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SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURE 



November. I!*i2i 



Manitoba, being largely a grain-growing 

 district, does not offer quite as many lines 

 for work. A working unit is more diffi- 

 cult to obtain, as cue to three municipali- 

 ties have to be grouped togethei'. 



Municii)alities make grants and g(»vern- 

 ment pays $1.S00 per year towards salary; 

 the bahincc comes locally. 



Farmers are behind the movement where 

 offices have been opened and requests are 

 coming from Municipalities alongside of 

 these in which representatives are now em- 

 ployed. 



In each district an Advisory Agricul- 

 tural Council is selected comprising i-epre- 

 sentatives of the Municipal Council, Local 

 r. F. M., U .F. ^y. M., Agiicultural Socie- 

 ties, Trustees Associations, etc. These meet 

 regularly and discuss problems and map 

 out programme witli the representative. 



WILD GRASSES OF MANITOBA. 



At a local branch meeting of the 

 C.S.T.A., held in Winnipeg on Septem- 

 ber 29th a very intei-esting talg on 

 the above subject was given by Prof. \. 

 \V. Jackson of the Manitoba Agricultural 

 College. Of the sixty species of wild gras- 

 ses, forty-three pressed specimens were 

 sliown to those at the meeting. 



Professor Jackson stated that the ton- 

 nage of wild grasses in Manitoba far ex- 

 ceeds that of the cultivated varieties, and 

 pointed out that the cultivated grasses oc- 

 cupied less than five percent of the cul- 

 tivated areas. Many shipping stations, 

 such as Asliern, ship over 300 car loads of 

 wild grasses in a season. The most abun- 

 dant varieties are Blue-stem, Scotch Grass 

 and Wild Timothy. 



Concerning the C.S.T.A. and Its Branches 



BY THE GENERALi3ECRETARY 



Witli tlie present issue, tlie financial dif- 

 ficulties of the Society, which were greatly 

 increased by taking over tlie ownership of 

 Scieuiific Agriculture, appear to have been 

 overcome. During the past three mcmths 

 every effort has been made to increase the 

 levenue from subscriptions and advertising 

 and to keep the operating expenses at as 

 low a figure as ])()ssible. It has l)een dif- 

 ficult to adhere to the advertising policy 

 decided upon by tlie Executive, but no 

 depart ui-e from that policy has yet had to 

 be made. No announcement has been .ac- 

 cepted which could not be endorsed by the 

 Society. 



In setting a financial objective towards 

 which to aim, it was felt that the revenue 

 from the magazine should be sufficient to 

 cover all costs of ])ul)lication. and that the 

 revenue from memljershiji fees in the 

 Society should be applied only to operat- 

 ing expenses apart from the magazine. A 

 i-educti(m in the amount of the annual fee 

 was considered advisable when this condi- 

 tion was reached, and further surplus 

 would l)e used in whatever manner might 

 be considered advisalile by the Dominion 

 Executive Committee. 



At the present time it is not possible to 

 make any definite announcement, owing to 

 the fact that all renewal membership fees 

 liave n( t yet been paid. The response from 

 advertisers has been very gratifying and 

 even better results are to be expected after 

 the close of the calendar year. 



So far as a lowering of the membership 

 fee is concerned, this much can be said — 

 if all renewal fees are paid by the present 

 members, a substantial reducti(m in the an- 

 nual fee would be possible on June 1st. 

 1922. It is not likely that any reduction 

 will l)e made in the initial membership fee, 

 as it is felt tliat only the present members 

 should benefit by any reduction that may 

 be possible; new members would continue 

 to pay the $10.00 fee that has been paid 

 l)y the six hundred ])resent members. 



At the time of writing an energetic cam- 

 paign for new members is being under- 

 taken, as well as a campaign for the pay- 

 ment of renewal fees. These two cam- 

 paigns will be concurrent with the estab- 

 lishment of the Bureau of Records. Tlie 

 (piestionnaire for the Bureau is now being 

 mailed to all members, and it is hoped that 

 tlie P)urcau will l)e open and active by 



