Excerpt from Macdonald College Journal, Vol. 2: April 1942 From coast to coast, when war was declared, farmers' sons, and the young men in farm communities, were among the first to Offer their services, either in the active forces or in war industries. At that time there was a surplus of wheat that looked like the widow's cruse of Oil; hogs were low on the list of imports Britain wanted; New Zealand butter was still reaching the British Isles; apples were a headache for the grower, for the storage houses were filled to overflowing, and many trees were left unpicked. Men in farm communities could find no answer to the question of how they could best serve, except in the recruiting posters and radio addresses which covered the nation. If they remained at home, it appeared that they would only add to the overwhelming surplus already existing, so the natural step was to enlist. The government apparently had not the desire, or the foresight, to instruct or conscript them to stay on the farm. Competent help in farm districts is lacking to a serious degree. Whether or not the Women's Army will remedy the situation, is yet to be seen. With the growing demand throughout the British Empire and the Allied nations for increased production of food, we cannot take the chance of leaving extra farm labor to fate. Women will take the place of many men on farms, but there are jobs that will be too much of a strain on inexperienced girls, that should be done by men. If it is the government's policy to have agriculture students complete their course before entering any of the Services, then during their five months' summer vacation, these undergraduate students should supply, to the extent of their ability and numbers, help for the farmers producing vital food supplies. The benefits would be two-fold. The farmer would get help with his work, and the student would gain valuable experience on a well-managed farm. The government could work through the agricultural colleges across Canada, and students specializing in some definite branch Of farming would be given an opportunity to work on that type of farm. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.