716) 87!2-4S03 .\ iV L1>^ \ \ % V o '%^ ^? % 84 No. 40. JOSEPH ROY. For details, see table of points at the end of this volume. On the 11th of July, we visited the farm of Mr. Joseph Roy, in the Parish of Ste. Anne de dabrevois, County of Iberville, containing 224 arpents, of vv^hich 188 are cleared and arable. The rotation on this farm is : 1st year, peas or buckw^heat ; 2nd year : oats or barley, with 10 to 15 arpents manure plowed under. The balance to be manured the next course, seeded for meadow. 3rd to 6th mowed ; Tth and 8th pasture. This, we find defective, and the remarks we addressed to his neighbor, Mr. Charles Roy, on this head are applicable to him, save that this system, in so much as he only takes 2 crops off a part, without manuring, is a shade better, but not enougli to make a difference in the points. On this farm we find 34 arpents in oats, 8 in peas, 1 in luzerne, 10 in buckwheat, 5 in timothy, and 1 in clover for seed, \ in beans, f in pota- toes, I in Indian corn for grain, 76 in meadow, 53 in pasture, 1 arpent in orchard, and garden 112x90. Of stock, we find the following : 4 brood mares, 4 work horses ; 1 three- year old, 2 two-year old, 3 one-year old and 2 foals, all grades ; 1 bull, Canadian and Ayrshire crossed, 6 milch cows, 3 one-year old and 3 calves ; 1 ram, pure Southdown, 14 ewes, | Southdown, 18 lambs. Southdown grades, all very good ; 1 boar, white Chester, 4 sows, grades, and 3 young pigs, and a fine lot of fowls. The stock amounts to an equivalent of one head of cattle for 5 super- ficial arpents of cleared land ; we allow 9 points out of 15 for the stock. The dv»relling house and farm buildings are good ; the farming imple- ments are very good, and for that item we award the maximum of points, and the same for general order. We could find no bad weeds on the farm, and allow the maximum of points under that head. Mr. Joseph Roy is a bar and meo Ther^ Acto] alter! white disor( ] on hii of sto etc., € whicl while T very i a man is sup ing a] harnej «ompl -■ rmsffsw^^f*" 85 hard-working industrious farmer ; his system of rotation is his weak point and by improving it, he will soon make of his farm a model farm. We have awarded him 85.10 points, which entitle him to the silver medal and the diploma of distinguished merit. S. N. BLACKWOOD, E. CASGRAIN, Judges of the Provincial Compelition of Agricultural Merit. JVo. 41. MILTON Mcdonald. For details, see table of points at the end of this volume. On July Tth we visited the farm^of Mr. Milton McDonald. M P P. There are 450 acres lying on both sides of river Blanche, about 2 miles from Actonvale btation We found Mr. McDonald making extensive repairs and alterations m his dwelling house and the workmen were also engaged in whitewashing and tarring his hog pens and stables, making of course some disorder, for which however, allowance must be made. Mr. McDonald has been making very great permanent improvements on his land and we found a length of well built heavy stone wall, a number ot stone and open drains and considerable levelling and filling in of hollow etc., etc. A good road is laid out from the buildings through the farm' which, when completed, will reach all the fields on that side of the river' wMle a public bridge and highway reaches the others. The house is substantial and fine and the barns and outbuildings are very roomy Mr. McDonald has a large silo, a place for cooking feed and a manure pit, a suitably placed in connection with his cattle barn. Water 18 supplied to all the stock indoors. The horse stable is in another build- ing and has a great number of large stalls, with abundant room for harnesses, waggons, etc, close by. The hogpens are very extensive and complete and arranged for making much manure. 86 In the fields we found some good crops ; the corn for ensilage, of which there is 10 acres, was being- cultivated at the time of our visit. It was- growing well, but was sowed rather thickly and [ought to have been cleti ed earlier. There are about 50 acres of rough pasture, which will soon be worked into fields Mr. McDonald told us he had applied a dressing of black muck ta some sandy land, but 'saw no result which paid. He buys some superphos- phate each year for his corn and potatoes. We noticed a plantation of treea near the house and also some along the sides of the farm road. Mr. McDonald's system is on ploughing 1st year to sow peas and oats. 2nd year, he puts on all the manure he has in the Fall and ploughs it in. In Spring he manures with the winter's manure in the drills, the rest of the land for his hoed crop of corn, potatoes and beets. 3rd year, he sows barley or oats with grass seed, 1 bush, timothy and 20 lbs. clover to every six acres, then cuts hay 3 years and pastures 2. This system is good but we think hardly enough grass seed is sowed ; J bushel timothy and 4 lbs. clover at least, ought to be sown per acre. The manure is well preserved and utilized both in pit and yard, and in the way it is applied to the land. Mr. McDonald buys considerable feed and manure amounting last year to over $100, which outlay, however, will no doubt soon be unnecessary. We found on the farm, oats, 45 acres, peas 4 acres, buckwheat 2 acres, mixed grains 40 acres, mangold wurzel (betteraves a vache) J acre, potatoes^ J acre, ensilage corn, 10 acres, green fodder, IJ acres, hay 64 acres, pasture in rotation, 80, and permanent, 75 acres. The stock is numerous and fine ; Mr. McDonald milks 30 cows, send- ing the produce to a cheese factory which he owns, near by. These cows are largely pure bred Ayrshire and Jersey with some grades. He also has a number of fine young heifers coming on, some from a Holstein bull and some from a Guernsey. In the barn we found a fine Guernsey bull bought from the stock of the Hon. Mr. Abbott, of St. Anne de Bellevue, and a Holstein also. There are also a number of fine pure Berkshire and pure Chester hogs. We found a very complete set of implements, including a hay or ensillage cutter and horse power. Altogether Mr. McDonald obtains 85.10 points which entitle him to the silver medal and the diploma of distinguished merit. J. PILON, S. A. FISHER, Judges of the Provincial Competition of Agricultural Merit. •fc-are SI Wo. 4a. EDAVARD L. ROBERT. For details, see table of points at the end of this volume. On the Ist of August, we visited the farm of Mr. Ed. L. Robert, of West ShefFord, county of ShefFord, containing 300 acres of which 190 are cleared and 110 in bush. Mr. Robert's system, as he gives it, is as follows : 1st year, if suitable, Indian corn. If not suitable for corn, oats, peas and oats and sometimes buckwheat. 2nd year, wheat after corn, seede<' "or hay with thimothy and clover. After oats, peas and oats, or buckwheat, a hoed crop. 3rd year, after hoed crop, wheat or barley seeded for hay. He ploughs under all the manure, and seeds to hay as soon as possible. He mows as long as he can get a paying crop, say 2 to 3 tons per acre, on improved land. "We fully approve of this system. Division : Mr. Robert has so much land unfit for anything but pas- ture, that he cannot pasture in the course of his rotation. He has perfect communication between his several pastures and his barn. His fences are good. We are sorry to find a few bad weeds for which we deduct 1 point. His dwelling is very good, His barn is large and economical, the hay and grain being brought into it by means of a gangway to the top. The stable for cattle, which is comfortable, and extensive, is under the barn. On these dry high-land farms there is frequently no need of draining, which will often account for the lack of points awarded under that head. / 88 On this farm we found 2 acres in wheat, 6 in barley ; 6 in oats ; 5 in buckwheat ; 3 in peas and oats ; 1 in timothy for seed ; 1 in beans ; ^ in Swedish turnips ; 2 in potatoes ; 2 in Indian corn for grain ; 80, including a'large portion of permanent, in meadow and 95 in permanent pasture ; 1* in orchard and 100 x 50 feet in garden. The stock on this farm consists of 8 brood mares, 2 work horses, 1 three years old, 1 pure Holstein bull, 1 Durham grade bull, 30 milch cows, 6 of which are pure bred Durhams, 25 fattening cattle, 5 pure and 5 grades two years old, 5 one year old and 9 calves, all very good. "We have awarded Mr. E. L. Robert 85.05 points which entitle him to the silver medal and the diploma of distinguished merit. S. N. BLACKWOOD, E. OASGRAIN, Judges Provincial Competition of Agricultural Merit Ko. 4.1. J. R BRIDGE. For details, see table of points at the end of this volume. On the 8th of August we visited the farm of Mr. J. R. Bridge, of South Stukely, county of ShefFord, containing 850 acres, of which 100 «v > arable and 150 pasture, not arable, in all 250 acres cleared and 100 in bu. .. We arrived at Stukely Mills per a. T. R. late in the evening of the 7th, and drove thence 3 J miles, arriving at Mr. Bridge's after the family had retired for the night. Notwithstanding having been disturbed in their first sleep, Mr. and Mrs. Bridge received us with kindness and entertained us royally. The first thing to attract our attention in the morning was a rustic fountain sending up its sprays in front of the house, calculated also to water visitors' horses, and which, owing to the darkness we did not see on our arrival. Mr. Bridge's rotation is as follows : 1st year, peas and oats, tares and oats, potatoes, corn, oats. 2nd year : hoed crops, followed by wheat and 89 barley seeded for hay ; peas and oats, tares and oats, and oats generally followed with hoed crops. 3rd year : hoed crops followed with wheat and barley seeded for hay. He sows 4 gallons thimothy and 15 lbs. Northern clover per acre which appears to us very heavy sowing, nevertheless the result is satisfactory. He mows as long as the hay crop turns out satisfactory. He is now trying an experiment, ploughing under two successive crops of clover for the purpose of drawing to the surface the fertilizing agents resting in the subsoil, after which he will sow grain and grass seed. He draws out his manure from the stable and stacks it in large heaps in the fields, spreads it on his ploughed ground in the spring and buries it with his harrow. We approve of his system of rotation, except harrowing the manure into the ploughed ground, for which we deduct one point. The fences ar far from perfect and there are more weeds than there ought to be. for which we deduct two points. The barn, horse and cattle stables are good, the piggery rather defective. We are not quite satisfied with general order in the different departments of the farm. As for the item of accounts we could not allow more than half a point ; from his notes and from memory he gave us his nett profit for last year, as amounting to ^576.00. As for the stock we found: 1 stallion Percheron, crossed, very good, 2 good mares, same cross, 3 work horses, 2 two years old, crossed, all good; a Durham bull, crossed, 15 milch cows, 8 fattening cattle,' 4 two years old, all crossed and rather good ; a good Shropshire ram' 51 ews and 38 lambs, all grades, good; 3 White Chester boars, very good, 8 sows, 2 of which very good, and 56 young pigs, good. We would gladly allow more than ten points for the cattle if the stallion and especially the bull were pure bred instead of crossed. His large herd of young pigs were pasturing in a fine clover pasture and it was a curious sight to see them rush from eA^ery side to partake of the meal of skimmed milk he gave them in our presence. He had this summer : lacre in wheat, 5 in oats, 2 in peas, J in lentils, 10 in Japan buckwheat, 15 in peas and oats mixed, J in beets, IJ in pota- toes, 5 in Indian corn for ensilage, | in rape, 65 in meadow, 140 in perma- nent pasture, an orchard and a garden. Mr. J. R. Bridge has obtained 83.30 points, which entitle him to the bronze medal and the diploma of great merit. S. N. BLACKWOOD, E. CASGRAIN, Judges of the Provincial Competition of Agricultural Merit. 90 No. 44. HIPPOLYTE BROSSEAU. Fur details, see table of points at the end of volume. On the 23rd of July, we visited the farm of Mr. Hippolyte Brosseau, of the Parish of St. Sebastien, County of Iberville, containing 200 arpents, 193 of which are cleared and ploughable. We were favorably impressed with the freedom from bad weeds, good fences and order in every department on this farm. The system of rotation, which is as follows, does not meet our approval and for which we only allow 2 points : 1st crop, hoed crops with manure ploughed under in autumn, and cross-ploughed in spring ; on a part he sows wheat, barley or oats ; on the rest, wheat, one-quarter of which he manures. 2nd crop, where he had hoed crops he sows wheat and barley, and where he had wheat and barley he sows oats, where he had oats he sows peas, with i bushel timothy and 3 lbs. Rawdon clover per arpent. 3 to 4 years meadow, and 3 years in pasture. " We beg to advise Mr. Brosseau to plough no more than he can manure well, and enrich in the course of rotation. We observe that Mr. Brosseau pastures 12 cows, belonging to a neigh- bouring village, on a separate pasture from his own cows. We found on this farm : 1 brood mare, 3 work horses, 2 three-year old, 1 one-year old and 1 foal ; 1 bull, grade, 13 milch cows and 4 calves, all grades ; 3 brood sows and 10 young pigs ; 2 cocks, 36 hens, 50 chickens, 1 gander, 4 geese and 34 goslings. Mr. Brosseau's farm was occupied this year, by the following crops : 4 arpents in wheat, 2 in barley, 45 in oats, 3 in peas, 1 in timothy and 1 in clover for seed, IJ in potatoes, 2 in Indian corn for grain, 65 arpents in meadow, 60 in pasture, f in green feed, and | in orchard ; garden 140 by 70 feet. o ru adai witl him Lac( loam year 3rd acre past at tb on t] SOW] corn man gard -1-1 Vi^fT-lhfjJii^l Ai ^SF^ 91 We commend his arrangements for butter making, viz., a horse power o run the churn close by the cellar door, and, in the cellar, which is well adapted for that purpose, a good butter worker, deep setting cans and tank, with an ice house close by. We have awarded Mr, Hippolyte Brosseau 81.70 points, which entitle him to the bronze medal and the diploma of great merit. S. N. BLACKWOOD, E. CASGRAIN, Judges of the Provincial Competition of Agricultural Merit. No. 15. JOHN BARROWDALE. For details, see table of points at the end of this volume. On the Tth July, we visited the farm of Mr. John Barrowdale, of Lacolle, county of St. Johns, containing 170 acres, 154 cleared. Soil clay loam and sandy loam. Mr. Barrowdale's rotation is as follows, viz : Ist year : oats, peas, barley, according to the nature of the soil. 2nd year : buckwheat, Indian corn and potatoes with manure ploughed under. 3rd year : oats, barley, wheat with 1 gallon thimothy and 3 lbs. clover per acre. Mows so long as he gets a good crop, say from 5 to 10 years, then pastures a part from 2 to 5 years and ploughs the other part. We approve of this system and allow 4 points for it, but are surprised at the small quantity of grass seed sown, but must admit that the meadows on this farm were as good as those on which a larger amount of seed was sown. On this farm we found the following crop : wheat, 2 acres, oats 6, peas i, buckwheat 14, thimothy for seed 2, clover for seed 4, potatoes J, Indian corn for grain 3, meadow 40, pasture in the course of rotation 70, and per- manent 21, in all 91 acres pasture. Green fodder 2 acres, orchard 2, and garden 60 by 90 feet. 92 The division and fences are good. We only allow one point out of three for destruction of weeds. The old dwelling house is contracted, but we found a most satisfactory one, in an advanced stage of construction, for which we allow full number of pomts. For outbuildings, see table of points. We were shown by Mr. Barrowdale, a machine for cleaning clover seed, belonging jointly to him- self and Mr. Mastin, which we consider as very useful. His stock is as follows : 4 brood mares, Clyde grades ; 4 work horses' grades, 1 three-years old filly, 2 two-years old, 2 one-year old and 1 foal. 1 Durham bull, 12 milch cows, 1 pure bred, 4 fattening beasts, 4 two-years old and 11 calves; 2 ewes and 1 lamb ; 1 boar, Yorkshire grade, 2 breeding sows, 10 young pigs, for the whole of which we allow 9 points out of 15. Mr. John Barrowdale having obtained 81.20 points, is entitled to the bronze medal and the diploma of great merit. S. N. BLACKWOOD, E. CASGRAIN, Judges of the Provincial Competition of Agricultural Merit. No. 46. ANTOINE DUFAULT For details, see table of points at the end of this volume. We visited on the 14th July the Farm of Mr. Antoiuo Dufault, situated at Ste. Victoire, county of Richelieu, containg 242 superficial arpents, 150 under cultivation, the remainder in standing timber. The soil is none of the best, but it is carefully worked and the result shows what perseverance and industry can accomplish under unfavorable circumstances. As for his rotation, we would approve of it were it not for the insufiiciency of hoed crops as compared w^ith grain and wre deduct one point on that item. The division of the farm might be im- proved, the fields are not laid out according to a regular plan. He has 93 not brought far enough the lane which would allow access from his farm buildings to all his fields, for the purpose of pasturing them in turn, and we deduct J point on that item. The fences are well kept and of good stuff. There are not many weeds but enough to cause us to deduct i point. The dwelling house is pritty good and very well kept. The barn, horse and cow stables, pig- gery, sheep pen, henery are good and commodious and well kept. The implements are scarcely in sufficient number but what there is of them is very well kept. The manure is well kept and its bulk increased by the addition of muck and the cleanings from the ditches. The accounts are not satisfactorily kept and we deduct IJ point. Permanent improvements are carried on vigorously ; the stones are used to improve the roads, the ditches are getting straightened, the ground levelled and, altogether the farm is getting put in very good order. The sugar bush is well kept. Mr. Dufault taps about one thousand maples. He ploughs under this summer 4 arpents of green crops and uses lime and plaster on his fields. The stock is as follows : 8 brood mares, 5 work horses, 1 three years old, 1 one year old ; 1 bull grade, 8 milch cows, 18 fattening cattle, 6 two years old heifers, 8 one year old. 1 ram, 5 ewes, 8 lambs ; 4 breeding sows, 8 young pigs, the whole rather good, for which we allow 9| points out of 15. Crops are as follows : 4 arpents wheat, 7 barley, 35 oats, 4 peas, 9 buck- wheat,. 15 peas and oats mixed, remainder in meadow and pasture- he pastures his wood land too. Mr. Dufault is a practical man, and if he con- tinues improving his farm, at the same rate, it will before long become a model farm. He has obtained 80.90 points which entitle him to the bronze medal and the diploma of great merit. L. PILON, S. A. FISHER, Judges Provincial Competition of Agricultural Merit. 04 No. 47. THOMAS ROY For details, see table of pointslat the end of this volume. On the 3rd of July, we visited the farm of Mr. Thomas Roy, of the Parish of St. Joan, containing 449J arpents, of which 391 are fit for cultiva- tion. This is his system of rotation : 1st year, peas, oats, potatoes, corn and sometimes onions, beets and carrots ; 2nd year : wheat and barley with 1 bushel of timothy seed to 6 arpents, 2 lbs. red clover and sometimes 1 lb. alsyke per arpent. Then 5 to 6 years in hay, and 2 years in pasture. He draws out his manure and puts it in one load heaps in winter. He spreads it on meadow intended for pasture, as soon as the snow is gone, and either harrows or spreads with hay rake. What remains, he draws in wet time, in harvest, and breaks on pasture, or later in autumn. We condemn, unreservedly, the practice of drawing manure out in winter, to leave it in small piles on the snow. With regard to the above system of top dressing, which we find to be often practiced, and of whit^h we have expressed our disapproval more than once in these reports, we will now give our views at some length. We consider that top dressing, especially with green manure, in the conditions in which it is generally used, entails a heavy loss. In coun- tries in which the air is moist, and rain falls frequently, well healed msninve may be used for top dressing, to some advantage. In our dry climate, how- ever, where the heat of summer is so great, we have no confidence in it. We are of opinion that a top dressing of well prepared muck, with lime, wood ashes, or superphosphate, might be beneficial, or even a light dressing of well rotted manure, with muck on a meadow already in good order, if applied in a wet spell ol weather, starting the grass, so as to protect the manure from the sun. We will, here, give the experiem^e of one of our number, who had some land which he proposed to convert into meadow land, without ploughing, as it would have been difficult to plough it. He tried top I if 95 dressing with well ; tted manure, spread generally lato in autumn, and sometimes in spring, and brushtd over to break down the lumps. When followed by a wet summt-r he saw a decided improvement in the crop, which, however, seldom extended to the second year. When the succeed- ing summer was dry and hot, he got little or no benefit from it. Finally, he came to th»' conclusion that the same amount of manure ploughed under, in the ordinary course of rotation, would have given him four times the amount of benefit that he got from that top dressing. In addition to his experience, we have observed that on most of the farms visited, where the system of top dressing was followed, there was a great lack of hay on many of the meadows. On this farm we found the following stock: 1 Clyde stallion, grade, good; 6 brood mares, very good, 1 work hor^.e, 2 three-years old, good 1 one-year old, good, 1 buli, Durham grade, and 20 cows, good. 2? fattenin.r cattle and 2 work oxen, extra good, 5 two-year old, 6 one-year old, and 4 calveti, all grades, good ; 16 ewes and 16 lambs, good, which we find to be 1 head to nearly 5 arpents, and for which we allow 11.50 points, out of 15. We found Mr. Roy's stock all good, suitable for his purpose and in good condition, but, although his bull is good of i(s kind, we would much have preferred to see a pure bred bull at the head of his herd We were particularly pleased to see fifteen fine steers, showing the Durnam blood ready lor market, and which we estimate to average over 1,400 pounds each, which shows good care. Crops : lOi arpents in wheat. 22^ in barley, 10 in oats, 12 in peas, 2A in beans, 1 in potatoes. 2J Indian corn for grain, 215 arpents in meadows, llOJ in pasture, and garden 75 by 125 feet. Mr. Thomas Roy has obtained 79.50 points, which entitle him to the bronze medal and the diploma of great merit. S. N. BLACKWOOD, E. CASGRAIN, Judges oj the Provincial Ccmpelilion of AirricuUvral Merit. ■"■■■■Mip ■'•'****«*w*rssjf^,, am uiaJiiwuw^ioKKawai mmmmm I 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 NAMES OF COMPETITORS. E. W. Judah A. H. Gilmour Mrs. M. T. Pearce. .. J. W. "Vernon Thomas Watson W. L. Davidson Robert Robertson.. . . .James B. Masten — R. A. Savage Pierre Paquet David H. Manson . . . Eng. Arth. Baldwin. . Mrs. A. W. William. Timothe Brodenr. . . . Victor Papineau .... John Learned Jethrow Batcheller • . Bonaventure Robert. Charles W. Curtis. .. A. L. Pomroy S. C. Cameron W. W. Rogers las. Mcintosh Charles Roy Thos. Drysdale \lfred A. Sargent.. . . Charles Hubert fohn Muir . R(5mi Tetrault S. J. Pomroy Addison Batcheller . Charles Whitcomb.. DATE ' I OF I INSPECTION. II III Month. be a a M O to •a 1* .2 " p ^ 4 pia. 2 pt'^. 4 pts. August July August August June August June July August July August August August July^ August August July August August August July August August July June August July June July Aiigust July August 24 4.00 i 30 4.00 18 3.90 29 4.00 22 4.00 5 3.90 20 3.75 8 4.00 10 ^. 00 17 4 00 19 4.00 14 4.00 6 4 00 9 3.00 18 3.50 •2 4.00 8 4.00 il ' 3.90 4 3.50 25 4.00 29 4.00 22 i 4..00 31 I 4.00 10 3.00 23 4.00 8 3.00 22 3.50 16 4.00 4 3.50 26 4.00 31 \ 4.00 3 ! 4.00 9 3.00 2.00 28 3.50 2.00 22 4.00 2.00 18 4.00 l.oO 31 3.90 2.00 4 3.50 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 1.75 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 1.50 2 00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 l.oO 2.00 2.00 2.(i0 4.00 4.00 4 00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4 00 4. CO 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 3.50 IV a o u 9 U ♦J 3 pts. 2.f'0 4.00 2.00 4.00 2. CO ' 4.00 1..'0 I 4.00 1.75 I 4.00 2.00 4.00 1.50 4 00 2.00 ; 4.00 1.00 4.00 2 00 I 3.00 1.00 : 4.00 2.00 4.00 2.75! 3.00 2.40 .3.00 3 00 I I 3.00 j 3 00 i 2 70 i 2.00 I 2.75 I 2.60 I 3.00 I 2.75 I I 2.00 \ 3.00 ; 3.00 i 3.60 2.25 : 3.00 1 00 I 3 00 3.00 3.00 1 2.50 j I 3.00 I 1.50 I 3.00 \ 3.00 j 3.00 1.00 2.00 V DWELLING HOUSE. 2 points. d ps .2 •c fA Xi •♦T 9 IK > .40 .40 '■ .40 .40 .40 I .40 ' .40 ; 40 I .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 B « .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 ! .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 ..40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 40 .40 .40 .40 i .40 j .40 i .40 I .40 .40 .40 40 .40 .40 a o a o D .40 .40 ; 1 .40 .40 \ ; .40 .40 .40 .40 40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 40 .40 I .40 i .40 I .40 I .40 .40 : .40 .40 i .40 ; .40 i .40 j i .40 : 40 .40 .40 ' .40 : .40 ! ,40 I .40 j .40 I .40 : .40 .40 .40 .40 i E FARM BUILDINGS. 7 points. ao s .40 1 I .40 ! 40 40 40 40 40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .70 .60 .90 .90 .75 .60 .75 .75 .80 .90 .60 .70 .70 .40 1.00 .40 .40 40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .60 .80 .50 .75 .60 .80 .40 .70 .75 .75 .60 .75 .60 .75 .60 .80 .60 .60 q eS U 60 . ■3^ , fl .. a S fe o 1 ■^1 9< ajfn lA J. ■O ?, < Ph .70 .60 .90 1.00 .75 .00 .75 .60 I .80 .90 .60 I .70 I .70 .50 ' .60 .80 .50 \ .75 ! .60 1 1.00 ' .40 , .70 I .75 1 .75 .60 .75 .60 .60 .60 1.00 .CO .60 .70 .00 .90 .70 .50 .60 .35 .60 .80 .80 .60 .70 .70 .50 .60 .80 .50 .75 .00 a o a o « « . rt.2 4) S. .70 .60 .90 1.00 .50 .00 .50 .70 80 .80 ..50 .70 .70 .75 .60 .80 .50 .75 .60 80 : 1.00 .40 .70 .75 •70 ..50 .75 .00 .50 .60 .80 .00 .60 .40 .70 .75 .70 .60 .75 .60 .50 .60 1.00 .60 .60 .80 .60 .60 .60 .40 .80 ..50 .60 .60 .75 .50 .70 .80 .75 .50 .80 .30 .60 .80 .70 1..50 .70 .60 .60 .40 .80 .95 .50 .50 .70 .00 .80 S o B O u W IS 3 ..3 ! o CLi .80 .60 .60 .60 .40 .80 .50 .65 .60 .75 .50 .70 .80 ..SO .00 ,00 .70 .75 .80 .60 .60 .80 .75 .60 .70 .80 .50 j 1.00 .50 I ..50 .80 I .70 .40 I .30 .60 .90 .80 .70 ..50 .80 .70 .35 .70 i .60 .60 .50 .40 .80 .60 .40 .60 .70 .60 .80 .90 .70 .rfO .80 .60 .75 .50 .70 .60 .90 a o a o t) W a o &| a> a. .80 .60 .90 1.00 .60 .80 .60 .65 .80 .75 .00 .70 i .80 .50 .50 .70 .40 .90 .80 .70 .35 .60 .90 .75 .75 .80 .60 .40 .50 .70 .60 .90 .15 .60 .15 .20 .20 .20 .20 .50 .25 .15 .25 .20 i .35 I .25 j .20 ' ■A .20 I .20 I i .30 .30 .75 .20 .15 .20 .15 .15 .50 .30 j .50 .30 t .50 ! I .30 I F»i«o^\riivoiA.i:v ooJMCFKTiariOP^ OF^ aokic FARM BUILDINGS. 7 points. <0 3 I « i ® .80 .60 .90 .70 .75 .80 .60 .60 .80 .75 .60 .70 .80 1.00 .50 .70 .30 .90 .80 .70 .?,» .()0 .00 .70 .riO .80 .60 .75 .50 .70 .60 .00 a o a o V W a o £^| .80 .60 .90 1.00 .00 .80 .60 .65 .80 .75 .60 .70 .80' .50 .50 .70 .40 .90 .80 .70 .35 .60 .90 .75 .75 .80 .60 .40 ..50 .70 .60 .90 .15 .60 .15 .20 .20 .20 .20 .50 .25 .15 .25 .20 .35 .25 .20 .15 .20 .20 .30 .30 .75 .20 .15 .20 .15 .15 .50 .30 .50 .30 .50 .30 a o a o u w .10 .00 .15 .30 10 .20 .20 .60 .25 .15 .25 .20 .35 .25 .20 .15 .75 .20 .30 .30 .75 .20 .15 .20 .10 .15 .40 .30 .50 .30 .GO .30 2" o 02 o a i a o , 1.25 1.10 ; 1.25 I 1.00 I 1.25 1.25 I 1.25 1.25 i 1.25 i 1.26 ! j I 1.25 1.25 I ' I 1.25 1.25 I 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.2.". 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 l.dO 1.25 1.00 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.2.". 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.00 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 : 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 \ 1.25 1.20 1.30 1.26 1.25 1.25 1.00 1.25 1.25 2..75 2.00 .50 2.75 1.00 3.00 2.60 ..50 2.00 2.80 1.00 • 75 1.(10 2.50 2.75 2.75 .,50 .50 2.75 2.00 .50 .60 -.50 1.00 ..50 2.00 2.50 ..50 ..50 .50 1.00 1.00 .50 .60 2.00 .25 1.00 1.00 ..50 .60 2.00 .25 S2o o a 1.00 1.25 .50 .50 3.00 3.00 1..50 ' 1.00 1.25 1.25 .50 I .50 3.00 3.00 1.00 1.00 2.00 ; 2.00 2.00 : 1.65 1.00 : .50 2.00 2 00 1.00 1.00 2.00 ' 1.50 2.00 I 2.00 .50 .60 .50 .50 .50 ! .76 3.00 i 3.00 1 2.50 , 1.50 1.00 1.50 .40 .40 1.00 ; 1.00 .50 ; .50 2.00 2.00 1.00 .50 2.25 1.00 .50 1.00 2.50 1.00 ..50 .50 .60 1.00 .40 o be .9 "a S bo ■3 . I-, 02 .50 ..50 .50 1.00 .76 .10 .76 .25 1.00 .50 2.00 1.75 1.00 1.00 2.25 1..50 ..50 .10 I 1.00 |. 1 .75 |. .50 1.00 ..50 1.00 .75 .50 o a .2 ^^ 1.50 1.00 1.00 1.00 .10 .25 1.00 .50 2.00 .60 .60 1.00 1.50 1.00 .10 1.00 .25 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 2.00 1.00 a. a 1.00 .50 1.00 1.00 .60 1.00 .10 .50 1.00 1.00 1 00 .50 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 .75 1.25 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 .10 o a W o .50 .50 1.00 2.00 .60 2.00 1.00 .60 2.00 .10 .60 1.00 1.00 1.00 .50 3.00 1.00 .50 1.00 1.50 .50 1.75 .10 .50 1.00 1.00 1.00 ..50 2.00 a5 o to S .50 .75 1.50 2.00 1.00 1.00 I 1.00 2.00 I 1.00 .75 I .75 1.50 \ 1.25 1 1.00 i 1.00 I 1.00 ! 1.00 2.00 I 1.00 .75 i 1.00 .10 '• .10 .40 .80 2.00 1.50 .75 .75 3.00 .75 .50 2.00 .75 .60 2.00 1.00 .60 .50 .50 1.50 .. .to .30 1.00 1.00 .60 .25 .25 .90 A.OI«ICU/^TUI«A.Iv :M:E>ICI'Tr~ 1801. loo IriO loo po joO loo PERMANENT IMPKOVEMENTS. 15 points. si a ■§ o -a a W X' 1.00 30 .50 1.00 1.00 .50 1.00 .10 .50 1.00 1.00 1 00 ...i .50 ■•i 1.00 5U \ 00 I 1.00 ...' 1.00 10 i 1.00 I no 1 .75 1.25 1.00 00 I 1.00 ...; 1.00 1.00 I 1.00 1.00 I .00 .10 .00 2.00 .50 2.00 1.00 .50 2.00 .10 .50 1.00 o -a o 1.00 ..50 1.00 1.50 .50 1.75 .10 .50 1.00 o a m .50 .75 1.50 '0 § a > 2 Cm a o CO 1.00 1.00 i 1.00 1.00 I 1.00 .50 ! ..50 3.00 ! 2.00 2.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 2.00 I 1.00 .75 ; .75 1.50 j 1.25 1.00 I 1.00 1.00 : 1.00 .00 .00 ; .50 .00 I .... l.OU ..-lO ' 2.00 .75 1.00 1.00 .80 2.00 1.50 .75 .75 3.00 .75 .50 2.00 .75 .60 • • • • • I 2.00 1.00 ..50 .25 5 to Cu a h S^ bc s o s 50 . a .s a! 2 Cfi 04 p2 o m a o 1.00 1.00 .20 3.00 1.00 1.00 ■ 1.00 1.25 .70 , (0 .10 I .10 .50 .50 1.00 .50 1.50 .75 .80 2.00 1.00 l.Oii .60 .75 .20 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 .40 .25 .40 1..50 .50 .30 1.00 1 00 1.00 1.00 .00 1.25 .50 1.00 1.00 1.00 .75 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.50 .20 2.00 .26 .25 .«0 .10 2.00 2.00 70 .25 .30 1.25 .50 1. 00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 75 1.75 1.00 .50 1.00 1.00 .75 .25 1.00 1.00 .50 1.00 2.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1..50 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 .75 1.00 1.00 2.00 o iS IE tsc.2 u .50 .75 1.00 1.50 1..50 1.00 1.00 1..50 1.00 .50 .50 1.00 .50 2.00 1.00 .50 1.00 2.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 2.00 .75 1.00 .75 •a J3 XI 15 pts. XII STATE OF CULTIVi" GRAIN. >, e "S to 1 es sS 1 n o a 1..50 1.00 .50 4.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 .40 1.00 50 1.00 1.00 1.50 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 .65 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 I 1.50 i .75 i 1 00 I 1.00 .50 1.00 1.00 1.00 2.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 I 1.00 2.00 1.00 2.00 1.00 .50 1.00 1.00 1.00 14.00 I 15.00 2.00 13.00 3.00 2.00 I 2.00 2.00 i 3.00 15.00 1.00 2.00 ^ 3.00 13.00 10.00 14.80 2.00 I 3.00 2.00 j 2.00 2.00 ' 2.00 2.. 50 2.00 4.00 11.00 i, 3.00 i 3.00 12.00 9.0U 1.00 2.00 ' 2. CO .25 2.50 1.00 .50 1.00 1.00 i. 2.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 I • • • • 1.00 I 1.00 ! 1.00 I 1.00 I 1.00 ! 1.50 1.00 1.00 2.00 .50 1.00 1.00 1.00 12.00 I 2.00 3.00 4.00 12.00 ' 1.50 2.00 I 2.00 10.00 i 2.00 I 5.00 9.50 I 2.00 2. ,50 3.00 14.00 1.00 2.00 [ 3.00 14.00 0.00 9.50 1 2.50 12.00 ' 2.00 I 2.00 3.00 14.00 ■ 2.00 2.00 I 2.00 e4 a Prna C.2 8S a w ■3 O 1.00 1.00 2.00 3.00 .50 I 2.00 i e 4.00 .50 1.00 • 1.00 : 4.00 I 1.00 2.00 2.00 I 3.00 : 1.00 ! , 1.00 j 1.00 j ; 1.00 j 2.00 1.50 9.00 2.00 i 3.00 :.. 11.50 2.00 ' 2.00 2.00 9.00 ! 1,60 11.00 \ 2.00 8.75 j 2.00 12.00 j 11.00 I 2.00 I 50 I 1.00 j 4.O0 5.00 j 1.50 i 3.00 i 3.00 3.00 I 4.00 ! 3.00 1.50 [ 4.00 ; 1.00 .25 3.00 3.00 .33 2.. 50 1.00 1 00 10.00 I 3.00 i 3.00 11.00 ! 3.00 ! 3.00 11.50 i 2.00 3.00 I 3.30 4.00 2.00 5.00 1.00 2.00 1.00 2.50 2.00 .25 1.50 1.00 |. 4.00 i, 4.00 3.00 12.00 3.00 n.OO i 3.00 2.75 14.00 13.00 1.00 3.00 2.00 3.00 2.00 2.00 1.00 .50 2.00 1.00 2.00 2.00 3.00 2.00 a A 1 -o SB 7.00 .50 .50 .50 .05 1.00 .15 .50 .15 .20 1.50 .40 .60 ,Rei .60 .25 .25 1.00 .75 t 1.00 .75 .25 .50 .50 .50 .25 .30 .50 s. s H .25 .30 .I'O .30 .10 1.00 .50 i, .26 1.00 1. 00 1.00 I i STATE OF CULTIVATION, 30 POINTS. ROOTS. a S3 bf; S s -a a a H i .a so 7.00 . .50 |. .50 1. .05 i. .50 : .?5 10.00 • • • • a I 3.00 1. 00 1.00 .75 I 3 JS 2 o .50 .25 .15 .15 .50 .20 j i 1.50 I I ■'' ^ i .60 1 ' Red ' 50 .15 .25 .10 .50 K V .2 " ' .S * S : S OS is o a 2 3 ; 1.00 I 2.00 • 1.00 ' 1.00 I .50 I 1.00 I .50 1.00 .75 Onions 1.00 3.00 I 1.50 3.00 .50 5.00 3.00 1.00 2.00 .25 .25 1.25 .75 i 1.00 1.00 .50 .75 .25 .60 .50 .50 .25 .30 .50 .30 .25 .75 .| .10 .1 1.00 .30 .40 .50 1.00 .50 . 1.00 , 1.00 .; 1 00 ,: .50 . 1.00 ;].oo .25 1.00 I cs £ Xi ■a g a 03 4.00 : 5.75 ...... .25 ; .00 ' 4.00 3.00 1.00 1.00 |. u.oo 6.00 ' .50 ; I. 5.00 I 5.00 1 2.00 3.50 i 3.00 ' '. 2.00 1 ! 4.00 ' 4.00 i 3.00 1.50 .25 .25 1.00 .25 .30 .50 .50 .25 1.00 1.00 j I. 00 .50 .25 1.00 .75 .50 .25 .25 .75 Onions ■ 1.00 1-00 1.00 1.00 3.50 3.00 d.OO ;].00 ; ci-OO .75 5.00 6.00 2. 50 ; 8.00 4.00 4.00 i 6.00 2.00 4.00 3.00 .75 4.00 4.00 1.00 4.00 1.25 .25 l.Ou Oiiioiii .50 1.00 2.50 1.25 2.00 1.25 .80 2.00 2.00 1.00 .25 2.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 .25 ' 4.50 ! 5.00 ...| 4.00 ...j 6 00 ... 0.00 ... 4.00 .... 3.15 ... 5 00 50 4.00 j 5.00 3.00 ' 4.00 .50 j 3.00 4.00 4.50 1 4.30 1.00 1 5.00 3.50 I 2.00 I 5.00 I 3.00 6.00 5.00 6.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 3.00 5.00 4.00 i 5.00 ! 4.00 ' 6.00 5.00 4.00 4.50 5.00 3.00 4.50 3.00 5.00 3.15 5.00 .50 .50 .35 3.00 .50 2.00 .50 .10 .75 I 1.00 .50 1.00 ....! .50 .76 i 1.00 1.00 1.00 .25 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 .40 ! 1.75 •I .25 .10 .10 c .25 .25 .60 1.00 1.00 .25 .15 .10 1.50 .75 .60 .10 1.50 .40 .50 i 1.00 1.00 .50 1.50 .12 .50 I .50 .50 .50 1.25 .60 .25 .50 .35 1.00 1.00 30 i 1.00 2.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.50 75 I 1.50 1.25 ,16 .10 .10 .60 .15 .75 CO 2.00 1.00 1.90 .50 .25 1.00 1.00 .50 TOTAL OF POINTS 96.50 95.85 89.50 89.40 89.40 88.90 88.05 88.00 87.90 87.80 87.48 87.40 87.25 87.25 87.00 86.95 86.90 86.62 86.50 86.50 86.10 86.90 85.90 85.80 85.75 85.75 85.75 85.65 85.05 85.50 85.40 85.40 1 3 f xA ...jaiiB.rf.^SIS:' ■ NAMES OF COMPETITORS. DATE OE INSPECTION. Month. 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 40 47 48 49 50 51 .■)2 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 00 01 62 63 04 Thomas Hunter .Tuly II III IV ^ a a o > 71 •J a ^ tM o 8 , '■g t- ' 2 •c a a V DWELLING HOUSE. 2 puintH. I 4 pt8. i2pts. t pts. 3 pts. A JF. W. Roy AuK'iist W. P. Hillhouso August j Doininiquo Plianenf An^nst Pierre Theberge .luly H. A. & .1. ^IcKiiy August ..las. Cutthighani I une i j Joseph Roy .Tuly 'Milton McDonald July i E. L. Roberts August J. R. Bridge A ugust Hypolite Brosseau July .lohn Barro iale. . . . ; Inly Anti)ine Dufault July Thonios Roy luly VV. H.Walker hino J. M. A. Fournier July Michel Bernier Inly Pierre Branlt J uly Eugene W. Morrall August Joseph 1 )eland I une Ludger Bessette Inly Edouard Lanctot June .1. A. Archambault Aiigus^t Israel Menard .1 nly Archibald McC'al i:m July Louis Brosseau lune Eustache Roy July Antoine C'asavant luly Louis Dubuc .Inly Patrick Ryan August Nelson Smillie ; July 25 15 6 11 14 13 19 11 7 1 8 23 7 14 3 18 10 13 24 17 30 15 26 12 21 24 27 2 10 20 24 22 j 4.00 i 3.90 I I 3.90 '• 3.75 ; 3.25 I 3.50 I j 4 00 ; 3.00 3.75 ; 4.00 \ 3 00 2 00 4.00 3.00 L'.OO 3.50 4.00 2.50 1.25 ' 3.50 2.00 2.00 , 3.00 3.00 ; 1.00 3.00 3.75 2.00 2.00 3.00 ! 4.00 ! 3.00 2.00 2.011 2.0(1 2.0(1 1.7r. l.!i 2.0(1 1..50 2 00 2.00 2.00 1 Co 2..0II l..-)0 2 On 2.00 1 01' 2 Oo 1.2" 2.00 1.8i I.2.-. 1.50 1.2.5 I 1..50 1.00 1 0(1 1.0(1 2.0(1 2 00 : 1.00 4 00 ;; <)o i.od 1 (K) 4 00 1.(10 1.0(1 i.no 3.00 4.0(1 2.0(1 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 3.50 4.00 3.,J0 4 00 4 (10 4 00 4.00 3.75 4 00 4 00 1.75 4 GO 4.00 1.00 4.00 4.00 2.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 ;!.oo •1.00 3.00 3 . 00 1.50 2 0(1 1.00 3.(10 1.00 2.50 ,5.00 2.. 50 1.00 1.50 3.00 3.00 2.75 3.00 2.50 3.00 1.50 2.00 3.00 .50 2.75 3.00 2.50 .40 .40 .40 .40 40 40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .30 .40 .40 ' .40 .40 ! .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .35 .40 .40 .25 .35 .40 .40 § 01 B .10 1 .40 .40 .4(1 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .10 .40 .40 .40 .40 .30 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .35 .40 .40 .25 : .35 , .40 .40 o c 40 40 ; 40 ■ 40 ' 10 40 40 40 40 4(1 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 25 40 40 30 35 40 40 a o a D .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 I .40 I .40 .35 40 .40 .25 .35 .40 .40 I & E CO a u .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .75 .80 .00 .(iO .(Ut .70 .50 .75 a o a .40 1.00 .40 i .60 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .60 .(;o .75 .80 .50 .50 .40 1.20 .40 I 1.75 .40 .40 .40 .40 .60 .60 .00 .40 .40 : 1.00 .40 : .70 I .40 i .60 i .40 < .75 .40 ; 1.00 .40 I .60 .30 i .40 .35 I .60 .40 I .75 .40 .60 .70 .80 .60 .60 .60 .70 .50 .75 .25 60 .60 .60 .60 .50 ..50 .50 1.00 .50 .60 .60 .60 .40 .75 .70 .60 .50 .70 .60 .30 .60 .75 .50 *8 a . .50 .80 .60 .60 .60 .70 .50 .70 .50 .60 .60 .60 .50 .50 ..50 ..50 .60 ..50 .60 .60 .(iO .40 .50 .70 .60 .50 ..50 .60 .30 .60 .75 .50 a o a 8 .,50 .80 to .60 .CO .70 .(JO .70 .50 .60 .60 .60 .60 .60 .50 ..50 .60 ..50 .60 .60 .60 .40 .50 .70 .CO ..50 .,50 .60 .30 .60 ..50 .50 XI a .50 .60 .60 .40 .40 .60 ..50 .60 .75 .60 .60 .40 .60 .50 .40 .50 1.00 .(30 .30 .50 .30 30 .60 .30 .50 .50 1.00 .60 .60 .60 ,50 50 FARM nUILDINtiS. 7 points. a o a o t ja a ! * 2 '^^ JB a 0'n'rioiv: oi^ A.oi«ioxjr^T .VORIOULvTUKiVIw :MK>I«lT--t801.— Contlnxiecl. I'KRMANKNT IMPUOVEMENTS. Ii3 pninlH. <; d d TS -3 -o •s •s <<-i be s s ^ •a 0^ OJ 6C S •/) £3 4^ R 1 ^ a 9 a 1(1(1 I (10 .r,o 4) > s d o -o « •3 •a en >i ?< (a lA to 3 CO Q 9 a > 2 a. a :i E s ■-. Mo a c bi) s o i a b£ a ■/J e 01 C f£ a XI ispto. 1.00 1.00 1.00 \.ho i.r.o .50 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1 1 III •_'.(!() 1.00 i 1.00 1.00 [-., .50 ! .50 I 2.00 ! .10 IdO ..50 ' 1.00 I 1.00 ., 1 i [.,-,11 1,(1(1 I .00 .50 : .50 i 1.00 i .25 .25 j 1.00 i 1.00 i 1.00 ^ 1.00 .(III l.dO 2.00 1,00 ' .7:'> .(iO 75 ; .7,") l.do 1 00 .5(t I .,■>() 1.(11) 1,0(1 1.00 .(;() .25 1.00 I .10 1 .25 ■ .2a 1(1 1.00 2.00 I 1.50 i l.iO ..50 : ! 1.75 1.50 1.00 1 00 .25 • • • » • • •• 1.00 .00 * o 8i a- a ■a .50 2.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 1.00 1,00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.50 1.00 1 00 ' 1.00 .70 ! 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 i 1.00 ...; 1.00 1.00 1 .,() I .1 '- .25 1.50 2.25 ..: 50 .25 I 1.00 ! I .75 1.00 ' 1.00 l..-)0 1.00 1.00 20 1.00 2.00 1.00 l..')0 1..50 1.00 ... 1,00 1.00 1.0(1 I 1.00 1.50 1 1.00 1.00 1..-.0 .50 l.OO 1.00 .75 .75 .75 .,50 1.00 .75 .25 1..50 1..50 .25 1.00 .75 .25 1.00 1.00 1.00 , .(iO 1.00 1..50 ..50 1.00 .80 1.00 1.00 1.00 ..50 XII S'l GRAIN. a 1^1 1.00 «•••!•••••• 2.50 4.00 .ISO .... .25 .... .30 .... .50 4.00 1.00 I 1.00 I 1.00 3.00 1.00 ' .50 I 3 00^.(10 I i 2.00 1.00 3.00,1.00 1 1 I 5.00 1.00 2 00 2.00 2.50 3.00 2.. 50 3.00 2.00 3.50 2.50 3.00 : 3.00 3.00 2.00 3.00 \ 2.00 2.00 2.00 i.25 .25 1 I 4.00 G.OO 5.00 '1.. 50 1 2.50 ' 3.00 25 1.00 .... .25 3.00 I 3 00 2.00 3 00 2..00 2.00 3.05 ; 2.00 1.00 ' 2.00 3.00 I 3.00 3.00 I 3.00 3.00 I 2.00 ' 3.00 3.75 1 3.50 2.00 7.00 3.00 ! 1.00 1.00 .50 1.00 2.00 .. .10 .. .50 ., (1.00 I .05 3.00 .75 .50 2.00 2.00 i ; l.( 1.50 2.00 2 00 2.00 ().00 2.00 3.00 2.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 3.00 3.00 1..50 5.00 ! 4.00 2.00 1 2.50 2.00 j 2.00 3.00 I .25 2.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 1.00 >••••# 2.00 1.50 2.00 3.00 i .60 i i 2.50 1.00 '• 2.00 .50 2. ! : 1 ....| 1.50 i... ....I 4.00 : !... ....! 2.00 : .. • ••••• I .10 rttirwxGcim STATE or CULTIVATION, :iU I'DINTH. ROOTS. •J »4 C '3 tc i .4 .29 a s 59 OS 3.00 1.50 ..30 .26 2.00 1.26 2.80 an ' 2.00 1 ^ ... .:;oi 75 .26 ... ..30 .25 2.60 4.00 4.00 ■ I 1.00 1 1.00 4.00 !. 6.00 R.OO 1 60 .40 ... 1.00 1.00 .26 .30 .60 i 3.00 ... .25 1.00 2.00 10; I .50 0.00 .05 ' I i I 3.00 .75 ' ! ' .50 I 1 ! 2.00 2.00 : 1.00 i 2.00 ■ I : 1.00 .25 .76 .10 .50 ■ •••;f»*»*l .25 . ! .10 .25 3.00 I 1.00 .40 .25 1 .50 1.00 ....: 2.00 . 2.50 . 2.00 . 1..50 . 4.00 .. 2.00 i .... ;. .50 8 3 () .25 .75 .50 .15 .25 .15 .10 .10 .25 ..50 .50 .25 1 .00 ..50 1.30 .75 1.10 .50 .50 .50 1.50 .15 .25 .10 .00 ..50 1.25 1.00 .10 .50 1.00 .20 1.50 1.00 1.00 .00 3.00 .50 1.50 1.00 3.00 .50 ! .40 1.50 ! 2.00 ' 1.00 I .75 .20 .25 .50 : .50 .25 .50 .50 .25 .75 Dairy. 1.00 1.00 .75 .55 2.00 .75 .60 .50 I 1.75 .50 .50 .50 85.35 85.35 86.30 85.20 85.15 85.10 85.10 85.10 85.10 85.05 83.30 81 . 70 81.20 80.00 70.50 70.40 79.15 77.-55 77.35 70.46 70.35 7G.20 70.05 7().00 75 . 75 76.75 75.45 75.40 76.30 75.00 74.25 72. -|:1#KC« 3, I I I I z < 65 60 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 S3 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 NAMES OF COMPETITORF. roussaint Caron Simeon Letourneau William Barlow Michel Larodielle L J. Symons Pierre Beaudrean Josepli Lebeau Levi R. Wiiitman Gilbert Hubert G. W, Merrill Charles Lafontaine Moise Vincent John Jackson David E. Taylor Benjamin Vinet J. Bt. Delaml Amable Jacques John Managlian P. E, Ste-Marie Angus McNaugliton James Dougall Serapliin Ou^'vremont — P. B. Lamarre Ferd. Lyster Thomas Sanders Napoleon Prefontaine. . . . John Bernier Uonore Capietran Jos. Perreault, fils Joseph Moreau DATE OF INSPECTION, Month. July June July July Juno July July August July August I July July July July July July July July July June July July July July August June July July July July 9 27 25 14 24 14 20 7 17 27 10 3 to a o a 2 m >■ 4pt8. 2.00 2.00 3.50 3.00 2.00 3.00 1.00 3.80 1.00 2 50 2.50 3.00 II I III go a o 2pf8. 8 4 pts. 1.50 : 4.00 1.25 3.00 2.00 3.00 1.25 I 4.00 1.50 3.00 22 4.00 22 3.00 25 1 11 17 1.75 2.00 1.50 1 I 23 I 1.00 " 3.00 2.00 13 I 3.00 15 I 3.50 1 21 21 30 16 16 3 8 2.30 3.50 3.00 2..00 1.00 .50 1.50 .50 1 25 1.25 2.50 4.00 2.00 i 3.00 1.00 2.00 2.00 4.00 2.00 I 4.00 2.00 I 3.50 1.50 2.50 1.00 ; 2.50 1 50 I 3.00 1 50 I 4.00 i .50 I 2.00 1.50 : 4,00 1.75 4.00 1.25 ' ;;.oo 1.50 1.00 1.30 1 .50 4 00 1.50 L.OO 2.00 2.00 4.00 I I 2.50 1.00 1.50 .75 • 2.00 ! 1.00 2.50 IV aa is a o s 3 pts 3 00 2.25 2 75 3.00 1.00 3.00 2..00 V DWELLING HOUSE. 2 points. a 2.25 3.00 3.00 2.50 1.00 2.00 2.75 3.00 1..00 1.00 3.00 2.75 .75 .25 2.50 2.00 2.25 1.75 .50 1 50 2.00 1- .40 I .35 I ..35 j .25! 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[•'AUM BUILDING.S. 1 V 2 points. 03 s OS 7 points. 5p i 1 a .2 ■5 1 t • i a 'Si c •s < s _o .4-. a. -a < a V z-v a ; ■« i- a s w 1 1 >. .2 S , >,% 8 ' ii4 1 i I.I 1 ^ OJ 1 Jl: a a & 1 j .•1 >. a § w 53 1 £ a 'a a B c D E ! j '' 1 40 1 ' .40 .40 .40 .40 .70 .70 .70 .70 .00 .50 .65 .(i5 .20 .20 .25 .20 .20 .20 i 5.C B5 ; .40 .40 .40 .40 80 .00 .50 .75 .GO .75 .50 1.00 1 .16 .15 .15 .10 .30 .30 i 5.C ?5 .35 .30 .35 35 .75 .50 .50 ..50 .60 .50 .50 .50 ' .25 .15 .20 .20 .10 .05 ' 4.C 25 .25 .40 .40 .40 .75 .50 .50 .50 .50 .25 .30 .25 .15 .10 .10 . 05 .15 .10 3.." 10 .40 .40 .40 .4(1 .(50 .00 .()0 .00 .00 .GO .50 .40 .25 .25 i.. • * • • .15 .10 5.C JO .20 .20 .20 .20 .00 .50 ..50 i .50 .50 .30 .00 . 50 . 25 .I'O .1(1 ,10 .10 •10: 3.0 50 .30 .30 .30 .30 ..60 .00 .50' .50 .40 .40 .40 .40 .20 .15 .10 .10 .05 .05 4.7 10 .40 .40 .40 .40 1 .70 .70 .70 1 1 .70 .00 00 .80 .80 .20 .20 »•••••' • a • • , 5.( !0 .40 .40 .40 .40 .75 .60 .00 : .00 .00 .40 .30 .20 .25 .'20 .25 .20 .15 .10 4.f .40 .40 .40 .40 .50 .50 .50 1 .50 .30 .30 .40 .50 .05 .05 1 • • • 10 .10 5.C !0 .40 .40 .40 .4(1 .75 .50 .50 j .50 ..50 .40 .35 .25 .25 .25 .15 .15 .25 .25 4.r .40 .40 1 .40 .4(1 .50 .40 .40 : .40 .50 .-50 .20 .20 .15 .15 .15 .15 .25 .25 3.5 .5 .35 ..35 .35 .35 •00 .00 .50 1 .50 .00 .50 .5(1 .50 .15 .'0 .25 .15 .10 05 3.( .30 .30 30 30 .30 .30 .3(1 .30 .50 .25 30 .25 .40 1 .25 1 .30 .25 .40 .25 .3(1 .25 .;;n .25 .25 .15 .25 .25 .10 .25 .15 .1(1 i J f !0 .•J5 .25 .25 •^■■'' 4.C .40 .40 .40 .30 .00 .00 .00 j .00 .50 .-50 .50 .00 .30 .30 .15 .10 .20 .'?(( 4.C Jo .25 .40 .40 .40 ..50 ..30 .30 .30 .35 .35 .15 .25 .25 .25 .10 .10 .15 .10 1 2.- .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .4(1 .40 .50 .75 .50 .(iO .50 ..50 .50 .50 .30 1.00 .30 . 75 .3(1 .25 .30 .20 .30 .15 .10 .15 .10 .25 .10 ■ ■2-' 5.( *J * L .40 .40 .40 .40 .25 .25 .25 .25 .25 .25 .25 .25 ' 25 .25 .25 .25 ' \^-^ .40 .40 '' .40 1 .40 .50 ..50 .50 .50 ..50 .50 .50 ..50 1 .10 .10 .10 10 1 1 4.( )0 .30 .40 .30 ! .30 j .40 .40 1 .30 .40 .50 .00 .40 .50 .40 .50 .40 .50 .50 .50 . 25 .50 .25 .75 .25 ; 20 .75 1 .15 .20 .15 .15 .25 [ mi r • • • • .15 1.00 5.C 10 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 . .40 1.00 .50 1.00 .50 .60 I i .50 .60 .50 .60 .50 ..50 .50 1.00 .40 1.00 ; .20 .40 1 .10 .10 .10 .20 .20 .10 .20 4.C 4.C 10 .10 .10 .5 .35 .35 .35 .40 1.00 .50 .75 ! ..50 .75 .50 1 .00 .50 .05 1.00 .,50 3.{ 5.( 5 .25 .40 .30 .25 .50 .30 .40 1 .25 .30 .25 .25 .20 .20 .20 .25 .15 .10 5 •25 .40 .30 .30 1.00 .50 .50 i .50 .60 1 .50 .10 .10 .15 .15 .20 i .20 .10 .10 5 • ■ .15 .15 .16 i .15 .40 ' .40 i .25 .30 .25 .30 .25 .30 ..50 ! .25 .25 .50 .25 '>5 .10 .10 .10 .10 3.C 3.f i i i:^!!*^^!^!©!^ OF" AORICUI- VI. ! 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"" s H OS 2 o 4) QQ X, i Q O o S M I) o bi o -w M O 0- 2.50 1.00 : i 1 2. .50 .30 1.00 .50 1.00 ; .25 i 4.00 3.00 1.00 4.00 l.oO 2.00 1.00 1 00 1.00 I 2 75 5 00 3 50 1.00 2.50 i 2.00 '■ .25 1 3.0O 2.. 50 4 . 00 3.0O 1..50 . .25 .. ,.; 1.00 .. 2.00 1.00 ' 5.00 .. 1. 00 i 2.00 I 15 . 50 15 1.00 .25 ^ 1.00 1 i .30 4.00 1.50 1 . 00 , . . . 1 .00 ' . 1.00 L. .50 ; . .50 ; . 1 (U) 1.50 ! 1, 1.00 i . .■•>o 1.00 2.00 .30 .50 I 1.00 3.00 2.00 ••• •.•».». I i .25 3.00 l.,50 1.00 j 1.50 j 5.00 1 .50 I ': 2.00 1.50 ' 3.00 ' 1.00 3.00 .50 .50 1. 00 2.00 .25 .60 I' I 2.00 ■ :. i I 1.00 !. 4.00 1.50 .60 1.25 .75 1.50 1.00 1.00 1.00 .25 .26 .50 10.00 i 1.00 3.00 .50 50 4.00 TION, 30 POINTS. 'S. 1 d • fH C3 h bu Im A .o .2 o !0 oo s c v : S g 1 so 1- bC £ o (M o s CO a; j: n JS ;n '" ^ ^ O i; ^ ^ i is O so .25 1.00 .05 .50 3.00 :i.io 0,00 .25 1.50 1.00 3.00 1.00 .75 3.00 1.50 1.00 3.00 .50 .'.'5 15 .. .25 '■ 1.00 .. .50 1 . UO 1.00 1.00 .50 .50 1 00 .50 .20 1.50 1.50 .... 3.00 .... 3.00 .... 4.00 .... 5.00 .... (i.OO .... (i.OO 5.00 .50 I 1.50 L'.OO 3.50 4.00 2.00 4.00 2.00 4.00 4.00 3.00 1.00 5.00 50 1.50 .50 • 75 .10 1.00 .50 1.00 .40 s .50 .25 .25 .10 a 83 o 1.00 .00 .50 25 .75 .25 .50 ; .60 j I .50 ! .25 i 03 2.25 .25 3.00 1.00 1 1.00 1.00 3.00 4.00 .50 I .10 .20 .50 ' 1.00 1.00 t 2.00 10.50 1.50 1.00 .M) 1.(10 2.00 . .30 .50 ■5 1 2.50 .40 .25 .10 3.00 4.00 3.00 0.50 4.00 3.00 1 .50 .25 4.00 .50 1......; 5.50 1.50 2 50 (i.OO I 0.00 j 3.50 ......j 6.00 1.50 2.50 .25 6.00 .25 !,.>»..: 4.00 i......i 6.00 .50 1.25 .75 3.00 .50 50 4.00 .50 I 3.00 [ 3.00 3.00 1.50 ;. 3.(0 3.(;0 . 1 50 1.50 !. I , 4.00 I 3.50 ;. .<0 •00 1 00 .to .50 .75 .75 1.00 .10 .15 . to .75 .25 .10 .40 .50 2.00 1.75 .50 3.00 2.50 3. on 1.00 .05 ....j .25 ; .40 .25 i .25 .20 i 1.00 I .30 •10 i .20 I .26 .50 1.50 .10 1.00 1.00 TOTAL OF POINTS 71.45 70.90 69.30 68.95 68.25 67.75 67.70 67.70 67.36 67.30 67.20 67.10 66.70 06.45 66.25 66.20 66.05 65.55 65.50 65.15 65.15 65.10 65.05 65.00 64.55 57.60 54.60 54.00 50.55 45.05