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DOMINION WORK. 



On instruction the Secretary has been trying to work up the idea 

 of co-operation between the 'Provinces of Canada. Communication has been 

 established with Ontario. We paid a tribute to their pioneer work by 

 adopting their badge and motto, and frequent interchange of letters and 

 pamphlets. We have approached all the Provinces of the Dominion in 

 this regard. New Brunswick responded in a gratifying manner by agreeing 

 also to take the motto and badge of Ontario. Nova Scotia will do the 

 same when fully organized. Alberta, which is also completing organization, 

 intends to do so and Manitoba and Saskatchewan have the matter under 

 consideration. There will be much more to report concerning Dominion 

 co-operation later as several matters under co-operation are now being 

 undertaken, notably, official publications, Central Council, Official Organ. 

 and so forth. 



WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE. 



The members of the Board would like to see the matter of women 

 in agricultural pursuits brought forward. The Secretary has interviewed 

 a number of women who have come here chiefly from the Old Country 

 with a view to settling as women farmers in B. C. Many women, English 

 women especially, are particularly fond of these outdoor pursuits, and 

 little encouragement is given by the educational system or the Departments 

 of Agriculture to would-be women farmers. Women cannot work under 

 exactly the same conditions and exactly the same ways as men, and \vhi!<> 

 so much money has been spent on the improvement or agriculture, it 

 seeixis only fair that women should have a fair proportion. Horticultural 

 and agricultural occupations should be as much a part of the school 

 training of girls in the country as any other technical instruction, except 

 that of Home Economics, which should come first. The Secretary has 

 done special work in this regard as convener of the committee on this 

 matter and is of the opinion that the time has arrived for this matter 

 to be taken up in earnest. The Board is asking that women be placed on 

 committees on agriculture and on other commissions which deal in parr 

 with women's work. 



FARM CONGRESS. 



Special mention should be made of the bringing of our Institute into 

 touch with the Congress of Farm Women to be held at Lethbridge in 

 October. This great gathering will be of notable interest, and it is hoped 

 that the information which the Secretary has had transmitted to the 

 Institutes regarding this Congress will lead to a large delegation being 

 present. The Superintendent h?,s kindly promised the support of the 

 Department to our efforts to take some part in this Congress. 



REPORTS FROM THE MEMBERS. 



Each member of the Board has submitted a report concerning the 

 Institutes in the district in which she resides, and these reports are full 

 of interest. The iChairman, Mrs. Davies, owing to ill health, was absent 

 from the Province for several months. She. however, as her health per- 

 mitted, visited various Institutes and education institutions whose line 



