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Mrs. James Haggerly. Pres. F.W.I.O. with conference guesls Mrs. Keith Rand, Pres. F.Wi|.C., Hon. W. A. Goodfeliow, Minister of Agriculture for Ontario, right, and Dr. C. D. Graham, Deputy Minister. O.A.C, Photo tives and activities, and second, he likes to have them become acquainted with the Colâ€" lege and what it is doing and why it is doing it. (It was found that ninety percent of the women were at the College for the first time.) Dr. MacLachlan referred to the diploma courses in Agriculture and Home Ec- onomics for students who intend to use what they have learned in farming and homemak- ing; and to the degree course for those who lan to go into profeSsional work. Agriculture, Dr. MacLachlan said, is feeling the impact of science and technology and _- onomics. The College is trying to look into ' e future to see what is ahead Ior today’s ;: aduates; what training they must have for “the challenge of tomorrow.” In factual edu- ation, what is fact today is passe tomorrow. , e great need is to have the ability to think or tomorrow and to adjust to tomorrow. This s the challenge of education whether in agriâ€" ulture or home economics. Dr. MacLachlan spoke of the present pres- ure for research, probing into the unknown in meet the problems of the times ahead, The earch programme of the College is now at t3 Peak and research is expensive. But it pays or itself many times over if it gets into the i ands of farmers and homemakers who will ke use of itâ€"â€"so we have extension workers king the results of research to the people. 1'. MacLachlan hoped the women would find ut all they could about the College so they ould tell prospective students about it. He ggested too that public Opinion might help I get more residence accommodation. And he fided: “With all the talk there is of reces~ E011. We could find employment for three I I _es as many graduates as we have in both griculture and home economics.” E. I. McLoughry, Director, Extension alson, 0.A.C., speaking at the evening meet- g prior to the opening of the conference, UMMER 1958 OAC Photo also dealt with the challenge of these changâ€" ing times. Some of the points stressed in Mr. McLoughry's address were that when the Onâ€" tario Agricultural College was in its infancy half the nation’s people lived on farms, Each farm family produced enough food and fibre for theniselVEs and one other family: today each farm family produces enough for itself and seven other families. Farm families were practically self-sufficient. They produced their own fuel, maple sugar, milk, cream, butter and cheese, meat (salt pork), eggs, apples, vegetables, tallow candles, soap, feed for liveâ€" stock. Today a similar family may have say two enterprisesâ€"dairy cattle and poultry; the rest of their needs must be purchased, The subsequent gain in agricultural productivity is due to mechanization, specialization and the application of research to agriculture. Another factor to be reckoned with is the increasing populations and the decreasing use and availability of land, Population growth and the proper use of land Cannot be diâ€" vorced. The efl‘icient use of the top six inches of soil is What separates man from starvation and can be made to yield for him freedom from strife and want. Population growth will require greater total production of farm commodities. With more growing children, more older people doing work that requires less physical activity, we will need more protective foodsfithose high in protein, vitamins and minerals. Meat, fruits and vegetables and eggs are examples but they are also foods of high production costs. The amount of cropland available will be about the same or slightly less. Furthermore, it looks as if farms will continue to increase in size and decrease in numbers. The outlook in- dicates that fewer farmers will be called on to produce about a fourth more products on just about the same amount of land in use today.