March, 1922. 



SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURE 



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Colorado Agricultural College (1894) and 

 not of Toronto. 



The address of A, W. Peterson should 

 be Dominion Live Stock Branch, Charlot- 

 tetown, instead of Experimental Farm, 



NOTES. 



Dr. M. 0. Malte, formerly Dominion 

 Agrostologist at the Central Experimen- 

 tal Farm, has been appointed Chief Bot- 

 anist of the National Herbarium, Depart- 

 ment of Mines, Ottawa. 



Dr. Charles E. Saunders, Dominion 

 Cerealist, has tendered his resignation, to 

 take effect this coming spring. He has 

 occupied the position ■s'lncn 1903. 



W. Betts (Manitoba, 1915) formerly 

 with the Soldiers' Settlement Board at 

 Calgary, is now farming at Sherness, Al- 

 berta. 



W. R. Reek (O.A.C. '10), Assistant Live 

 Stock Commissioner at Ottawa, has been 

 appointed Director of the new Ontario 

 Government farm at Ridgetown, Ont. 



Wm. Strong (O.A.C. '16) has resigned 

 his position at the Ontario Hospital, AVhit- 

 by, Ont., and is now Manager of the Na- 

 tional Farm, Point Fortune, P.Q. (Henry 

 Miles, Prop.) 



F. L. Goodman (O.A.C. '15) is resign- 

 ing from his position with the B. C. De- 

 partment of Agriculture and returning to 

 his farm at Osoyoos, B.C. 



L. Amos (O.A.C. '16) has been trans- 

 ferred by the Soldiers' Settlement Board 

 from Wetaskiwin, Alberta, to Lloydmins- 

 ter. Alberta. 



J. E. Thif fault (Montreal '21) is now 

 assistant to A. Laflamme (Laval '18) at 

 Beauceville West, Beauce County, P.Q. 



E. H. Strickland (Harvard '12) who 

 has been with the Dominion Entomological 

 Branch for several years at Lethbridge 

 and at Ottawa, has resigned. For the past 

 two months he has been taking special 

 studies at Amherst, Mass., and will assume 

 his new duties as Professor of Entomology 

 with the University of Alberta early iii 

 March. This is a new position at" this 

 University. 



George E. Sanders (O.A.C. '07) Ento- 

 mologist in charge of Insecticide Investi- 

 gations under the Dominion Department 



of Agriculture has resigned to accept the 

 l^osition of Entomologist with the Dosch 

 Chemical Company, Louisville, Ky. We 

 have just received a very interesting letter 

 from George, and are thankful to report 

 that his stay in the United States promises 

 to be a short one. He expects to return 

 to Canada in September. Further an- 

 nouncement later. 



British Columbia Branch. 



A business meeting of the members re- 

 sident at or near Vancouver was held at 

 "Braemar" on Friday, February 17th. 

 Among the matters introduced for discus- 

 sion were (1) the magazine, (2) the local 

 branch constitution, (3) programme for a 

 Provincial Convention, (4) the advisability 

 of holding local meetings in different parts 

 of the Province. 



The detailed report of the meeting has 

 not yet been received. 



This Branch has been a particularly act- 

 ive and enthusiastic one and its member- 

 ship list has increased steadily. It now 

 lias seventy members. 



New Brunswick Branch. 



This Branch held its annual meeting at 

 Moncton on January 18th. The result of 

 the election of officers is indicated on the 

 page of this issue which shows the provin- 

 cial and local organization of the Society. 



The discussions at this meeting indicated 

 the increasing confidence of the members 

 in the value and future influence of the 

 Society and of its official organ. The im- 

 portance of holding an annual Convention 

 was particularly emphasized. 



Eastern Ontario Branch. 



Monthly meetings have been held 

 throughout the winter and these will con- 

 tinue until May. Addresses have been de- 

 livered by Dr. J. H. Grisdale, Dr. J. G. 

 Rutherford, E. S. Archibald and John Bar- 

 nett (Chairman of the Soldiers' Settle- 

 ment Board). It is expected that the Hon. 

 W. R. Motherwell will address the Febru- 

 ary meeting, which is to be held the latter 

 part of the month. 



