Januan-, 1921. 



SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURE 



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resolutions passed and committees appointed. It was 

 decided to hold tiie next Convention in June 1921, in 

 Winnipeg. 



A detailed i-eport of the Convention, including the 

 report of the Organizing Committee, is available for 

 those who have not received it. Copies of the Consti- 

 tution and l)y-la\vs, etc., may also be obtained on ap- 

 plication. The names of the officers elected, and the 

 members of t,iie Dominion Executive Committee are 

 given elsewhere in this issue. 



After the Convention had ad.journed, practically all 

 of the work resulting from the formation of the C. S. 

 T. A. had to be carried on by the General-Secretary, m 

 consultation with tlie Dominion Executive and with 

 the chairmen of the various committees whicli had 

 been api)ointed. One of the first matters re<|uiring 

 attention was tiie possible publication of an official 

 organ. After some correspondence and a number of 

 interviews an arrangement was effected between tlie 

 Dominion Executive and the Industrial & Educational 

 Publishing Company whereby that companj- agreed to 

 pui)lish tlie organ of the C. S. T. A. There were a num- 

 ber of details in regard to the transaction, tlie most 

 impoi'taut of which were (1) tihat the Society should 

 have control of the editorial policy and make-up; (2) 

 that the General-Secretary should be the Editor; 

 (3) that the name of the publication should be "'Scien- 

 tific Agriculture, ■■ and (4) that the publishei*s shouhi 

 ovm tlie magazine. As a result of this arrangement 

 the General-Secretary moved his office from Ottawa to 

 Ste. Annes, P.Q. on October 1st, and since tliat time has 

 been filling the dual position of Secretary and Editor. 

 Quite recently an arrangement has been made whereljy 

 tihe French members of the C.S.T.A., wiU prepare a 

 section of ' ' Scientific Agi'ieulture ' ' under the name "La 



Revue Agronomique Canadienne," to be made up of 

 tran.slations from "Scientific Agriculture," and addi- 

 tional information of primary interest to t^e French 

 members. These arrangement-s with the publLslhing house 

 are parti<'ularly satisfactory, and the members of the 

 Society are assured of the closest possible co-operation 

 between their organization and the publishers. It is 

 particularly important, however, that in return for the 

 courtesies which the puldishers have extended to the 

 ('. S. T. A., there .should be an effort made by the 

 Society to make the ])ublication of Scientific Agricul- 

 ture and of "La Revue Agronomique," a successful 

 venture and in that way uisure their continuance as 

 t.iie official organs. 



The work of organizing ]n-ovincial and local l)ranclies 

 of the parent society has also been a task which pre- 

 sented some difficulties and it was only completed to 

 its present stage bj* the personal visit of the 

 General-Secretary to the various provinces where 

 he was able to meet individual members and proceed 

 with organization work. At the time of writing, the 

 only gap in the whole organization is in Western On- 

 tario and it is hoped that this will be filled by a West- 

 ern Ontario Branch at an early date. In all the other 

 provinces there is at least one branch of the Society: 

 in Quebec there are three local branches responsible to 

 one provincial executive and in Saskatchewan there 

 are two local branches whose operations are similarly 

 directed. 



The two lines of progress announced in the foregoing, 

 namely the publication of the •official organs and 

 the completion of provincial and local organizations are 

 the only matters of sufficient impoi-tance to warrant 

 publicity at this time. ^lany other smaller results have 

 lieen accomplished and the Soeietj' is making splendid 

 progress. The membership has increased from 411 to 



Pre.xklent L. S KLIXCK (centre), Vice-President H.. BARTON (left), and Honorary Secretary, L. H. NEWMAN (right). 



