Farmer's magazine (janvier-décembre 1920) . ns of mouths. La Noction du pays est mieux adaptée naturellement à la demande insatiable que celle connue sous le nom de district de théionnois, entre les contreforts des théis-ondocks, à la frontière de New York, et le Laurent, pour des miles presque aussi niveau que la table, ugh avec une pente douce qui permet le drainage des adites. Et que les agriculteurs qui y sont associés ne profitent pas de cet actif naturel est considéré comme un. Entre dans le district en train de Mont-al Premières impressions y S le train approche de la ville de Howick et le voyageur permet à son regard de se promener pour M.

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Farmer's magazine (January-December 1920) . ns of mouths. Noction of country is better fitted naturally to satisfys insatiable demand than that known as theiuharnois District, between the foothills of thei-ondacks, at the New York border line, and theLawrence—for miles almost as level as a table, ugh with a gentle slope which permits of ade-ite drainage. And that the farmers therein doe advantage of this natural asset is seen at aance as one .enters the district by train from Mont-al. First Impressions y S the train approaches the town of Howick and the traveller allows his gaze to wander for miles rr the almost prairie-like (except for the pre- ce of odd groves of famous Quebec sugar maple) panse, he is struck first by the almost universal or-markings of the pasturing cattle. Those close hand are mostly white with small red splashes )out the heads and fore-quarters; those in the dis- nce appear altogether v/hite. Ayrshires, and more rshires, and Ayrshires of excellent breeding as ir conformation and color denote, dominate the. scene. Then, as he whiz-zes along, thenext featureto attractthe travel-lers eyes isthe constantprocession offine barnsand comfort-able lookingfarm homes.Dairy barnsthey all are, assuredly, with their rows of closely placed, gener-ously proportioned windows in the stable walls, hip-roofed, commodious mows above, and flank-guards oflofty silos. And after these features have had timeto drive home their significance, there comes the fur-ther note that the height of corn for early August, and the close stooking in recently-cut oat fields mustdenote a state of soil fertility made possible only byyears of dairy farming. At Ormstown, the general features of the lands-cape are unchanged, but there is now a variation inthe color-markings of the cattle. Black and whitealternates with red and white—the Holstein is run-ning the Ayrshire a close second. Between Orms-town and Huntingdon, the flatness of the land givesplace to a more rolling tendency. It is

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