April, 1922. 



SCIENTIFIC AGEICILTI-RE. 



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agric-ulture. Tliis is a question that is 

 ileservititf of careful consideration. A 

 few yeans ago my chief seed inspector, 

 Mv. E. D. Eddy, made a start at this 

 |)Iiase of seed testing- work by making 

 arrangements with the Experimental 

 Farms Branch of our Departhient to 

 plant, and produce to nuitarity three rows 

 of about one hundred plants eacli of the 

 different varieties of mangel, carrot, 

 swede and turnip seeds of commerce. 

 This work was continued for two years 

 and with surprising results t)f ver}- great 

 importauee to agriculture, and incidental- 

 ly of very great importance to some Can- 

 adian seed merchants. It was not, how- 



ever, to be expected that others who were 

 not interested in the objective of that 

 work wouhl be disposed to carry it to a 

 successful conclusion, which unfortunate 

 fact, combined wdth unfortunate w^ar con- 

 ditions, caused the work to be temporarily 

 suspended. 



1 can conceive of no work that may be 

 iitidertaken by the seed analysts of Nortli 

 America tliat will gradually lead to great- 

 ei- efficiency on the part of seed merchants 

 or encourage the profession of the seed- 

 man, properly so called, than this branch 

 of seed testing work. Its value to agricul- 

 ture would surely be many times the cost 

 of providing the service. 



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



BY THE GENERAL-SECRETARY 



Important announcements concerning the 

 Annual Convention will be made in the 

 next issue of Scientific Agriculture. A 

 resolution was passed at the Ontario Agri- 

 cultural College on March 11th to the 

 effect that the annual meetings of the 

 C.S.T.A. sihould be held at agricilltural 

 colleges and that this precedent be estab- 

 lished at once by holding the 1922 Con- 

 vention at Macdonald College. The mat- 

 ter was imihediately referred to the 

 French-speaking members (who had in- 

 vited the Convention to Montreal), to 

 the membersi of the Dominion Executive 

 and to Principal Harrison. The cliange 

 has been approved and it can now be 

 definitely stated that the Convention will 

 not be held in the city of Montreal but 

 at Macdonald. Tlie principal reasons 

 favouring the change are (1) that more 

 adequate facilities and cheaper accom- 

 odation can be obtained and (2) that the 

 surroundings are more attractive and 

 more in keeping with an agriculture 

 gathering. Montreal is oidy twenty miles 

 distant and opportunity will be provided 

 for the members and visitors to spend 

 part of the time there. 



Unfortunately the dates which have 

 already been announced (June 20 to 23) 

 clash with the dates of the Ormstown 



Fair, which is a very important event in 

 Quebec and one which attracts many 

 live stock men. The advisability of hold- 

 ing the C.S.T.A. Convention tlie foUoAv- 

 ing week (June 27 to 30) is now being 

 considered and if any member knows of 

 any event l)eing held elscAvhere in Can- 

 ada at that time, which might intei-fere 

 with the success of our own meeting, he 

 should notify the General Secretai-y at 

 once. 



Tentatively, therefore, we may announce 

 that the Second Annual Convention will 

 be held at Macdonald College June 27 

 to 30 inclusive. Final announcement Avill 

 l»e made next month. 



APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP. 



G. G. Archibald (Queens, 1903, B.A.j, 

 Gardenvale, P.Q. 



C. A. Lamb (British Columbia, 1921, B. 

 S.A.) Cloverdale, B.C. 



C. C. McDougall, Sussex, N.B. (Associ- 

 ate member). 



M. P. McClellan (Ont. Vet. Coll 1900, 

 V.S.) Regina, Sasik. 



