l8 CANADA - CO-OPERATION AND ASSOCIATION 



Let US now proceed briefly to consider the recent work of these 

 associations in some of the provinces of Canada, beginning with 



Ontario. — Here they were first founded and here their development 

 has been most remarkable. At present there are 800 of them, with about 25,000 

 members. In the year 1912-13, lecturers were sent to 1,377 meetings and 

 6,204 meetings were held without the assistance of outside lecturers. After 

 some years of a somewhat superficial consideration of domestic science and 

 health problems, the members of the Institute apj^reciate to the full the sy- 

 stematic courses which are now being offered. In the year 1912-1913, 1,667 

 persons attended the demonstration lecture courses. 



We shall now give the items of the revenue and expenditure of the On- 

 tario Farmwomen's Clubs in the year 1912-1913. 



Revenue. Expenditure. 



Dollars Dollate 



Cash on Hand per I<ast Keport . . . 14,257 



Members' Fees 5,728 



Grants 6,534 



Miscellaneous 19,674 



Total Receipts . . . 46,193 



Credit Balance i'^,32i Dollars. 



Manitoba. — In this province these associations are called Home Eco- 

 nomic Societies. Their progress has been very rapid recently. The Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, through the Agricultural College, has directed the work 

 and appointed special inspectors and lecturers to travel through the province, 

 organize new societies, give courses of instruction in those already existing 

 and supervise their work. 



Under the direction of the Agricultural Department of the High School 

 at Holland (Manitoba), night classes have been arranged in dairy science 

 and home science. 



British Columbia. — There are thirty five women's Institutes in this 

 province, incorporated under the Agricultural Associations Act, with a mem- 

 bership of over 2,000. The work of these institutes has been greatly aided 

 by the Provincial Department of Agriculture and the sum of $ 2,500 was 

 set aside out of the Federal grant for short course work in connection with 

 Women's Institutes. 



New Brunswick. — In New Brunswick, there are 1,000 members in 

 41 local " Women's Institutes ". 



In Saskatchewan and Alberta, domestic science courses have been held, 

 though not directly in connection with women's institutes. 



