Farming in France.

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume XVI, Issue 1639, 30 March 1895, Page 3

Farming m France.

Pig farming m France continues, according to a Leader correspondent, to be very remunerative, and helps to increase the profits of the co-operative creameries. There are two classes of farmers m the industry — those who simply breed and sell the litters when only eight or ten weeks old, and those who fatten right off, There ia no demand for small pork iin Franoe, bat the market for fail-sized pork and fresh is enormous. In the latter oase, tbe flitch fat is removed, salted and sold like bacon. In this state it is largely m demand for cooking accessories, and the poor patronise it largely to boil with vegetables. Tbe pork butchers sell about forty-seven different preparations from the pig, . .

Tbe humble psasantry of France are a noble race— bard-working, judicious, industriuus, fin 1 thrifty — and, aware of che importance of keeping up the agricultural industry,, the French Stats does a great deal tor the farmer. ''Ploughing 1 and pasture are the breast of France." The present Frenoh Go— vernmena maintains professorships of agriculture. Their duties ara manifold. During the winter they lecture on the theory and practice of farming. During the summer they give lectures m the various towns and villages, and chiefly m i/he open air, The lecturer gets the peasants together m an evening, andinanehS* and simple way. chats about new methods, improved machinery and rural topics generally. Then he displays seeds, roots, and manures, and tries bis best to encourage a love for enterprise and experiment m his listeners. These professors also write much m a popular style, and the pamphlets thug produced are scattered broadcast over the country,,