i'roni the United States. These are principally tomatoes, cucumbers, and lettuce, 

 and by referring to the reports of the Department of Customs it has been found 

 that during the winter months of December, January, February, March, April and 

 May the imports into On-tario alone for the one vegetable, tomatoes, have amounted 

 to in the neighbourhood of $10,000 per month. The other above-named crops 

 come in probaibly at the lesser rates. A certain percentage of these vegetables are 

 grown under glass by men working large establishments, and who devote practic- 

 ally all their time and ability to the production and selling of indoor-grown crops. 

 Ontario growers are not producing one-half of the indoor vegetables which are 

 being consumed in the Province at the present time, and the demand is increasing 

 daily. Growing these crops under glass is not the easiest occupation to be found. 

 No amateur should be misled and think there is a fortune in greenhouse vegetables. 

 Because the crop has to be grown under artificial conditions, and because these 

 conditions are many and of a very intricate nature, the grower has to be on the 

 alert the whole season through to prevent as far as possible the many causes which 

 check the growth and development of the tender plants in the middle of winter. 

 Heating, ventilation, methods of planting, etc., are conditions which he can con- 

 trol, providing a first-class greenhouse is erected at the start. The grower should 

 build the very best construction his means will allow. A cheaply-built house is 

 always a source of worry and expense, and the time has come when durability is 

 looked into far more than initial cost. We hear complaints on all sides of the 

 inability to secure competent labor at a reasonable or unreasonable cost. From the 

 gardener's standpoint this is principally because he has work for men during only 

 six or seven months of the year. Progressive growers in several parts of the States 

 have overcome the labor problem by huilding a greenhouse plant and thus employ 

 a certain amount of help the year round. During the summer months, when the 

 greenhouse does not need so much attention, these men are available for work on 

 the outside. The grower is money in pocket by making at least a certain part of 

 his land produce both winter and summer. In this way his help is steady, and the 

 labor problem does not bother him. 



CO-OPEEATIVE BUILDING. 



In the vicinity of Cleveland, Ohio, there are several ranges which have been 

 built on a co-operative scheme. Several growers having money to invest in green- 

 house lines formed a co-operative society, and with the bulk of their capital built 

 a large range and are producing vegetables only. They have a range of moder)i 

 construction, and it is being managed by a competent grower who receives a stated 

 salary for his services. He is directly responsible to the Board of Directors, and 

 has practically free charge. This co-operative idea spread, and now three large 

 ranges are being conducted along these lines in a very satisfactory manner from a 

 financial standpoint to all concerned. Two of the three have enlarged their plants 

 already, and the other one will be added to in the coming season. Dividends are 

 large, and there is a feeling that the investment has been wise. Why not this same 

 idea in some parts of Ontario? 



LOCATION. 



To the persons who are starting a new house or range, certain points must be 

 looked into carefully. Nowadays any point which means a saving of labor is con- 



