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SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURE. 



Febi-uary. 1922. 



the Advancemient of Science. One of these 

 is by Dr. E. W. Allen, Chief of the Office 

 of Experiment Stations at Washington 

 and Editor of the Experiment Station 

 Record, and the other by Dr. J. H. Gris- 

 dale. Deputy Minister of Agriculture for 

 Canada. These men, in the performance 

 of their official duties, are in constant 

 touch with trained men and with the re- 

 sults of research work. They may be ex- 

 pected to be fully appreciative of the 

 needs of their respective countries and 

 of the best manner in which those needs 

 may be met. 



A third paper on the same subject, by 

 Dr. Charles E. Saunders, Dominion Ce- 

 realist, is also published in this issue. 

 This paper is of special interest because, 

 in a sense, it constitutes the writer's fare- 

 well to Canadian agriculture. Profession- 

 al workers, not only in Canada but 

 throughout the world, will learn with the 

 deepest regret that Dr. Saunders has re- 

 cently tendered his resignation to the 

 Dominion Government, to take effect this 

 spring. We understand that his decision 

 is final. 



The career of Dr. Saunders since his 

 appointment as Dominion Cerealist in 

 1903 is one which, while being highly 

 meritorious, has brought little personal 

 reward. This may be the case with re- 

 search workers in general and, in the 

 present instance, the loss of Dr. Saunders' 

 services may do no more than give em- 

 phasis to a. lamentable condition, one 

 which perhaps only the force of public 

 opinion can remedy. 



Dr. Saunders is a comparatively young 

 man — he was born in 1867 — but dur- 

 ing the past twenty years he has given 

 particularly valuable and faithful service 

 to his government. He has never possess- 

 ed good health and the fact that he has 

 always been active and industrious may 

 be attributed solely to the enthusiasm 

 which so often typfies the unselfish, keen 

 worker. But even one's enthusiasm will 



wiear out unless a certain amount of en- 

 couragement is forthcoming. We believe 

 that discouragement is the chief reason 

 for Dr. Saunders' resignation. 



The name of Dr. Saunders will always 

 be associated with Marquis wheat, a var- 

 iety which has increased the revenue of 

 this country by millions of dollars. The 

 first seeds of Marquis were given to Can- 

 adian farmers in 1909, and in 1918, at the 

 height of the food shortage, over three 

 hundred million bushels were produced 

 on this continent. Dr. Saunders also dis- 

 covered and introduced Prelude, Ruby 

 and Early Red Fife wheats, the Liberty 

 (hulless) oat, and other cereals. His work 

 in the breeding and testing of cereals has 

 been of incalculable value. 



''Thus is genius rewarded!" 



CHARLES E. SAUNDERS 

 Dominion Cerealist who has tendered his resig- 

 nation to the Dominion Government. 



(Photo thi-ough courtesy of World Agriculture). 



