President, J. W. Scallion (Virden); Vice-President, R. C. Henders (Culross); Secretary-Treasurer, R. McKenzie (Brandon); Directors: Donald McEwan, Brandon; William Ryan (Boissevain), W. A. Robinson (Elva), D. W. McCuaig (Portage la Prairie), John Wilson (Lenore), and H. A. Fraser, Hamiota. 4. _Committee to Investigate Possibilities of Farmers Trading in Grain--1905_. The first step towards co-operative trading in grain by the farmers of Western Canada was a scheme, fathered by E. A. Partridge, of Sintaluta, Sask., the first official action being taken by the Manitoba Grain Growers' Association at their annual convention in 1905, when the following committee was ordered to investigate and report: Chairman, E. A. Partridge (Sintaluta, Sask.); J. A. Taylor (Cartwright, Man.); A. S. Barton (Boissevain, Man.). 5. _Local Committee to Organise Meeting of Sintaluta Farmers--1906_. The following committee of Sintaluta farmers made arrangements for a meeting of the farmers in the Sintaluta district to discuss co-operative trading in grain and to pledge support of the trading company proposed by E. A. Partridge: E. A. Partridge, Al Quigley, Dave Railton, W. J. Bonner, T. McLeod, James Ewart. 6. _Preliminary Organisation Committee of Sintaluta Farmers--1906_. E. A. Partridge (Chairman), A. J. Quigley (Secretary), William Hall (Treasurer), James Halford, James Ewart, D. Railton, Sr., J. O. Partridge, William J. Bonner, Thomas S. McLeod, W. Malhiot, H. O. Partridge, G. K. Grass, Harold Bird, H. T. Smith, George Hill--all of Sintaluta, Sask. Subsequently this committee was enlarged to include a number of Manitoba canvassers. 7. _Provisional Officers of Grain Growers' Grain Company--1906_. Provisional organization of the Western farmers' pioneer trading company finally took place at Winnipeg, July 26th, 1906, when the following officers were chosen: President, E. A. Partridge; Vice-President, John Kennedy; Secretary-Treasurer, John Spencer; Directors: W. A. Robinson (Elva, Man.), and Francis Graham (Melita, Man.). At a general meeting of the shareholders these same officers were elected subsequently and the directorate increased by two--Robert Cruise (Dauphin) and T. W. Knowles (Emerson). 8. _Sintaluta_ (Sask.) _Farmers Who Pledged Personal Securities--1906_. Finding themselves $1,500 short of the necessary $2,500 for the purchase of a seat on the Winnipeg Grain Exchange, the young trading company of farmers had recourse to personal securities in order to finance their start in business. The friends to whom E. A. Partridge appealed and who immediately gave the bank their personal notes were the following Sintaluta men: Dave Railton, Al Quigley, Tom McLeod, Jim Ewart, William E. Hall. 9. _Inter-Provincial Council of Grain Growers' and Farmers' Associations--1907_.