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SCIKN'TIFIC AGRICULTURE 



November, 1921 



In tJie ineantime considerable publicitj- 

 will be given to the fact that such a Bureau 

 is being established and the co-operation of 

 numerous agencies tliroughout the world 

 will be obtained. Agricultuial colleges, 

 experiment stations, governments, teclini- 

 cal societies, commercial firms, etc., will 

 be furnLshed with a complete list of the 

 membei's, together with the information 

 that the (jualifications and training of any 

 member is available, with the consent of 

 the member concerned. It will be further 

 suggested that whenever vacancies occur 

 i equiring a technically trained agricul- 

 turist, the Bureau l)e notified. This will 

 assist in ensuring that technical j)ositions 

 are filled l)y (jualified applicants. 



There are many ways in which this new 

 Bureau can be a distinctly valuable service 

 to Canadian agriculture. It will pi-obably 

 be some time before it is operating very 

 actively, but its value .should soon be de- 

 raon.strated. And it is ol)vious tluit its 

 value to in.stitutions seeking men is just 

 as great as to the men themselves. 



T'ndoubtedly the usual amount of criti- 

 cism will be forthcoming, because that dif- 

 ficulty always confionts any new enter- 

 prise. But if the Bureau is operated solely 

 in the interests of agricultural advance- 

 ment, fairly and without favour, it will 

 quickly establisli itself and be of constantly 

 increasing service. 



tion work, mainly in Europe, and made 

 available to Canadian readers in the Eng- 

 lish language. That is a very valuable 

 .service, and one that will be greatly appre- 

 ciated. 



VARIATION AND INHERITANCE IN 

 RED CLOVER. 



One of the most interesting and im- 

 ])ortant articles which has been published 

 in Scientific Agriculture is that by Dr. M. 

 O. Malte, commencing in the present issue. 

 It would have been highh' desirable to 

 publish the entire article in one issue, but 

 the amount of manu.script prevented that 

 being done. The article has therefore been 

 divided into three parts, which Avill be 

 publi.shed in the November, December and 

 January issues. A list of the available 

 literature on the subject will be published 

 at the end of the third part. 



Dr. Malte has devoted a very great deal 

 of tiine and energy- to the collection, tran.s- 

 lation and arrangement of the material 

 used. The article is a synopsis of tiie re- 

 sults ribtainod fr<ni rod clover investiga- 



BACOX PRODUCTION. 



A campaign luis been undertaken by the 

 Dominion Department of Agriculture, 

 with the object of increasing the volume 

 and improving the quality of Canadian 

 bacon for the English market. A series 

 of advertisements will emphasize, through- 

 out the campaign, the three outstanding 

 features of the export bacon trade: (1) 

 that Great Britain is Canada's only ex- 

 port market, (2) that Denmark is a keen 

 competitor and is now increasing her volu- 

 me of trade while Canada is not export- 

 ing bacon at as high a rate as in 1920, and 

 (3) that by sending forward a steady 

 volume of high quality bacon, Canada can 

 maintain the favour of a discriminating 

 consuming public which was gained dur- 

 ing tlie Avar years. 



The present campaign will do far more 

 towards securing effective results than 

 could have been obtained by any system' 

 of circularizing the farmer or furnishing 

 him with the most carefully prepared sta- 

 tistical reading matter. It is sane propa- 

 ganda which should have been used long 

 ago ; it could be used to good advantage for 

 an indefinte period and for various 

 branches of commercial agriculture. 



So far as the present campaign is con- 

 cerned, the impoitance of securing results 

 cannot be over-estimated. High quality 

 is essential and when keen competition with 

 well-organized Denmark confronts the 

 farmers of Canada, they can ill afford to 

 hesitate. The British market is of com- 

 paratively easy access to Danish exporters 

 — a matter of hours in transit as compared 

 to a matter of days when shipping from 

 Canada — and tliis fact is of course greatl.v 

 ill Denmark's favour. But Canadian 

 bacon was in good favour in England dur- 

 ing tlie war period and Canada can retain 

 that favour ])y concerted effort. The 

 Dominion Department of Agriculture has 

 taken the right Avay of stimulating the ne- 

 cessarv effoit. 



