Ontario Agricultural College - OAC Bulletin Yearbook (Guelph, Ontario Canada)

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P3 DR. SIDNEY E. SMITH

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MR. VV. R. REEK MESSAGE FROM THE DEPUTY-MINISTER Agriculture in Canada during the years of war provided food for the people of the world in larger quantities than at any other time in the history of the country. Not only did the farmers produce food, but, at the same time, they became organized and as a group. because of developments brought about as a result of the war, their horizons were broad- ened and they rapidly became an important factor in the world picture insofar as it con- cerned food. Canadian farmers are today thinking internationally. This position and the inescapable responsibilities do not and must not prevent the necessary thought and effort being placed upon the provincial and national situations at home. The ability to discharge the international responsibility will be directly influenced by the success of the efforts put forth to so organize production, distribution and consumption within the country that our surplus for export may not only be available, but that it will all be required and at a price which will permit the Canadian farmers to operate, raise and educate families, and prepare for the day when others will take their place upon the farms. Developments during the war proved the need for greater mechanization of agri- culture and provided the challenge which has been accepted by the agricultural engineer. The immediate future will see many innovations in farm machinery and perhaps changes in farm management in order that the new machines may be adapted to practical op- eration. The productivity and conservation of our soils, the efficient production of ani- mals and animal products, fruits and vegetables and the preservation and preparation of all agricultural products for the markets are receiving more attention than at any previous period. The application of science to agriculture has received a very definite stimulus during the past few years. Farmers are becoming more highly Organized, this applies particularly to the mar- keting of their products. Farm organization has developed slowly through the years of this century and has experienced many defeats, but out of these there has come about a better realization of what farm organization means and how it must function. The value, the possibilities, and the limitations are more clearly understood and accepted. The situation calls for well-trained, efficient, sensible and sympathetic leadership. As the problems develop nationally and internationally, the more intricate and difficult are the solutionsg thus requiring leaders with a thorough knowledge and broad visions coupled with wisdom for understanding which develops through the application of honest thought and toil to the problems as they arise. To the graduates in agriculture, may I direct your thought and your ambitions to such a fieldg the cost of success will be great, but the rewards will far more than justify the effort. In whatever sphere you operate, I wish you all every success. 4 1 Acting President. Page 7

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H Qzaaewaacf The motto - FAMA SEMPER VIVAT - is indeed a timely theme for LIBRANNI. The renown of Canada is high. lt has been established by those who, for us, poured out the red sweet wine of youth . While we have a feeling of pride in our Country, we must also have a sense of duty to maintain and enhance its good report. We should not rest on the glories of the past. If we who survive would not betray the gallant men who took the Chalice in order to ensure that there should be an opportunity for us to build a world of decency and order, we must strive, without Wearying and without ceasing, to carry onward and upward their torch. Peace as well as war lays claim to our best in thought, word and deed. The military victory has been won. We must, however, gird ourselves to secure the peace. In duty bound, we will give of our best to translate into reality the ideals of individual liberty and individual self-discipline, as opposed to the concept of a nation or world of automatons shoved about by one man or by a group of men. We must be vigilant against the rise of new dictators at home or abroad. Herein is a special task of youth! As graduates of the Ontario Agricultural College and the University of Toronto, with training, talent and integrity, you can demonstrate that liberty and justice are not unattainable ideals thrown up from the infinity of man's dreams. By precept and by example, you can prove that the diversity of opportunities for the individual to develop his own personality is limited only by humanitarian principles founded in the rights of his fellow-men. In our blood-bought opportunity, your University gives to you this charge: Ring out false pride in place and blood, The civic slander and the spite, Ring Ring Ring Ring Ring Ring in the love of truth and right, in the common love of good. out old shapes of foul disease, out the narrowing lust of gold, out the thousand Wars of old. in the thousand years of peace. Page 9