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bushel you want me to give you looks just as good in 

 my pocket as in yours." 



So he drove up town where the other buyers were 

 and three of them looked at the wheat but refused to 

 give a price for it. One of them was a son of the first 

 elevator man to whom he had gone and, said he: 



" The Old Man gave you a knockdown for it, didn't 

 he?" 



" Yes, but " 



" Well, we're not going to bid against him and if you 

 want to sell it at all, haul it back to him." 



As there was nothing else he could do under the 

 conditions that prevailed, McKenzie was forced to 

 pocket his loss without recourse. 



With such experiences it is scarcely necessary to say 

 that when the grain growers' movement started in 

 Manitoba Koderick McKenzie occupied a front seat. 

 He was singled out at once for a place on the platform 

 and was elected Secretary of the Brandon branch of 

 the Association. At the annual convention of the 

 Manitoba locals he was made Secretary of the Provin- 

 cial Association, a position which he filled until 1916, 

 when he became Secretary of the Canadian Council of 

 Agriculture. 



His activities in the interests of the Association have 

 made him a well-known figure in many circles. From 

 the first he had been very much in favor of the farmers 5 

 trading company and only the restrictions of his official 

 position with the Association had prevented him from 

 taking a more prominent part in its affairs. As it was. 

 the benefit of his experience was frequently sought. 



McKenzie was plowing in the field when the boy 

 from the telegraph office reached him with John 

 Kennedy's message. 



