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SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURE 



July, 1922 



unfortunate that, just when we appear to be 

 firmly established financially and in a po- 

 sition to set aside some profits for useful 

 lines of work, these profits may have to be 

 applied to a comparatively small reduction 

 in the annual fee; the experience of the last 

 year, however, is convincing. If the ulti- 

 mate success of the Society depends upon a 

 large and enthusiastic membership body, 

 some reduction in the membership fee ap- 

 pears to be imperative, even if the operating 

 policies of the Society have to be changed 

 accordingly. 



During the year the Society has lost four 

 members by death : 



A. J. M. Belanger who died on Septem- 

 ber 5, 1921. 



F. W. L. Sladen who was drowned on 

 September 10, 1921. 



Cecil R. Klinck, who died on February 

 25, 1922 



J. E. Gosselin, who died on May 6, 1922. 

 Since June 1, 1921, 91 regular members 

 and 1 1 associate members have been ad- 

 mitted. 



Delegates to this Convention, appointed 

 by the various branches, are as follows: 

 ' Alberta.— C. E. Bain, D. H. Galbraith. 

 British Columbia. — P. A. Boving, R. C. 

 Treherne. 



Manitoba. — J. E. Blakeman, A. C. Mc- 

 Culloch. 



New Brunswick. — J. K. King. 

 Nova Scotia. — W. H. Brittain. 

 East Ontario. — A. Gibson, G. H. Clark, A. 

 P. MacVannel, A. S. Logsdail. 



West Ontario. — R. Harcourt, A. Leitch. 

 E. F. Palmer. 



Prince Edward Island. — J. A. Clark. 

 Montreal. — A. Raymond. J. N. Ponton. 

 Quebec — J. A. Ste. Marie, A. Godbout. 

 A. Desilets. 



Macdonald.— H. Barton. M. A. .lull. L. 

 C. Raymond. 



N. Sask. — M. Champlin. 

 S. Sask. — J. G. Robertson. 

 On April 23rd, at a meeting of the Coun- 

 cil of the American Association for the Ad- 

 vancement of Science, held at Washington, 

 the Society was admitted to affiliation with 

 the Association. As an affiliated Society it 

 is entitled to one re])resentative on the 

 Council of the Association, and this repre- 

 sentative will be apj)ointfd by your Dom- 

 inion ExecJitivc at the close of tiiis Con- 

 vention. 



Plans for the Second Annual Convention 

 were started in March last. It was decided 

 at first to hold the Convention in Montreal 

 but subsequently, as the result of a resolu- 

 tion passed at Guelph on April 11th, and 

 with the approval of the Dominion Execu- 

 tive and the French members, the place of 

 Convention was changed to Macdonald Col- 

 lege. It was also learned that the Dom- 

 inion Department of Agriculture was will- 

 ing to assst financially in arranging a cour- 

 se of advanced lectures in economics, ani- 

 mal industry and plant industry, and a spe- 

 cial committee was appointed to invite 

 speakers and select subjects for these lec- 

 tures. Several other committees have been 

 actively engaged in attending to many de- 

 tails in connection with the programme. The 

 success of the Convention, in a large measure, 

 is due to the efforts of these various com- 

 mittees. 



In addition to the financial assistance given 

 by the Dominion Department of Agricultu- 

 re, a generous grant was provided b}' the 

 Quebec Department of Agriculture to cover 

 the costs of all entertainments at the Con- 

 vention and of the dinner on the evening of 

 June 27th. Macdonald College provided the 

 banquet on June 28th. 



While the past year has been, in the main, 

 successful, it has been a period of grave un- 

 certainty and serious responsibilities. This 

 was made necessary on account of un- 

 foreseen circumstances which demanded 

 immediate action. That the outcome has 

 been successful and that the Society is fi- 

 nancially sound, in spite of many difficul- 

 ties and discouragements, is almost miracu- 

 lous. Perhaps no one outside of the mem- 

 bers of the Dominion Executive Committee 

 fully appreciates the conditions that have 

 had to be met during the past year. 



The taking over of Scientific Agriculture 

 in July, 1921, and the subsequent develop- 

 ment of that magazine to a self-supporting 

 basis, constitutes a major feature of the 

 Society's activities during the past year and 

 is therefore given prominence in this report. 

 ^^■Ilen the last Convention was held no 

 suggestion had been made by. the former 

 publishers that suspension of the magazine 

 was contemplated. Such a condition was 

 therefore not discussed. Shortly after the 

 Convention had adjourned (on June 21st) 

 the General Secretary was informed that 

 publication of Scientific Agriculture would 



