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CANADIAN FARM YEAR BOOK. 



MORRIS, James, M.P., Aubrey, Que. Son 

 of Patrick Morris and Ann McRae. 

 Unmarried. Parmer and stonecutter. 

 Mayor of St. Jean Chrysostome for 2 

 years. Director Ohateauguay Agri- 

 cultural Sooieity. Candidate general 

 election, 1911. Elected in bye-eleoUon., 

 1913. Specialist in Live stock. Farm- 

 ing 30 years. 



MORRISON, John A., Mount Elgin, Ont. 

 Born Oxford County. Son of Douglas 

 and Lavinia Morrison. Breeder of 

 Ayrshire cattle. High standing in R. 

 O. P. for Ayrshires. Olrector Southern 

 Ayrshire Breeders' Club of Ontario. 

 Formerly " Township Councillor and 

 Reeve. 



MOTHERWELL, Hon. W. R., Minister 

 of Agriculture Province of Saskatche- 

 wan. Born Perth, Omt., Jan., 1860. 

 Son of John and Eliza Motherwell. 

 Married Miss A. Rogers, New Boyne, 

 Ont., (d) 1884; secondly, Miss Kate 

 Giillespie, Fife Hill, Sask., 1908. Went 

 West, 1881. One of pioneers of Mani- 

 toba. Farm at Abernethy. Founded 

 first grain growsrs' association in 

 Sask. Member for Humboldt since 

 1908. Commissioner of Apiculture and 

 Provincial Secretary in Scott Adminis- 

 tration since its formation, 1905. 

 Organizer and formerly President 

 Central Can. Seed Growers' Ass'n. 



MUIR, Archie, Scarboro, Ont. Born 

 Sca-rboro, March, 1870. Son of Archie 

 and Catherine (Loane) Muir. Married 

 May Elizabeth Thomson. School 



Trustee and Secy.-Treas. Twenty-^ 

 five years farming. Purebred Holst^n 



MUNROE, William A., Rosthern, Sask. 

 Born Che.=>terville, Ont., June, 1874. Son 

 of John W. and Amelia Munroe. Mar- 

 ried Jessie Dean. .Graduate O. A. C, 

 Guelph. District Rep. Ont. Dept. Agri- 

 culture, 1907-1909. Appointed Superin- 

 tendent Dominion Exp. Statilcm, 

 Rosthem, Sa-sk. 



MURRAY, Jas. A., Fredericton, N. B. 

 Born, Monoton, N. B., Jan., 1864. Son 

 of John Murray. Married Caroline 

 Murray. Minister of Agriculture for 

 New Brunswick. 



OASTLER, J. R., East Selkirk, Ont. Born 

 Pai^y Sound, Ont., 1876. Son of 

 Andrew Oastler. Married Beatrace 

 Andrews. Live Stock Husbandman, 

 Orookston Exp. Sta. Manager Van 

 Home Farm, East Selkirk. SpeciaJiz- 

 ing in Shorthorn cattle and Yorkshire 

 sw^ine for 20 years. Ex-President Farm- 

 ers' Institute, Charlotte Co., N. B. 

 GraduaJte O. A. C. Guelph. 



PETTIT, H. M., Freeman, Ont. Born 

 Freeman, Ont. Son of W. G. Pettit. 

 Secretary-Treasurer toomindon Cattle 

 Breeders' Ass'n. Farmer: Shorthorn 

 cattle, Clydesdale horses. Firm of J. 

 A. and H. M. Pettit. 



PETTIT, Morley, Guelph, Ont. Born 

 Belmont, Elgin Co.. Ont. Son of S. F. 

 and Abigail (De Witt) Pettit. Unmar- 

 ried. Beekeeping industry 17 years. 

 Appointed Provincial Apiarist for On- 

 tario in 1909. Lecturer Beekeeping O. 

 A. C, Guelph. Secretary-Treasurer 

 Ontario Beekeepers' Ass'n. Vice- 

 President U. S. National Beekeepers' 



POWER, William, Quebec, P. Q. Born 

 Sillery Cove, Que., February, 1849. Son 

 of William Power and Mary Fitzgerald. 



Married Winnifred Rockett. Special- 

 izing in French -Canadian cattle. Mem- 

 ber of Dominion Parliament for 

 Kamouraska County, Quebec. 



PYM, Bros., Mirror, Alberta. Born dn 

 England. Four years specializing In 

 Hereford cattle. 



REYNOLDS, Joseph Benson, Manitoba 

 Agricultural College, Winnipeg. Born 

 Durham County, Ont., Dec, 1867. Son 

 of Joseph and Anne Reynolds. Mar- 

 ried Margaret Gowdy. Bachelor of 

 Arts with honors in Mathematics and 

 Physios, Toronto University, 1893. 

 Master of Arts, 1911. Professor -of Eng- 

 lish, Ontario Agricultural College, 1893- 

 1915. Appointed President of Manitoba 

 Agricultural College, Oct., 1915. 



RICE, George, Stonewall, Manitoba. B^rn 

 Till.sonburg, Ont., June, 1861. Son of 

 George Rice and Aignes Gracey Watt. 

 Married Rebecca Mercer. Past Town- 

 ship Councillor. Farming for last 25 

 >'ears. Specializing in Holstein- 



Friesian cattle. 



RICHARDSON, John W., Oaledoniia, Ont. 



Born , Sept., 1871. Son 



of Matthew and Dorothy Richardson. 

 IVIarried Annie M. Marshall. President 

 and Secretary-Treasurer Caledonia 

 Fair for 10 years. Vice-President and 

 Director ,of Holstedn-Friesian Ass'n. 

 President Halddmand Farmers' Insti- 

 tute. Breeder of Holstein-Friesian cat- 

 tle for 20 years. Winner of 1st prize 

 for best Dairy Farm in Ontario in 3 

 years' competition. Farm was one of 

 the first to grow alfalfa in Ontario. 



RIVERS, Walburn, R. R. 5, Ingersoll, 

 Ont. Born Oxford Tp., Ont., Dec, 

 1867. Son of William and Mary Rivers. 

 Married Agnes Jane Bishop. Seventeen 

 years farming. Purebred Holstein cat- 

 tle. Animals in 7 day official test and 

 R. O. P. 



ROADHOUSE, W. Bert, Parliament 

 Buildings, Toronto, Ont. Born Malton, 

 Peel County July 25, 1886. Son of 

 Neriaih and Elizabeth Roadhouse. 

 Married Lilian Maude Wyndow. Form- 

 erly Secretary to the Minister of Agri- 

 culture for Ontario. Secretary Ontario 

 Government Milk Commission. Sdncie 

 1912. Deputy :Mlnlster of Agriculture 

 for Ontario. 



ROSS, Theodore, Charlottetown, P .B. I. 

 Bom North Bedeque, May, 1876. Son 

 of Murdock and Margaret (Car- 

 ruthers) Ross. Married Florence 

 Annear. Secretary Agriculture P. E. I. 

 Secretary Fruit Growers' Ann'n., Secre- 

 tary Live Stock Ass'n., Secretary 

 Farmers' Inst., P. E. I. Specialising 

 on Shorthorn cattle. Private farm. 



ROTHWELL, B. Ottawa Ont, Bonn 

 Hillsdale Farm, Ottawa, 1850. Warden 

 Carleton Co. President Ottawa Dairy 

 Co. Vice-President and Director 

 Central Canada Fair. Forty years 

 breeder and importer of Clydesdales. 



RUTHERFORD, J. H., Albion, Ontario. 

 Born Albion, 1874. Married Mary Lee. 

 Farming: Specializing in purebred 

 poultry and Hampshire hogs. Twenty 

 years on the farm. School Trustee for 

 15 years. 



SAUNDERS, Charles E., Experimental 

 Farm, Ottawa, Ont. Born London, Ont., 

 Feb., 1867. Son of Dr. William Saund- 

 ers, C. M. G. Married Sarah Agnes 

 Robinson. At present occupying posi- 

 tion as Dominion Cerealdst. 



