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Identifier: statementconcern00onta (find matches)
Title: A statement concerning the extent resources, climate and industrial development of the province of Ontario, Canada
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Ontario. Dept. of Crown Lands
Subjects: Industries
Publisher: (Toronto, Cameron, Pr.)
Contributing Library: Queen's University Library, W.D. Jordan Special Collections and Music Library
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s have been well secured before the middleof November, and for the remainder of the month the farmer is engaged inplowing the land intended for seeding the following spring. The weatheris liable to turn cold at any time, and frost sufficient to stop the plow is inorder at short notice. After the close of November, outside work is prac-tically at an end, and from then until the beginning of April the farmer hascomparatively little to do, except to attend to his stock, or take his produceto market on his sleigh over the good roads which the snow provides for him.If the Ontario farmer is hard worked in summer the winter season is one ofcomparative leisure, and it is then that he indulges his social inclinations. The climate necessitates that stock should be housed and fed in winter time. The stables for cattle are usually built under the barn, and are known as basement stables. They are constructed of brick and sibles1 stone or concrete and serve as a foundation for the barn, a spa- (56)
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■I) - >1 O ONTARIOS AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT cious wooden structure in which the cereal crops are stored. This isfound to be a very convenient arrangement as food and bedding can easilybe supplied to the stables below. The farmers of Ontario are effectively and actively organized. Each department of the industry is represented by an association which advances its interests The dairymen the fruit growers the poultry men the stockmen, the horse breeders, each have their association. These are educative in and their object and receive liberal aid from the Provincial Legisla- rarmers Or- ture. They meet at stated times and their members readganuations. J ... papers, deliver addresses and engage in discussions. The in-formation thus gathered is afterwards printed by the government and liber-ally distributed among the farmers for their information in the form ofreports. The Farmers Institutes constitute one of the best means of furnishinghelp and information to the rank and file of the

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