1931 - Annual Convention

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A d d r e f * : Honorary Secretary, " Links of Empire," B r i t i s h Empire Union,
ISO P i c c a d i l l y , London.
5. That reports be sent in to your P r o v i n c i a l Convener on Immigration.
Please forward good papers to me for future use.
( M R S . F. G.) A L I C E L. G R E V E T T . Convener,
240 13th Ave. \ V . . Calgary, A l b e r t a.
R E P O R T ON AGRICULTURE
Mr » . D. H. Galbraith, Vulcan, Convener.
I n A l b e r t a the year 1930 was on the whole a good g r o w i n g y e a r ; a large
percentage of our wheat graded No. 1 a n d ihc majority of homes had splendid
gardens. The yield of honey was good and, in the sugar beet area, there
were more people wanting to sign contracts than the factory could handle.
The drop in prices of a l l f a rm products has made it difficult for the farmer
t o finance, but the heme products have given him and his family a good
l i v i n g . At present the outlook is not bright for a speedy recovery but the
average farmer is doing his best to cut the cost of production and to stick
to it. Denton Massey. the teacher of the world's largest Bible Class has
• a i d . " F i n a n c i a l loss is not failure, but to give up is." This thought should
be encouraging to us in the present economic depression when financial gain
is almost impossible, but success ties in overcoming difficulties.
The Dominion- wide campaign recently set in motion by the Canadian
H o r t i c u l t u r a l Council at Ottawa to " Beautify Canada" should receive the
p r a c t i c a l support of every right t h i n k i n g Canadian. No more suitable time
than the present could have been chosen for such an enterprise. When many
arc feeling the effects of depressed business, it affords a relief to cultivate
some of the ideals and engage in such w o r k as will bring other than purely
material g i i n.
M r . F. C- Nunntck of the Department of P u b l i c i t y , Ottawa, expressed him­self
as follows on the subject: " Every unplantcd home in Canada can be
improved by the planting of trees, shrubs and flowers and a well kepi lawn.
M a n y districts have lagged behind in this matter of home beautification but
there is abundant evidence in many places lhat, when intelligent attention is
given to making the home more attractive, very satisfactory results may be
expected. There is a very great opportunity for the improvement of the home
grounds in rural sections of the country. A Canadian farm should be more
than just a farm. It should be a h o m c in the country and a home is not a
h i m c in the truest sense until it is planted. The cost need only be trifling.
In many instances there arc beautiful trees, shrubs and flowers to be obtained
f r om the native woodland and the o n l y cost is the time necessary to secure
them and pl- nt them around the home. The little tfme or money spent in
this connection will be a dividend p a y i n g investment, since the attractive,
well p l i i i f d place will command a higher price at any time the owner may
wish to « ! * . A more beautiful Canada is greatly to be desired. Beautify your
home grounds and help make Canada more beautiful."
The majority of reports received are quite optimistic and show consider­able
work done in p h n t i n g trees and gardens and speak hopefully of con-t
' n u i n g . while a few who arc pessimistic seem to feel that, while these things
are very nice, we might better turn our thoughts to studying the financial
sysrem in order to readjust it. I would remind these of the saying of one