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THE:AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, . Mr. LAIDLAW would not have taken part in the discussion d it not been for the state-- ments made with reference to the Agricultural College at Gueiph by the _ hon. members for Lon-- don, East BElgin, and West Toronto,. He was surprised to hear thke statements of the hon, member for South tirey. The hon. gentlieman was not as thoroughly acquainted with that mnsti-- tution as he_ should have -- been. _ The j hon. member for London had claimed that due credit had not been given to the late Nandfield Macdonald for having taken | Initiatory * steps _ towards the _ establishment ; of this institution. In the Speech from the : 'Throne no credit had been claimed by any party for having taken the initiatory stops. 'l'hcl Governmment, however, did claim eredit for the management of that institution and its ndminis-- tration, (Hear, hear.) Wiule it was tru u,;? the farmers were not represented in the Cu?)ine' * they were proud to know that they had men in that Cabinet who thoroughly understood the wants of the farmers--(hear, hear)--aud brought forward the logislation necessary to develop their interosts, It would be a livel on the farmers | of this country to say that they failed to send men to the Legislature who were not worthy _ of their confidence and who would not look after their best interests. (Hear, hear.) When the first division was taken in the House it would be seen that » large percentage of the farmers of the House would vote with the Government. (Hear, hear.) The agriculturists, as a class, were largely in favour of the Mowat Administration. (Cheers.) HMe intendged to say something in reference to the Agricultural Col-- lego and experiimental farin in this Province. This college was well known to a large majority of the members of the House. This institu-- tion being in the riding which he repre-- sented, he was much pleased to note its progress from time to time. In speaking of the education got at | this institution he said the educated man was the intelligent workingman, and the farmer must be an educated and intelli-- gent man in order to hold a position in this com-- petitive age, -- (Hear, hear.) 'This institution met that want to a great extent, and they sent their sons to that 'coliege not only to acquire an -- English -- education, but the education ot a farmer. ln that institution they were given a thorougbly practical English education, and also an education which would prove vailu-- able to them in life, and an education the value of which could not be measured in money, They were tanught the proper management of farms. Perfect order prevailed in that institution, Y oung men wore taught order in the first place,. They were also instructed in tree planting and beautifying their homes. He believed that if the farmers paid more attention to beau-- tifying their bomes they would not hear of so much complaint from the young men ' being anxious to leave the farm. (Loud applause.) be left to the people. ff;;ééncltxded by eulogiz« inz the Premier of the Dommwion. The young men who received theso lessons there became sceattered over the length and breadth of the Province, and their education was in that manner imparted to others. _ The experimental farin was of the greatest importance, _ lHoeroe they found sevontoen sots of experiments going on, with the different breeds of of cattle and shsep, showing the better way of feeding to produce the best beef anda mutton,. This, he sard,could not be done by the ordinary farmer as the expense was too great. -- Theso experiments could only be performed by a CGovernment. -- (Hear, hear.) Y oung men were also given a knowledge of gar-- dening and tanght the use of carpenter's tools, and these branches were of great importance to farmers. (Moar, hear.) Everyone would agres with him that this institution was doing an im-- mense amount of good, and they expected even better results. -- He read the following telegram. addressed to the Hon. A. M. Ross, Mimister of Agriculture, which was received with loud ap-- plause : f * No more than eight of our students have gone to the United Suates in the last five years. (Signed), Jamus MitLs, President, Agricultural College, Guelph," | Tlus was, he said, in reply to the statement made by the hon, member for West Toronto that the students of this college often had gone to the States after acquiring their education. -- Suppos-- ing they did go to the states --he asked what right anry one had to keep tha stud-- ents _ and _ graduates of _ any _ university or colloze in thiscountry if they thought they could better themsolves by going cisewhere. (Hear, hear.) Me hoped the Government would | make a likeral grant for the maintenance of that institution and advance the intorests of the coun-- try. (Mear, hear,) lte thought that changes would be made in the management of the Tnstr-- tution before long. With reference to the report | of the Agricultural Commission, he sard | there was no better agricuitural work to be found in the Province to--day than these Agri-- enltural Commission reports. 'This was another way in which the Government had shown that they were workint for the best interests of the farmers.-- (Cheers.) He referred to the Boundary Award andlbaid he hoped the Election Law would be amended, -- He believed that when the Mowat Government again went to the people they would be returned with even a larger majority than they had in 1879. (Loud applause, ) orlty $Shian Mr. MUDSON spoke for some time dealing principaliy with the National Policy, saying that he belioved it had done a great deal of good for this Province. _ e :: To' Mr., GRAHAM thought the personnel of the House compared very favourably with the last Parliament. HMe admitted that it was the duty and privilege of the Opposition to criticize and find fault with the Speech from the Throne, but not a single speaker on the Opposition side of the House fmm(})c fault with the Address. If the farmers of this country wished to be represented in the Cabinet they would not be slow in asking for it He firmly believed that the Mowat Administration -- kad done _ ntore _ for the farming interests of this country than any other Government in Canada, _ (Hear, hear.) Me did not viish to condemn -- the Nationai Policy which bad been spoken of by the Opposi-- tion, --One hon, gentleman had found fault with the Agricultural College, but he wished simply to say that if there was any institution in Cana-- da that the farmers should feel proud of it was the Agricultural College,. (Hear, hear.) What were the resolutions passed by the large bodies of Grangers in this Province who had visited this institution? -- No gentleman of the Opposi-- tion would dareto say that these men were not competent to judge the merits of the Agrienltural College. (Hear, hear.) They all knew that poli-- tics were unknown in the (GGrange. Mr. CREIGH'TON--Oh, no, no. Mr.GRAHAM thought perhaps the hon.gentle-- men had been successful in looking for Grangers in Grey.! (Laughter.) Mo was glad that the Award was in a fair way of being settled. The Opposi-- tion, he thousht, were very hard to please. The member for Lennox had tried to makesome cheap political capital out of the expenditure of money for colonization rowds, but he doubted whether the hon. gontleman knew anything about coloniza-- tion roads. Atterthe splendid speech of the Commissioner of Crown Lands there was very little to be said with reference to the Address, He hoped they would aliow the Minister of Edu-- cation to get thirgs in order, and he knew that they had the right man in the right place. (Ap-- ' plause. ) _ <3l0 "!6. t Mamee t _ Mr. WILMOT felt bound to support the Agri-- cultural College. (Hear, hear.) HMe felt counti-- dent that if he did not do so he would not be acting in the interests of the farmers who elected him. -- HMe also referred to tho manner in which the elections had been conducted in his consticu-- ency. gess f fygine i (On motion of Mr. Morin, the debate ad-- journed. The House adjourned at 10:45 p.m. NOTICLS OF MOTION. Mr. French--On Friday next--Order for return of all actions, the issues in which have been tried by the Courts of this Province, or individual judges thereof, and stand for judgment, showing the time the actions were heard respectively and the reasons (it possible) for the delay in render-- ing judgment. _ _ i k l eir s L S oR aP o OResoaicls Mr. Widdifield--On Friday next--Order of the House for a return of copies of all correspon-- dence between the Government, or any member thereof, and the representatives of the various municipalities bordering on Lakes Suncoe and Couchiching, or any other person or persons, to-- gether with all reports and papers (not already brought down) on the subject of removing the ob-- structions from the Severn River, near the outlet of Lake®Couchiching, whereby the waters of Lakes Simeoe and Couchecning would be lowered, and a large quantity of land reclaimed.