26 Pactric GREAT EASTERN RatiwaAy BE Tt.

and sheltered lakes offers a ready supply of fresh water at all times.
Plentiful shade during the day and cool summer nights make congenial
conditions for cows and general stock.

In keeping with the policy of the Government to encourage and promote
the interests of settlers and to establish a convenient local market for all
dairy products, it has built creameries at advantageous points, and these
will be added to as conditions warrant. At Quesnel the first creamery thus
put in operation quickly proved its value to the small farmers with its
regular cheques to those supplying cream, and the output of butter is
rapidly on the increase. In due course it is hoped that cheese-making and
bacon-curing industries will prove of equal benefit to settlers.

The luxuriant growth of peavine, vetch, and natural grasses makes the
silo a valuable adjunct to most farms and their erection is encouraged
wherever possible.

Mie OW eimbenton Meadows: 4)

HAYING AT PEMBERTON MEADOWS.

Poultry, which not infrequently includes turkeys, is a feature of farin-
houses in numerous districts, and bees where they have been tried and are
properly cared for have produced large yields of honey. This is probably
attributable to the rich growth of fireweed found in profusion throughout
the countryside. Many of the same feeding conditions that makes other
branches of the live-stock industry profitable in various sections of the
Railway Belt applies to hog-raising as well, and it may be stated that along
this special line to-day there is room for greatly increased development.

In the opinion of the best authorities one of the most promising districts
for mixed farming and dairying lies east of the Cariboo Road from Quesnel
Lake south to the Bonaparte River. Precipitation is greater than along
the Fraser and the soil is especially rich and productive. With increased
organization among the settlers, community development, and augmented