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The Cmiiian Famer. 
 
 A WEEKLY PAPER. ESTABLISHED 1878. 
 
 PUBLISHED IN WELLAND, 
 
 WELLAND PRINTING & PUBLISHING CO. 
 
 THE CANADIAN FARMER Ib the only farm jouinnl in tho 
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 taiciug to Fanners and their Homes. 
 
 It is the Acknowledf/ed Organ of the 
 
 Bee-Keepers' Association, 
 
 of Ontario, 
 
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 OUR STAFF. 
 
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 Besides occasional correspondcnoo from nil parts 
 
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 ler, 'VViiiiiipeg. North IVrsI Territory 
 — S. llurgess, Minuedosa ; 
 
 of the Domiuion and I'nlted States, and from 
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