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CANADIAN FARM YEAR BOOK. 



BOWSFIELD, James, MaxjGregor, Mani- 

 toba. Born Milton, Out., 1856. Son of 

 George and Mary Bowsfleld. Married 

 Amelia J. Plumber. Farming'. Short- 

 horn cattle, Clydesdale horses and 

 Yorkshire swine. IMrector Agricultural 

 Society, MacGregor. 



BRETHEN, G. A., Norwood, Ont. Bom 

 Norwood, Aug., 1877. Son of W. H. 

 and Elizabeth Brethen. Married 



Bertha Knox. Directotr, Holstedn 

 PYiesiian Ass'n. Nine years a breeder 

 of Holsrtein , Friesian catitle. Has de- 

 \'eloped some high producing females. 

 One a 29,000 lb. cow. 



BROCK, R. B., R. R. 5, Simcoe, Ont. 

 Born Jarvis, Ont., 1858. Son of John 

 Brock and Elizabeth Foster. Married 

 Mary Louisa. O'Mahony. Breeder of 

 Registered Holsteins. Pathmaster, 

 School Trustee. Held posdtlons as 

 President, Vice-President and Secre- 

 tary of farmers and fraternal organlza- 

 itions. Eleven years as a breeder of 

 Holsteins. 



BROWNE, James, Neudlorf, Saskatch- 

 ewan. Born Garclochhead, May, 1865. 

 Son of Ruben Bennet Browne, France. 

 SpeoiaJiaing in Aberdeen-Angus cat- 

 tle. Director, Canadian Aberdeen - 

 Angus Association. Dipector, Sas- 

 katchewan Sheep Breeders' Associa- 

 tion. Twenty-four years a farmer. 



BUCK, F. E., Central' Experimental 

 Farm, Ottawa, Ont. Graduate, Mac- 

 donald College, Que., 1911. Associate of 

 Cornell University, N. Y. Appointed 

 Assistant In Ornamental Gardening, 

 Horticultural Division, Central Ex- 

 perimental Farm, Ottawa, 1911. 



BULL, Bartley A., Brampton, Ont. Bom 

 Brampton, May, 1886. Son of 

 late B. H. and Mrs. Bull. Unmarried. 

 Secretary, Canadian Jersey Cattle 

 Club. Member firm of B. H. Bull & 

 Sons, breeders and importers of Jersey 

 cattle. Member Canadian National 

 Exhibition. Graduate in Arts, U. of T., 

 1906. Farm of 500 acres with over 400 

 head of Jerseys. 



BULL, Duncan C, Brampton, Ont. Bom 

 Brampton, Jan, 1878. Son of the late 

 B. H. Bull and Sarah Duncan Bull. 

 Married Eleanor L^aier. Ten years 

 Vice-President, Canadian Jersey Cat- 

 tle Club. Director, American J. C. C. 

 for 3 years. Member of the firm of B. 

 H. Bull & Sons, owners of the largest 

 Jersey herd in British Empire. Justice 

 of the Peace. 



BULL, Louis J. C, Brampton, Ont. 

 Born Downsview, Ont., Dec, 1874. Son 

 of B. H. Bull and Sarah Duncan. Mar- 

 rded tTessie Baskerville. Specialist in 

 Clydesdale horses and Jersey cattle. 

 Eighteen years in business. Reeve of 

 Brampton," 1915. Vice-President, On- 

 itario Fairs Association. 



BURRELL, Hon. Martin, Dominion Min- 

 ister of Agriculture, Ottawa, Ont. Born 

 Faringdon, Berks, Eng., Oct., 1858. 

 Son of Edward and Jane (Liarmer) 

 BurreM. Married Sara B. Armstrong. 

 Came to Canada, 1883. Fruit farming, 

 Niagara Peninsula. Fourteen years 

 connected with Farmers' Institute. 

 Writer and lecturer on horticultural 

 subjects. Moved to B. C, 1900. Fruit 

 farming. Kettle Valley, B. C. Fruit 

 Commissioner and Leotiirer in Bng- 



. land for B. C. Government, 1907-1908. 



Member of Board of Horticulture, B.C. 

 Elected to House of Commons for 

 Yale-Cariboo, 1908; re-elected, 1911. 

 Called to Boi-den Cabinet as Minister 

 of Agriculture and re-elected by 

 acclamation, 1911. Mayor, Grand Forks, 

 1903. 



BYRNES, John, Dept. Trade and Com- 

 inerce, Ottawa, Onit. Born Ottawa, 

 1859. In Government service 33 years. 

 Now chief of Inspection Branch and 

 > Grain Statistician. In charge of grain 

 branch since 1901. 



CAESAR, Lawson, O. A. C, Guelph. 

 Bom Mono Rd., Ont., Feb., 1870. Son 

 of John and Jane Caesar. Married 

 Mai-y E. Manson. Formealy Classical 

 Master, Port Hope High School. Now 

 Provincial Entomologist for Ontario 

 and Associate Professor of Entom- 

 ology, O. A. C, Guelph. 



CARON, Hon. Joseph Edouard, Minister 

 of AgYiicuLture, Province of Quebec, 

 Parliament Buildings, Que. Born St. 

 Louise, Que., Jan., 1886. Son of Ed- 

 ouard and Deranges (Cloutier) Caron. 

 Married Matilda Destrois-Maisons, 

 1897. Educated St. Annes College. 

 Parmi«ig in Ste. Louise. Elleoted Pro- 

 vincial Legislature for L'Islet, 1902-4-8. 

 Defeated 1-913. Elected to Provincial 

 Legislature for Les Isles d la M., 1913. 

 Appointed Provincial Minister of Agri- 

 culture, Nov., 1909. , 



CARVELL, F. B., Woodstock, N. B. Born 

 Woods.tock, N. B., Aug., 1863. Son of 

 Bishop Carveli and Margaret Landsay. 

 Married Carrie B. Parks. Extensive 

 hay farming. 



CHRISTIE, Peter, Manchester Ont. 

 Breeder of Clydesdale horses and Short- 

 horn cattle. Ex-member of the Do- 

 minion Parliament for South Ontario. 

 Ex-President Clydesdale Horse Associ- 

 ation of Canada. At present Vice-Pre- 

 sident for Ontario and member of the 

 Executive Committee of that Associa- 



- tion. Director Guelph Winter Fair. 



CLARK, J. Artemas, Experimental Sta- 

 tion, Charlottetown, P. E. I. Bom 

 Bay View, Aug. -1878. Son of John C. 

 and Annie M. (Simpson) Clark. Mar- 

 ried W. Allison Toole, of Tooleton, N. 

 8., March 30th, 1910. Assistant on Seed 

 Commission Staff, 1908. Superintendent, 

 Experimental Station, Charlottetown, 

 since organization in 1909. Graduaste, 

 Ontario Agricultural Col., 1906. Grad- 

 uate, School of Agriculture, Oorneill 

 University, 1908. Sixteen years active- 

 ly engaged in agriculture. 



CREELMAN, Geo. Christie, President, 

 Ont. Agricultural College, Guelph. 



■ Born CollLngwood, Ont., May, 1867. Son 

 of J. S. and Isabel (Patterson) Creel- 

 man. Married Ada Mills, daughter of 

 Dr. James Mills, M.A., LL.D., 1892. 

 Graduate, Toronto University (B.S.A.), 

 1888; Cornell, Wisconsin; Michigaai 

 Agricultural College; Mississippi Agri- 

 cultural College; McGill University 

 (LL.D.), 1910. Prof. Biology Missis- 

 sippi A. C, 1889-1892. Sup't. Farmers' 

 Institutes, Ont., 1897-1904. Elected 

 President, American Ass'n. Farmers' 

 Institutes, 1904. Appointed President, 

 Ont. Agri. CkJl., 1904. Chairman, 

 Board of Control Emit Exp. Stat's. for 

 Ontario. 



