J. Stanley Knapp

J. Stanley Knapp was born in Maxville and graduated from the Ontario Agricultural College. He became the second agricultural representative in Waterloo County, serving from 1914 to 1924. He started the first one-month short course in the province in 1915. This led to the formation of the first boys’ and girls’ agricultural clubs. He organized the first junior farmers’ livestock judging competition.
He had a deep interest in good livestock which led to the establishment of the Holstein- Friesian and a Shorthorn breeder’s associations in the county. He purchased a farm in the Galt area where he developed one of Ontario’s top Ayrshire herds.

He was a member of the North Dumfries council from 1947 to 1956, serving as reeve and warden of the county in 1955-56. He was president of the South Waterloo Agricultural Society, president of the Central Dumfries Farmers’ Club and secretary of the Galt Milk Board. Knapp was an elder of Wesley United Church.