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I) NEW liSliliillll Filth h,',!' .' _ 7 l " I -' o-----"""""'"""'-' , . l Government to Demonstrate ' Best Methods of Agriculture l ------"-_ Prisoners Will Do Work in Connec- tion With Fort William Jail Farm , _ --aurd.s' Fruits and Vegetables to i i: be Secured for Demonstration. l . l _-,..-..-.. l i . l f Plans have been completed tor a) 'hundred-acre demonstration farm in iNew Liskeard, in connection with: 'which the Government will establish. an agricultural high school and at-l, ltord students practical training} {Seventy acres were given by the town: (of New Liskeard and the remaining, ,thirty were purchased by the Gov-' iernment. The farm is situated on' the outskirts of the town. and is well adapted for the purpose for which it has been set apart. Mr. C. F. Bailey, Assistant Deputy Minister of Agriculture, states that! the farm buildings will be erected oni up-to-dur" lines so as to be an object1 lesson. Work will be started in the! spring. Efforts will be made to de-i monstrate the best methods of agri-l culture for that part of Ontario.I Live stock raising will be encouraged. A herd of purebred cattle will be sent! to the farm. aid purebred stock of, other kinds will be given special at-l tention. I Year of Building. a This year's work, it ls announced,! will be chiefly confined to crectingl buildings. fences and getting the landa ready tor fall seeding. Next yeari it is proposed to erect a live stock and, tseed-judging. pavilion. which will be' used during the winter tor giving short courses in agriculture for adult farmers. It will also be used for the training of students attending the school and gymnasium and meeting places for the people of the district. ' The farm operations will be super-; intended by Mr. w. G. Nixon, B.S.A.. District Representative for Tlmiskam- ing, who is located at New Liskeard.; Demonstration littldt, of clover will.) be planted on fifty-acre plots at Mathieson. Cochrane and Hearst. Phutt-ttreeditttt Expert. T Further development ot New On- tario agriculture is provided for in the appointment of Mr. W. R. Leslie.' a. graduate of the Manitoba Agricul-, tural College, to take charge of the; plant-breeding station at Fort Wil-l liam. which will be operated in con-1 nection with the jail farm there. Thei,' prisoners will do the work, the ob-' Ject of which its to study plant life| suitable for New Ontario culture. Varieties of hardy fruits and vege- tables will be secured from all parts of the world and crossed with hardy native shrubs and plants in order to produce vegetables and fruits that will give the best results in New On- tario. The station will co-operate with the District Representatives, who will put the material into the hands of, reliable farmers to try it out. t Mr.. Leslie will commence his d-utiesi on March lst. He was formerly en-l gazed in work for the Dominion Ex- perimental Farm studying hardy ru ts. 'W'M