66 THE STORY OF THE U.F.O. 



of Dec. 17th, the second evening of the annual 

 convention, a tremendous rally was arranged. On 

 the great platform sat Premier Drury surrounded 

 by his Cabinet and all the elected farmer mem- 

 bers, and behind them sat hundreds of women, 

 members of the U.F.W.O., while in the vast 

 auditorium every available space was occupied 

 by someone anxious to hear and see. Some 

 wag, epigramatically inclined, was heard to 

 remark during the evening somewhat caustically, 

 "the only be whiskered farmer in the Cabinet 

 isn't a farmer," (referring to Attorney-General 

 Raney) . Each member of the Cabinet spoke very 

 briefly, outlining some of the work he hoped to 

 accomplish during his term of office in his own 

 department. No more sympathetic and en- 

 thusiastic reception could have been tendered 

 anyone than that accorded to the new Premier 

 and his Cabinet on that evening. All 

 went home feeling that a new era had dawned on 

 agriculture and that once more farmers were 

 coming to their own. 



The following year was remarkable chiefly for 

 the great number of new clubs added, and also 

 for the gratifying expansion in the co-operative 

 company. At the annual convention the secretary 

 could report more than fifteen hundred clubs, 

 with a total membership of approximately sixty 

 thousand men and women. In addition to this, 



