O. A. C. Review Volume 25 Issue 10, July 1913
Publisher: Ontario Agricultural College
Published: 1913-07-01
Language: eng
Number of pages: 82
Subjects: OAC Review; College news; editorial; agriculture; dairy industry Canada; short story; Ellis Parker Butler; poetry; rural problem; rural flight; labor shortage; Macdonald Institute; reminiscence; marriage; May Day; fruit marketing Canada; Prairies; scholarship medals; poultry industry; turkey; crop rotation; livestock forage; Ontario farming; covered rink; insect pests; athletics; cricket; rugby; football 1913; basketball team photograph; baseball team photograph; fruit farming; breeding; stock improvement; Carnegie Scholarship in Entomology; 1913 graduates; 1913 graduating class photograph; graduate employment; farm poultry; Student's Council; alumnae; local news; personals; alumni; advertising; Guelph
Description: This issue's agricultural articles pertain to dairy farming in Western Canada, marketing fruit to the Prairie Provinces, crop rotation for livestock forage, summer insect pests, and the improvements in fruit stockbreeding. Poultry articles include the profitability of raising turkeys, and considering poultry farming as a source of revenue. Professor Reynolds addresses the rural problem of the farm labor shortage. The Macdonald column features an article, with photographs, of the May Day celebrations, and reminiscences of the graduating class. Campus news contains a list of the winners of the scholarships and medals, cricket game schedule, rugby prospects for the 1913 season, and graduate employment announcements. The Alumni column concludes the biographies of alumni who had won medals while they were students.