Agriculture
Societies for improving the conditions of agriculture
were founded in Nova Scotia, 1789; in Quebec the same year; and in Upper
Canada in 1792. Simcoe in Upper Canada and Dorchester in Quebec did much
to further agricultural interests, but Quebec owes most to J. F.
Perrault (q.v.), and Nova Scotia to John Young (q.v.). An
agricultural school was founded at Ste. Anne de la Pocatiere in 1859;
the Guelph Agricultural Colle
e was established in 1874; the Nova
Scotia School of Agriculture, 1885; and the Macdonald College, at Ste.
Anne de Bellevue, opened in the fall of 1907. Agricultural Colleges are
also in operation in connection with the provincial universities of
Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. =Index=: (Count Frontenac era) In New France,
difficulties in the way of, 87. (John Graves Simcoe era) Progress of, in Upper Canada, 108,
109; Simcoe's endeavours to promote, 110, 198. (Lord Elgin era) Elgin on, 49-50;
department of, established by Hincks-Morin government, 117; charged with
founding of model farms and agricultural schools, 117. (Mackenzie / Selkirk / Simpson era) Agricultural
experiments of the Red River colony, 1820-1835, 222-223; experimental
farm at Red River, 237; Governor Simpson's views, 273-278. (Sir James Douglas era) In
British Columbia, 256-257, 329-330. (George Brown Era) Splendid field for in North-West
predicted by Toronto Globe, in 1852, 213-215. See also Farmers;
Wheat; Flour-milling; Puget Sound Agricultural Society. =Bib.=: Canada:
An Ency., vol. 5; Johnson, First Things in Canada.