30 THE STORY OF THE U.F.O. 



As the Grange possessed a federal charter of 

 incorporation that name was adopted for the 

 joint body. 



All this time, the farmers of the Western 

 Provinces had been watching the progress of 

 farm organization in Ontario. More than once, 

 some Western leader had been a guest at annual 

 meetings in Toronto, but it was not until E. A. 

 Partridge of Sintaluta, Saskatchewan, accom- 

 panied by D. W. McCuaig and Roderick 

 McKenzie of Manitoba, appeared at the annual 

 meeting of the Grange in 1909, and appealed for 

 united action, that a Dominion-wide organiza- 

 tion of farmers was thought of. Following his 

 appeal, a meeting was held in Prince Albert, Sask- 

 atchewan, in 1910, which beside being the annual 

 meeting of the Grain Growers' of Saskatchewan, 

 was also attended by delegates from Ontario, 

 Manitoba, and Alberta. At this meeting the 

 Canadian Council of Agriculture was formed with 

 D. W. McCuaig as President, and E. C. Drury 

 of Ontario as Secretary. A fund to maintain 

 the new body was raised by the contribution 

 of $100 from each Provincial Association. 



Opportunity for action soon came. Before 

 the end of the year it was apparent that an end 

 long sought by Canadian statesmen was within 

 grasp. A movement in favour of reciprocity 

 with Canada had sprung up in the United States, 



