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- "~Mae ' §/*I c , Doherty Thinks District Re-- presentatives Are Not All Competent Says Seed Costing $23 is Sold to Farmer . "w ' h k WBR at $45 When the O. A. C. starts turning| eut more students the chance is thati some district agricultural represen-- ; tatives in Ontario will lose their jobs. The --Federal grant to the Province for these representatives is | given with the stipulation that they be graduates of the, Agricuitural ; College. Hon. Maning Doherty told | the Agriculture Committee yester--| day that some of them were not as' competent as might be wished, and' will be replaced when good men are available. | The Minister also said that he of--| ten thought the counties might as--| sasume more responsibility. Of thni $6,000 required to maintain a coun--| ty agricultural office, each contri--| butes $500. If they increased the{ fl'nnt they might be allowed more| urisdiction in the matter of work to be done. The only danger from such action would be that 48 coun--| ties might adopt diffeetgent methods and break up tho continuity of the system. Alleges Seed Profitecring. Mr. Doherty also brought the matter of seed prices to the atten-l tion of the committee. He maintain-- ed that seed which was costing the seller $22 or $23 was being sold to the farmers at $45. Three years ago he had paid $30 for seed which cost the producer only $22. Ho said he had considered a bill for Pro-- vincial help in the matter of seed | for farmers. However, he had not eompleted it. One of the mem-- bers of the committee thought that cleaning was accountable for the large prices. J. A. Miller of the Ontario Em--| . ployment Bureau gave some inter--| esting figures regarding farm labor. Five years ago only three or four out of 1,200 farmers applying for help were willing to pay $25 a month for twelve months. Lastl year all were willing to pay from $40 to $50, and this year from $50 to $60. R. M. Warren (North Ren-- frew) said 1,000 men could be plac-- ed in his county at that figure.