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SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURE. 



June, 1921. 



1921, there was at least (nie organized branch in e\er\- 

 province, and with the e.xception of one lirani-li to he 

 formed in Western Ontario, oi-ganization work was com- 

 pleted. As an indication of the benefit of organization it 

 is interesting to note that during the month of December 

 when organization work was at its height, 41 new mem- 

 bers joined the Society, as compared with 23 new mem- 

 bers in the previous five months, and the sum of $250 

 was received in additional fees from 50 meniliers, a total 

 revenue of over $650 in a single month. 



There is no need in this report to give details in regard 

 to the organization of branches, the dates when they 

 applied for authority to organize, when such authority 

 was given, when their constitution and by-laws were 

 received, and so on. Much of this information will be 

 given by the Provincial representatives at this conven- 

 tion. The names of the officers of various branches are 

 published regularly. 



The third period of the C. S. T. A. year began on 

 January 1st, 1921, and may be called the period of the 

 official organ. Other work was done but the introduc- 

 tion and establishment of "Scientific Agriculture" was 

 the main work performed. In connection with this work 

 many difficulties have presented themselves and these 

 should be solved by the deliberations of this Conven- 

 tion. 



The introduction of a French section was permitted 

 by the publishers, after strong requests had been made 

 by the French speaking members. Mr. F. Letourneau 

 was selected by the French members as their editor, at 

 a meeting held in Quebec early in January. 



After two unsuccessful attempts, the General Se- 

 cretary on March 10th obtained a request from twenty 

 members in Western Ontario, for authority to form a 

 local branch. Officers were subsequently elected by 

 mailed ballot, and the first official meeting was held at 

 Guelph on May 17th. The organization of that Branch 

 completed the Dominion-wide organization of the C. S. 

 T. A. 



Between January 1st and the date of this Conven- 

 tion the General Secretary attended business meetings 

 of members as follows : Toronto, February 10th and 

 March 10th; Ottawa, March 11th and April 29th; and 

 Guelph, May 17. 



The monthly increase in membership since the organ- 

 izing Convention is as follows : 



June 26 ; July 2 ; August 8 ; September 2 : (October 8 ; 

 November 3; December 41; January 17; February 6; 

 March 21; April 10; May 6. This is a total increase of 

 150, bringing the membership from 411 at the time of 

 the organizing convention, to 561 on May 31st 1921. To 

 be deducted from this total are 4 resignations which 

 have been accepted by the membership committee. The 

 actual number of members is therefore 557. These are 

 distributed as follows: 



Alberta 33; British Columbia 54; Manitoba 29; New 

 Brunswick 23: Nova Scotia 24; Eastern Ontario 84; 

 Western Ontario 86; P. E. I. 12; Quebec (English) 47; 

 Quebec (French) 104; Saskatchewan 47; United States 

 11 ; British and Foreign 3. 



Plans for the First Annual Convention were begun 

 in March last; they have developed rapidly and in a 

 most encouraging manner. Had it not been for the 

 great assistance given by the officers and members of 

 the Manitoba Branch, the provincial government offi- 

 cials and the staff of the Manitoba Agricultural College 

 it would have been impossible for the Convention to be 

 the success we now hope it will be. To these various of- 

 ficials the appreciation of the Society is due. 



Tlie official delegates, ajjpointed by the various pro- 

 \inces are as follows: 



Alberta, E. A. Howes, and J. M. Smith; British Co- 

 lnnil)ia, W. H. Hicks, A. F. Barss and R. C. Treherne; 

 .Manitoba, T. J. Harrison and V. W. Jackson; New- 

 Brunswick, J. K. King; Nova Scotia, G. E. Sanders; 

 Ontario, W. J. Bell, R. S. Hamer, J. E. Howitt, R. Innes, 

 L. H. Newman, J. B. Reynolds; Prince Edward Island, 

 J. A. Clark; Quebec, A." T. Charron, H. Barton, J. N. 

 Ponton, L. C. Raymond, L. P. Roy, Jules Simard, Geo. 

 Bouchard ; Saskatchewan, J, G. Robertson, K. W. Gor- 

 don. 



The ballots for the Dominion election were mailed 

 from the office of the General Secretary on April 9th. 

 "'•72 ballots were returned on or before April 30th and 

 these were opened in Ottawa on May 2nd by Mr. Ronald 

 Hooper, Honorary Secretary of the P. R. Society with 

 1j. H. Newman and the General Secretary present. The 

 results were as follows : — 



President, L. S. Klinck, Vancouver; Fir.st Vice-Pre- 

 sident, H. Barton, Mac-donald College; Second Vice- 

 President, John Bracken, Winnipeg; Honorary Se- 

 ci-etarv-Treasurer, L. H. Newman, Ottawa. 



A financial statement is appended to this report. It 

 will be presented in detail at the proper time by the 

 ('hairman of the Finance Committee. All that need be 

 said here is that after a prolonged and often depressing . 

 struggle, the C. S. T. A. reached the close of its first 

 year with a credit balance of $165.59. 



A complete revised list of members is also appended. 



The amount of correspondence -written and received 

 (luring the year has been voluminous. The mere fact 

 that there are 557 members, 13 members ou the Dominion 

 Executive, 13 local brandies and nine committees, will 

 give arr idea of the amount of inter-member correspon- 

 dence necessary during an organization period. The 

 s])lendid manner in which these various agencies have 

 given their voluntary assi.stauee is higlily to be com- 

 mended. 



A tentative programme, embodying also a list of mem- 

 liers, elected officers, delegates, jirovincial branches and 

 the financial statement was mailed to members ou Mav 

 31st. 



Regular meetings of the Dominion Executive were 

 held at Ottawa on June 4, 1920 and at Winnipeg on 

 June 14, 1921. 



The splendid voluntary as.sistance rendered by the 

 members of the Dominion Executive and the local and 

 ])rovincial brancli executives are greatly to be com- 

 mended. They have done a very great deal of work, 

 often at times when they were busy -nith other matters, 

 and they have aided materially in the jirogress made 

 during the year. 



The future activities of the Society, and particularly 

 those of the next twelve months, are intended to form 

 tiieniost important discu.ssions at the present Conven- 

 lion. There can be no doubt that the C. S. T. A. can 

 aid materially in the general agricultural advancement 

 of Canada, but the Society must, in giving that assist- 

 ance, always bear in iiiiiui the importance of aiding 

 '.vhenever possible, the individual member and the local 

 branch. With a clearly defined programme for the com- 

 ing year, and with the closest possible inter-eommuuiea- 

 tion between the branches, the members, the committees 

 and the Dominion Executive, there is no ap])arent rea- 

 son why the C. S. T. A. should not be so firmly estab- 

 lished one year lu'iice that its i-oiitinuance will lie uii- 

 i|iicstionabl('. 



