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SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURE 



June, 1921. 



shduld form a useful reference and record. The im- 

 portance of many of the decisions reacjied cannot 

 be too greatly emphasized, and in many directions 

 definite progress is to be expected. 



On such questions as agricultural policies, wiliich 

 occupied one entire session of the Convention, there 

 was one noticeable feature in the discussions, and that 

 was the lack of criticism or complaint. Contrasted 



J. H. Evans, Deputy Minister of ABTlcultare for Manitoba. 



to the diseusKion on the same question a year a<;:o 

 at the Organizing Convention, a distinct change was 

 noticeable. T/iere was, of course, no denial of the 

 fact that in certain directions needed adjustments 

 and more clearly defined policies were needed, but 

 the fact that the various agencies — federal, pro- 

 vincial and college — are working together, collabor- 

 ating, co-ordinating and co-operating to a noticeably 

 greater extent, is a liopeful sign, and may be accepted 



as an indication tliat these agencies recognize the 

 existing inconsistencies and duplications of effort and 

 are willing and anxious to assist in solving them. 



The high tone of the discussions, t^e enthusiasm, 

 the de.sire on the part, of all to assist a national move- 

 ment to raise the status of agriculture as a science, 

 the lack of criticism, the encouraging massagesi from 

 all the provinces in the Dominion — these feature:; 

 were noticeable at every turn. The decision to assist 

 the operations of tjie local branches by turning over 

 to tliem twenty per cent of the membership fee, was 

 the result of a recognition that progre.sp; mu.st; now be 

 nuide by these organized branches in order that the 

 interests of the members may be best cared for and 

 their enthusiasm su.stained. 



Of the future progress of tjie Society, and its 

 importance as a vital factor in the agricultural ad- 

 vancement of the eountiy, there can be no doubt. 

 The organization has a clearly defined policy, plainly 

 stated olijects, and definite lines of work mapped out 

 for immediate accomplishment. It has nearly six 

 jumdred membei-s, and this nujnber is increasing 

 steadily; it has thirteen local branches, all of which 

 are keenly appreciative of their local needs and con- 

 ditions ; it ihais seven committees, each giving con- 

 sideration to various phases of the Society's activities; 

 aiul it has, directing the advancement of the whole 

 organization, its brancjies and its committees, a Do- 

 minion Executive Committee, the members of which 

 are fully aware of tJie aims and objects and of the 

 means to be employed in accomplisJiing tlie ends 

 sougftit. 



There is no apparent barrier to furt.her progress. 

 If every member gives his pei-sonal assistance by tak- 

 ing a personal interest, the Canadian Society of Tech- 

 nical Agrieultui'iwits will make tremendous strides be- 

 fore it jiolds its second Annual Convention in Mont- 

 real next .year. 



CONVENTION NOTES. 



Eighty-four mendjers registered their attendance at 

 the Winnipeg Convention. 



Copies of the group photograph, 14 inches wide by 6 

 iuclies deep, m,ay be .obtained by mailing one dollar to 

 the General Secretary. The pliotograph is reproduced, 

 ill small size in this issue. 



The Next Convention will be held in Montreal, ])rob- 

 ably ill June 1922. Every member should plan to 

 attend. 



Members who have not yet furnished the chairman 

 of the Committee on Reseai-eh with a list of problems 

 requiring research, or upon which research work is 

 now being undertaken, should promptly do so. Any 

 who have sent in such lists, and who do net want them to 

 be published, should so state. Such comiimniea- 

 tions should be addressed to Dr. J. M. Swaine, Entomo- 

 logical Branch, Dept. of Agriculture, Ottawa. 



President John Bracken, 



It is unlikely that the Editorial Board will function 

 for some months, or until such time as ample material 

 is available for publication. The pprsoniiel of the 

 Board is published in this issue. 



