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SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURE 



June. 1921. 



the courses now given in the practice and science of 

 production. 



4. Courses in economics and in such phases of 'gen- 

 eral farm business as are applicable alike to the several 

 Departments of Agriculture sliould, it is believed, be 

 drafted and taught undler the joint consultative super- 

 vision of the professors in charge of these Departments, 

 in order that they may be made to conform to the prac- 

 tical requireml3nts of the work for which they are 

 severally responsible. 



5. It is suggested that the teaching of scientific sub- 

 jects should be revised in consideration of the need that 

 it should be related a-s definitely as possible to the prac- 

 tical commercial problems of Agriculture. 



6. In the opinion of the Committee, it is both prac- 

 ticable and possible to adjust already over-crowded 

 curricula in such fashion as to give undergraduate 

 students a reasonable knowledge of mark!3ting and 



H. S. ArkeU, Dominion Iiive Stock Comuiissioner. 



commercial practices and a necessary understanding 

 of values such that they may be practically equipped 

 to tak? up successfully general agricultural work after 

 leaving college. 



7. It is suggested that the development and training 

 of specialists in commercial agriculture sliould only be 

 attempted in conniaction with post graduate work and 

 attention is called to the fact that a new attractive 

 field may be opened up in this direction by our agri- 

 cultural colleges with advantage both to themselves' 

 and to their students. 



8. Having in mind the critical business problems 

 which college graduates will have to face not only on 

 their own farms but as well from the national point of 

 view it is sugg";sted that the Convention recommend to 

 the College authorities that they carefully and prompt- 

 ly review the Avhole question and urge the importance 

 of nijcessary provision being made to equip their stu- 

 dents more successfully to meet the practical problems 

 which will confront them in the commercial field upon 

 leaving college. 



Outline of Courses Proposed. 



1. Farm Management — Introduction to rural econ- 

 omics, choice of product to be grown in relation to mar- 

 ket outlet, cost of production, farm equipment and 

 ovei-head investment, elimination of waste and ineffi- 

 ciency in relation to economical management of land, 

 labor, machinery, feed, power, etc., supplementary op- 

 erations in relation to main lines of production, devel- 

 opment of land fertility, maintenance of output at mini- 

 mum 'expense. 



2. Farm Bu.siness — (a) Fann conveyancing, rent, 

 leases, insurance, practical farm book-keeping, bank- 

 ing, credits, loans, mortgages etc. (b) Company or- 

 ganization, co-operative organization, share capital, 

 securities, stocks, bonds, collateral notes, etc. 



3. Commercial Law — "With reference to farm busi- 

 ness. 



4. Marketing of Farm Products — (a) Preparation of 

 ]irnduct, grading, inspection, standardization, (b) Mar- 

 keting of product, comnaunity organization, shipping, 

 weighing, transportation rates, selling, shrinkage, 

 stock yard service, commission business, accounting, 

 public warehousing and cold storage, etc. (c) Mar- 

 kets intelligene?. 



■3. General agricultural trade, domestic and foreign — 

 (a I Domestic — Production in Canada, domestic con- 

 sumption, costs of preparing for mai-ket, costs of dis- 

 tribution, seasonal movements, price fluctuations, 

 transportation costs, relation to development of allied 

 industries, etc. (b) Foreign — Export surplus, alter- 

 native markets, transportation costs, rates of lexchange, 

 export demand in relation to competing countries, 

 world production, world demand, world movement of 

 .supplies, establishment of world price Levels, overseas 

 agencies, efficient development of national trade, etc. 



Editor 's Note : 



Tlie Dominion Excutive of the C.S.T.A. decided to 

 ;;sk the memi)ers of the Comni'ttee on Marketing Edu- 

 cation to carr>- on their work during the coming year. 

 The personnel of the Committee will be as follows: 



H. S. Ark(>ll (chairman^ ; H. Barton, Wade Toole, 

 G. II. Clark, F. M. Clem rut, J. N. Ponton and A. H. 

 Benton. 



Personnel of Committees. 



The following coirunittees were appointed at the 

 recent Convention in Winnipeg, to hold office during 

 the coming year: 



Membership: L. 11. Newman ( Chairman 1, H. Barton, 

 A. T. Cliarrnit. 



Finance: II. Barton (Chairman), J. E. Ho^vitt. A. T. 

 Charron. 



Progress: (!. E. Sanders (Chairman), and each pro-. 

 vincial representative on the Dominion Executive. 



Affiliations: L. H. Newman (Chairman). C. E. San- 

 ders. W. P. Thompson. J. E. Ilowitt, A" F. Barss. 



Research: J. M. Swaine (Chairman, W. P. Thompson, 

 A. T. Charron, J. W. Crow, J. F. Snell, H. Barton, M. 

 Champlin, E. S. Hopkins, with power to add to their 

 number. 



Educational Policies: 1. B. Reynolds (Chairman), 

 L. S. Kliiiik. 11. s. ArkeU. il. Cumming. H. Barton. 



Marketing Education: H. S. ArkeU (Chairman), H. 

 Barton, Wade Toole. G. H. Clark, F. M. Clement, J. N. 

 Ponton, and A. H. Benton. 



