February, 1922. 



SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURE. 



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iiig, patient, skilful, far-seeing, enthusias- 

 tic. We must give these men, when they 

 can be found, all possible encouragement 

 in the way of assistants, laboratories, ade- 

 quate salaries and freedom in their work. 

 We must respect them and trust them and 

 demand no proofs of so-called efficiency. 

 We must encourage silence rather than lo- 

 quacity and never permit the publication 

 of reports other than those which the re- 

 search men — the only competent judges 

 — deem necessary. The public must learn 

 to wait. Only under such conditions can 

 we look forward to some day reaping a 

 harvest from the glorious possibilities 

 which the future holds for Agricultural 

 Research. 



I ask you to accept what I have said as 

 the earnest convictions which have come 

 from 23 years of experience in scientific 

 research under university and government 

 control. No one is infallible. I ask for 

 respect for my views only in such measure 

 as my training and experience may war- 

 rant. If others who are better qualified 

 to speak differ from me, then you must ac- 

 cept their ideas rather than mine. But I 

 beg of you not to reject my opinions in 

 favor of those of anyone else who lacks that 

 measure of authority which personal ex- 

 perience alone can give. 



I appeal to you, as the leading agricul- 

 turists of Manitoba, to support every move- 

 ment looking towards the establishment of 

 Agricultural Research on a right basis. Let 

 the enlightened public opinion of this pro- 

 vince lead the way, encouraging the Dom- 

 inion and provincial governments so that 

 something may soon be done to remedy 

 tlie evils of the present situation. 



I have tried for years, though without 

 vSuccess, to do something for the 

 cause. Possibly however n'ow, at the end, 

 my resignation may serve a good pur- 

 pose in calling attention to the necessity of 

 raising the status of research specialists in 

 order to encourage and retain experienced 

 men. I shall leave my work with regret 

 and yet I am happy in the thought that I 

 shall be lelieved of the unfairh' heavy bur- 

 dens which I have carried too long. I am 

 confident also that I shall find some other 

 sphere of usefulness where — within the 

 limitations of my strength — I can be of 

 service to my fellows, in a less conspi- 

 cuous but perhaps more effective way than 

 heretofore. 



And now nothing remains but to thank 

 you for the kindness you have always 

 shown me and to wish you a speedy end- 

 ing of the present period of agricultural 

 depression and a return to prosperity. 

 Farewell. 



Poultry Breeding at the University of British Columbia 



By E. A. Lloyd and V. S. Asmundson. 



Barred Plymouth Rocks* 



The foundation stock in Barred Rocks 

 also came from the Oregon Agricultural 

 College. Practically all of the individ- 

 uals in the imported pen were the prog- 

 eny of birds that had been bred for long 

 distance production. The bens were of 

 fair type, good bright color and of med- 

 ium size. 



Pedigree breeding with this strain ap- 

 parently had established a uniformly 

 good average production. In two years 



* The first part of this article dealing 

 with Wyandottes and Leghorns, was 

 published in the last issue. 



additional pedigree breeding within this 

 strain at the University of British Colum- 

 bia, the size of egg has been too small on 

 the average to conform to Canadian Gov- 

 ernment standards ■ in grading. An 

 outcross was decided upon, as a 

 feasible metlhod of quickly increasing 

 the size of egg. Accordingly, an uiire- 

 lated male from a 270 egg hen, that laid 

 eggs weighing 26 ounces per dozen, was 

 secured, and w^as mated with the best 

 of the Oregon line. As an individual, 

 this bird was large, stretchy, finely bar- 

 red and typical of the breed. 



The results from this cross, as test- 

 ed in the first year have been very sa- 



