MISCELLANEOUS INFOR^L\TIOX RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL 

 ECONOMY IN GENERAL IN VARIOUS COUXTRIF.S. 



CANADA. 



DISCHARGED SOI,DIERS AND AGRICUIvTURE. — Canadian Finance, Vol. VII I, No. 13, 

 4 J11I3' loi-. 



A census is now being taken of Canadian soldiers overseas, and on 

 this it should be possible to base an estimate of those inclined to agri- 

 culture. The card issued for the purpose of the National Service Commis- 

 sion includes spaces to be filled up with a man's name, age, unit and rank, 

 postal address before enlistment, and province ; and also asks a number of 

 questions, among which are the following : " Is your ol deposition open for 

 you on your return to Canada in fit condition? Do you propose to make your 

 home in Canada after the war? Do 5'ou wish to take up farming as an occupa- 

 tion? Have you ever worked on a farm? If so, how long? How much money 

 do you expect to have at your disposal on your return to Canada ? Do you 

 desire to take advantage of any available scheme of assisted agricultural 

 settlement? Would you, if necessary to gain experience, work for prevailing 

 wages on a farm after your return, pro\'iding your dependents were in the 

 meanwhile given the same support as they now receive ? " 



To provide for the returned soldiers desiring an agricultural training 

 the government oi Alberta has arranged to keep one of the provincial schools 

 of agriculture open tluroughout the year. Ordinarily these schools are closed 

 from I April to i November. The school chosen is at Olds, fift3^-eight 

 miles north of Calgary and an the Edmonton line. The men will receive 

 in it tweh'e months' instruction, and may choose whether they will do so 

 continuous!)' for a summer and a winter, or in two winter courses separated 

 by an interval which they can spend on a farm. 



In Saskatchewan the commission has arranged for the returned men to 

 be trained at the agricultural college of the provincial university at Saska- 

 toon, where shorter and more intensive courses of instruction than those 

 provided for ordinary students have been planned for them. 



In Manitoba the Military Hospitals Commission has taken over the 

 old agricultural college at Winnipeg, and soldiers will be able there to ob- 

 tain instruction and practice in many branches of work on the land. Poul- 

 try raising on a large scale will probably be taken up at this college with the 

 co-operation of the Produce Association of Canada. A deputation of the 

 latter bod}' has \'isited the commission at Ottawa and pointed out that there 

 are considerable opportunities for partly disabled men in the business of 

 marketing the produce of poultry farming, as in testing and grading eggs 



