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agriculturists, and instinctively he laid firm K 

 hold of the truth that in union there is strength. 

 From this convention almost every delegate went 

 home an apostle of organization, determined to 

 enlarge his club and to create new clubs. 



But before we leave this convention, there are 

 several features to be noted that have since play- ' 

 ed a large part in the movement. First amongst 

 these was the presence of representatives from the 

 farmers of Quebec. Up until this time the same 

 feeling of separateness, which was found in the 

 political sphere between representatives of 

 Ontario and Quebec, had extended to the ranks 

 of agriculture. When the great delegation from 

 Ontario went to Ottawa in May and met there 

 a similar delegation fom Quebec, these farmers 

 made the mutual discovery that their interests 

 were wonderfully the same. More than one 

 delegate was Heard to express the view that they 

 had been kept apart in the past through mis- 

 understanding, and for that misunderstanding v ' r ( 

 designing politicians were responsible. Whether 

 this view be correct or not, a new feeling of 

 brotherhood grew up and led to Mr. Monette 

 being invited to speak at this convention on 

 behalf of the farmers of Quebec. The happy 

 relations thus engendered have been continued 

 ever since, and it is the hope of farmer leaders in 

 both provinces that nothing may arise to disturb 



