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United Farmers of Manitoba: 25th Anniversary Year Book
19287563Winnipeg Manitoba: De Montfort Press 1928. First Edition First Printing. Card Covers. pp. 63. Octavo 6" × 8.75". Twice-stapled card covers illustrated. Profusely illustrated with black-and-white portraits of the leadership of both the U.F.M. and its auxiliary the United Farm Women of Manitoba U.F.W.M.; full-page advertisements from sponsoring local businesses merchants and the University of Manitoba Agricultural College et al.; with numerous in-text advertisements throughout. Comprises a detailed program of events marking the organizations 25th anniversary biographical sketches and outlines of the tenure and accomplishments of both male and female leaders the printed text of the Presidents address the Board of Directors annual report detailed rosters of officers for 1927 U.F.M. and U.F.W.M. as well as lists of invited speakers and associated material. A rich documentary record of prairie agrarian life cooperative organization and political advocacy in interwar Manitoba. Light spotting to covers; faint tidemarks along lower margins of most leaves entirely marginal not affecting legibility of the text else very good internally. Unrecorded in OCLC. Not located in Peel BAC/LAC or University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections. Cover Title: United Farmers of Manitoba Founded 1903: Co-operation Education and Legislation. <br/><br/>¶ The United Farmers of Manitoba founded in 1903 was an influential agrarian movement promoting co-operation education and legislation. It advanced farmers economic and political interests aligned with the Progressive movement in the 1920s and worked in tandem with its womens auxiliary the United Farm Women of Manitoba. De Montfort Press unknown
