July, 1922 



SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURE 



373 



Committee on Educational 

 Policies 



It has been impossible for this Committee. 

 in the time at its disposal, to make a com- 

 plete survey of the educational policies in ef- 

 fect in all provinces. The report, as present- 

 ed at the Convention, was therefore incom- 

 plete, although it contained much valuable 

 material. It has been considered advisable 

 to withhold publication until a complete 

 statement is available. 



Committe on Graduate Studies 



This Committee, appointed at the Ottawa 

 Convention in 1920, made no report at the 

 Winnipeg Convention last year. In view of 

 the statement made by Dr. F. C. Harrison, 

 (published elsewhere in this issue) the com- 

 mittee was re-appointed, under the chair- 

 manship of R. Newton of the University of 

 Alberta. 



Luncheons, Banquets, etc. 



Among those who spoke at special lunch- 

 eons and banquets were Hon. J. E. Caron, 

 Dr. J. H. Grisdale, Dr. James W. Robert- 

 son, Dr. F. C. Harrison, Rev. Father Leo- 

 pold and the Presidents of the three Quebec 

 Branches of the Society (Abel Raymond, A. 

 Desilets and M. A. Jull). 



Hon. J. E. Caron, in tracing the agricultu- 

 ral development of Quebec soundly refuted 

 reports that the farming classes were "un- 

 happy and oppressed." In the course of his 

 address he issued a warning to the district 

 agriculturists in Quebec, (agronomes) to the 

 effect that they should take no part what- 

 ever in policies, either federal, provincial or 

 municipal, but should confine their efforts and 

 interests entirely to the agricultural advance- 

 ment of the county in which they had been 

 placed. 



Dr. J. H. Grisdale, Deputy Minister of 

 Agriculture for Canada, emphasized the 

 growing need for men with special, or ad- 

 vanced training. He suggested the advisa- 

 bility of establishing, in Canada, one or more 

 (not too many) institutions which could fur- 

 nish post graduate training to qualified stu- 

 dents. This, the speaker claimed, was of 

 the greatest importance. The day of spe- 

 cialists was with us, and the demand for 

 these highly trained workers must be met 

 if the advancement of agriculture was to 

 continue. Canadians should be trained in Can- 

 ada if proper facilities could be prov'ided. 



Advanced Lectures 



The August issue of Scientific Agriculture 

 will publish, in either abstract or complete 

 form, all of the lectures given at the Con- 

 vention. These abstracts are now being pre- 

 pared by the authors themselves but, owing 

 to the short space of time available, could not 

 be included in the present issue. 



Reports of Local Branches 



Reports of the thirteen local branches of 

 the Society, presented at the Convention and 

 now filed in the office of the General Sec- 

 retary, aroused a great deal of enthusiasm. 

 The reports indicate steady progress in every 

 province, an increase in membership in near- 

 ly all cases, and a desire to advance the in- 

 terests of the organization. 



A number of these reports called attention 

 to the importance of reducing the amount 

 of the annual fee, but, with that single ob- 

 jection (which has now been removed) there 

 was no suggestion or criticism made regard- 

 ing the operating policies of the Society. 



GEORGE BOUCHARD, M. P., 



Professor of Botany at the Agricultural College, 



Ste. Anne de la Pocatiere, who was recently 



elected member for Kamouraska County, by 



acclamation. 



