WHO'S \^^^o in agriculture. 



GUMMING, Melville, Truro, Nova Scotia. 

 Born Stellarton, N. S., January, 1876. 

 Son of Dr. T. and Mrs. M. Gumming. 

 Mai-ried Alice Archibald. Secretary for 

 Agriculture for Xova Scotia. Principal, 

 Colleg^e of Agriculture, Truro, X. S. 



DAGGETT, J. B., Fredericton, N. B. 

 Born Xew Brunswick, May, 1869. Son 

 of Edmund and Susan Daggett. Mar- 

 ried Liizzie J. Merritheue. Secretary 

 for Agriculture, Xew Brunswick. For 7 

 years breeder of A>Tshire and Holstein 

 cattle, Clydesdale horses, Oxford sheep 

 and Yorkshire pigs. 



DAY, William H., O. A. C, Guelph, Ont 

 Born Tp. of Penelon, Sept., 1871. Son 

 of X'athan and Polly Ann Day. Mar- 

 ried Ethel E. Williams. Honor 

 Mathematics and Physics, University, 

 Toronto, and Gold Medallist in Physics. 

 Demonstrator in Phy.sics, O. A. C. 1903. 

 Lecturer, ditto, 1904. Professor of 

 Physics, 1906. In charge of Drainage 

 Educational Work in Ontario. Light- 

 ning Rod Investigator. 



DEAN, Henry H., O. A. C, Guelph, Ont. 

 Born W^aterioo Co., Ont., Nov. 1865. 

 Son of Walter Dean (obit.) and Theresa 

 HsLhnel. Married Almeda An^ey, 

 Guelph. Appointed Professor, Dairy 

 Husbandrj-, O. A. C, 1891. For edghteen 

 years in charge of Dairy Herd at O. A. 

 C. Owner of Dairy and Fniit Farm, 

 Grimsby, Ont. flolstein . Priesian 



DE COURCY, Daniel, Mitchell, Ont. Born 

 Doon Mills, Ont., April, 1853. Son of 

 P. D. De Courcy. Married Julie Keyes. 

 Director, Dominion Swine Breeders' 

 Ass'n. Past President, ditto. Twenty- 

 eight years farming. Clydesdale horses 

 and Chester White swine. 



DICKSON, Hugh A.. Central Onslow, 

 Xova Scotia. Born August 25th, 1885. 

 Son of Eli Dickson and Hannah Archi- 

 bald. Married Clara J. Hill. Special- 

 ist in Guernsey cattle and Yorlcshire 

 swine. Vice-Presddent, Canadian 



Guernsey Breeders' Association. In 



business of farming since 1901. 



DOHERTY, T. K.. Dept. of Agriculture, 

 Ottawa- Born Sherbrooke. Que, 1858. 

 Son of W. M. Doherty. Married Ada 

 Richard. Bachelor of Law.^. Com- 

 missdoner for Canada of the Inter- 

 national Institute of Agriculture. Dele- 

 gate for Canada at the 1911 and 1913 

 meetings of General Assembly. Source 

 of foreign information in the Bulletin 

 of Foreign Agricultural Intelligence. 



DRYDEN. William A.. Maple Farm. 

 Brooklin. Ont. Born Brooklin. Son of 

 the late Hon. John Drjden. Special- 

 ist in Shorthorn cattle and Shropshire 

 sheep. 



DUFF, Hon. Jas. Stoddart, Parliament 

 Buildings, Toronto. Born Cookstown, 

 Ont., June. 1856. Son of John and 

 Eliza Jane (Stodder-=> Buff. Farmer. 

 Elected Ontario L ' for Simcoe 



West. 1898: re-el- . 1905, 1908, 



1911. Appointed of Agri- 



culture. Wbitney Government. 1908. 

 Councillor. Town.=;hip E3.«^. Ont.. since 

 1888. Deputy Reeve. Married Jane 

 Bell Stoddart. ' 



EADIE, J. D.. Vars, Ont. Born Rus.<!ell. 

 Ont., X'ov.. 1862. Son of WiUlam and 

 Sarah Badie. Married Jennie Paul. 

 Specializing in Clydesdale horses and 



Ayrshire cattle. Farming since 1881. 

 Director, Township and County Fair. 



ELFORD, Frederick Charles, Experi- 

 mental Farm, Ottawa. Born Waterloo 

 County, Ont., 1871. Son of J. H. and 

 Mary Elford. At present Dominion 

 Poultry Husbandman and Chief of 

 Poultrj' Division, Ottawa Dept. of 

 Agriculture. Formerly manager and 

 Lecturer, Poultry Dept., Macdonald Col- 

 lege, Quebec. Farming in Huron 

 CouTity, Ontario, up to 1903. 



ELLIOTT, T. D.. Bolton, Ont. Bom 

 Bolton, Aug., 1856. Married Helen H. 

 Evajis. Importer and breeder of 

 Percherons and Clydesdales since 1904. 

 Director, C-anaudian Clydesdal© Horse 

 Ass'n. 



ELLISON, Hon. Price. Minister of Fin- 

 ance and Agriculture for British 

 Columbia. Born England. March, 1862. 

 Went to B. C, 1876. Farmer and 

 rancher, Okanagan District, 11.000 acres 

 of land. For three years the Istrgest 

 grower of w4ieat in B. C. Firsrt to 

 urge importance of irrigation. Elected 

 to B. C. Legislature for Yale, 1898-1900- 

 1903-1909. Appointed Commissioner of 

 Lands. Oct., 1909. Minister of Finance 

 and Agriculture since 1910. Address, 

 Victoria. B. C. 



FAREWELL, A. A., Oshawa, Ont. Bom 

 Oshawa, Sept.. 1885. Scm of Charles 

 and Mary (McGill) Farewell. Married 

 Mary Caroline Fowke. Farming for 

 past ten years. Specializing in Hcd- 

 stein-Friesian cattle and Rhode Island 

 Red fowl. 



GALBRAITH, Alexander, Parliament 

 BuUdinETS, Edmonton. Alta. Bom 

 Scotland. May, 1S53. Married Christina 

 MacXicol. President, American Clydes- 

 dale Ass'n. Ex.-Pres., American Horse 

 Ass'n. For 33 years a breeder and im- 

 porter of Clydesdales, Shires. Perche- 

 rons. Appointed Superintendent Fsc.- 

 and Institutes for Alberta, 1915. 



GANDIER, State Harvey, O. A. C, 

 Guelph. Ont. Born Toronto, Ont., 1886. 

 Son of Rev.. Jabez and Mrs. Gandier, 

 Pelee Island. Graduate Ontario Agri- 

 cultural College. Number of years 

 teaching puWic school in Ontario, also 

 Instructor in Agriculture. Appointed 

 Secretary to President, O. A. C, in 

 1911. 



GIBSON. Alfred Leonard, Department of 

 Chemistry. O. A. C, Guelph, Ortt. Bom 

 Manchester. England. Jan.. 1?ST. 

 Lecturer in Agricultural Chemistry- 

 and SpeciaJif* in Soils and Fertilizers 

 at O. .\. C. Guelph. Degrees B.S.A., N. 

 D..V.. N.D.D. 



GIBSON, J. T., Denfield. Ont. Bom Eng- 

 land. 1841. Married Jennie Robso^ 

 Ex. -President. Ontario Sheep Breeder- 



- .\s,s'n. Sixty years in business of farm- 

 ing. Shorthorn cattle and Lincoln sheep. 



GIRARD. Joseph, St. Gideon. Chicout- 

 imi. Bom St. Xobain. August, 1854. 

 Son of Cotone Girard and Marie 

 Tremblay. Married Emma Cote. M. 

 P.P. for Chlcoutimi. 1900. M.P.. 1911- 

 1916. Farming. Specialzang in French- 

 Canadian cattle. Former President, 

 Quebec Dairy Socletj-. President, 



School Commission for 29 years. Presi- 

 dent. Agricultural Society. Lake St. 

 John, for 24 >-ears. President, Chees© 

 Boexd, 20 years. 



