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SCIENTIFIC A G R I C r L T r R E. 



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in i)liuining the details of the Conveution. Any mat- 

 ters that should be placed on the agenda for the btisi- 

 ness sessions, any subjects requiring presentation in 

 the form of an address, the names of any speakers 

 .|ualified to deal with such subjects, suggestions as 

 to the social part of the programme, will all he gladly 

 received and considered. The closest possible co- 

 operation, in the strictest sense of the expression, is 

 necessary i)i order to ensure success. 



The formation of a Western Ontario Branch com- 

 pletes the Dominion-wide organization of tlic C.S.T.A. 



BRITISH COLUMBIA BRANCH. 



The first annual meeting of the B.C. Branch was 

 held in Vancouver on March 1st, 2nd and 3rd. The 

 fact that the meetings extended over a period of three 

 days is an indication of the live interest being taken 

 in professional agriculture in the Pacific province. 

 The first day was devoted to business sessions, to a 

 consideration of agricultural policies, soldier settle- 

 ment work, and dairy farm survey work. A banquet 

 was held in the evening, at which the Hon. E. D. 

 Barrow was present and spoke. During the second 

 day, practically every phase of agricultural work was 

 dealt with by competent speakers: dairying, poultry, 

 live stock, horticulture, entomology, irrigation, agro- 

 nomy, all with special reference to the province of 

 British Columbia. The relation of the Experimental 

 Farms System to Provincial Agriculture and the ques- 

 tion of High School Education were also on the pro- 

 gramme for the second day. 



During the third day the members were divided 

 into sections for a more careful and detailed eon- ' 

 sideration of matters bearing directly upon their 

 respective lines of M'ork. 



A detailed report of the meetings has not yet been 

 received, but several of the papers given will be 

 published in the April issue. The foregoing is merely 

 ji brief outline, taken from the printed i)rogramme. 



SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN BRANCH. 



On the evening of Friday, March 4tli, n lianquet 

 was held in Regina by the Southern Saskatchewan 

 liranch of the C.S.T.A. "followed by a regular meeting 

 of the members. An address was given by Mr. N. 

 MacKenzie, Superintendent of the Experimental Farm 

 at Indian Head, in which the speaker outlined the 

 growth, present work and future plans of the Dom- 

 inion system of Experimental Fai-ms. Mr. F. H. 

 Auld, Deputy Minister of Agriculture for Saskatche- 

 wan,' Mr. P." E. Reed, Dairy Commissioner, and Mr. 

 Geo. Ewart, of the Soldiers' Settlement Board, ex- 

 pressed appreciation of the valuable service being now 

 rendered by the experimental farms, and interest in 

 the plans being formulated for future effort. 



The remainder of the meeting was devoted to a 

 consideration of business matters. 



WESTERN ONTARIO BRANCH. 



At a meeting held at the Carl.s-Kite Hotel, Toronto, 

 March 10th, it was decided to oi'gani-e a We-itei-n On- 

 tario local branch of the C.S.T.A., to ijiclude all mem- 

 bers resident in central and western Ontario, who are 

 at present about eighty in number. The General SeC: 

 retary presided and received nominations for the 

 I)ositions of President, Vice-President and Secretary- 

 Treasurer. An election is now being conducted by 

 mail ballot. 



EASTERN ONTARIO BRANCH. 



The annual business meeting of this branch was 

 held at the University Club, Ottawa, on Friday, 

 March 11th. The election of officers for the coming 

 year resulted in the following. President, G. H. 

 Clark. Dominion Seed Commissioner; Vice-President, 

 W. R. Reek, Assistant Live Stock Commissioner, 

 Ottawa; Secretary-Treasurer, 0. C. White, Soldiers' 

 Settlement Board, Ottawa. 



Consideration was given at the meeting to the pro- 

 gramme for the Winnipeg Convention, tentative plans 

 for which were outlined by the General Secretary. 



QUEBEC LOCAL BRANCHES. 



Business meetings of the three iocid In'auches in 

 the Province of Quebec have been held recently as 

 follows: Macdonald College Branch, March 14th; 

 Quebec City Branch, March 15th, Montreal Branch, 

 March 17th. There was a good attendance at each 

 of these meetings and consideration was given to the 

 election of officers, nominations for the Dominion 

 Executive, the programme for the annual convention 

 and other matters. The new officers for the Mac- 

 donald College Branch are Prof. B. T. Dickson, Pre- 

 sident; M. A. Jull, Vice-President, and L. C. Ray- 

 mond, Secretary-Treasurer. The Montreal Branch re- 

 elected its iiresent officers, who are Pi'esident. Dr. A. T. 

 Charron ; Vice-President. J. E. Montreuil ; and Secre- 

 tary-Treasurer, P. Letourneau. The offieers of the 

 Quebec Local Branch are being elected by mail ballot. 



The General Secretary was able to attend each of 

 the three meetings in the Province of Quebec. 



ORGANIZATION OF THE PROVINCIAL O.A.C. 



ALUMNI. 



Thursday, March lUth, 1921 was O.A.C. Day in 

 Toronto. At the Prince George Hotel, where the 

 business proceedings commenced officially at 3 P.M., 

 many groups of old college friends could be seen, and 

 the enthusiasm that prevailed during the business 

 meeting and at the evening banquet was a striking 

 evidence of the keen college spirit existing among 

 even the oldest graduates of the college. 



Mr. C. F. Bailey who was chairman of the Organ- 

 ization Committee was elected president of the Pro- 

 vincial O.A.C. Alumni, an organization which, judg- 

 ing from its constitution, will do much to further the 

 intere-t of the O.A.C, to foster a spirit of comrade- 

 ship among its members and to assist in the advance- 

 ment of agriculture in the province. Mr. W. P. Gam- 

 ble, formerly associate professor of chemistry at the 

 O.A.C. and now President of The White Lime' Co., 

 at Guelph, was elected Vice-President and Mr. S. E. 

 Todd. Secretary-Treasurer. It should be added t.hat 

 Mr. Todd was Secretary of the Organization Com- 

 mittee and was largely responsible for the success 

 which attended the Toronto meeting. 



In accordance with the constitution, twelve direc- 

 tors were appointed, three from each of the four 

 electoral districts into which the Province was divid- 

 ed ; these were as follows : Eastern Ontario, A. P. 

 MacVannel, J. W. Kennedy and W. R. Reek; Western 

 Ontario, W. H. Porter, G. G. Bramhill and H. H. 

 Revill; Central Ontario, J. B. Fairbairn. F. N. Mar- 

 cellus and J. W. Widdifield; Northern Ontario, Chas. 

 T^aidlaw, L. 1\I. Davis and Tennvson Jarvis. 



