O. A. C. Review Volume 30 Issue 9, May 1918
Publisher: Ontario Agricultural College
Published: 1918-05-01
Language: eng
Number of pages: 44
Subjects: OAC Review; College news; editorial; agriculture; sheep industry; Canada; Red Cross; Voluntary Aid Detachment; wartime nursing; poetry; Massey Hall Lecture; farm machinery; milking; horticulture Northern Ontario; short story; query; Farmerettes; women farmers; military letters; enlistments; college elections; animal husbandry club; examination results; Dairy Conference; Macdonald Institute; food conservation; picnics; I. O. D. E.; marriages; alumnae; local news; personals; alumni; Guelph
Description: This issue's agricultural articles pertain to the sheep industry in Canada, a Massey Hall lecture on better farm machinery due to the farm labour shortage, and horticulture in Northern Ontario. A Macdonald Institute student contributes an article on the duties of a wartime nurse in the Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment. In addition, there are short stories by Barbara Smith and George Hood. The Query column answers, agricultural queries send in by subscribers. Campus news addresses the results of the college elections, a report on the Dairy Conference at the O. A. C., and the examination results. The Editorial staff extend a welcome to the women studying at the O. A. C. - the Farmerettes. The Macdonald column extols the graduates to acquit themselves nobly, to practice food conservation, and an update on the activities of the I. O. D. E. This issue features a special column devoted to Macdonald alumnae and the work they have undertaken. The Alumni column provides several military letters, lists the positions of alumni who work at the O. A. C., and alumni updates.