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ilic lio\ oiiimcui 111 p;i>.s bills rcyiilaliiij; these of the iVuii j,TO\vcrs tlicniselves. The inspectors 



matters. One of these hills ileals uitli throwers arc larj^'ely recruited from the jounj; men 



w ho keep their orehanls ilirty, aiul who tlo not etluealed at the .\j,'-riciiltiiral Collej-es at (juelpli, 



spray for insect ami I'linj^oicl pests when called Ottawa, and the MacDonald Collej^e, St. Anne's, 



on to do so. Cioxernmenl inspectors t;o roiiiul The leaching' at the last named, and in fact in 



and examine the i^rchards and c.ill on the all, is ol' a thoroui^hly practical and uscfid 



owners to put thinijs in order. It" he nei^^lecls cliaracler, and such as will produce useful and 



to ilo this it is done lor him, ami the full cost is capable men, and so in triiit jfrowinff, as in all 



lc\ ici.1 till him ; in fact he is li.iblc to be put in else, education pla\s an important p:irt. Havinjf 



!;aol until il is paiil. anil these penalties are failed to leach the farmer by leaflets, demon- 



Siiii'ri.NC Fkiit tu Wkstkrn Markets. 



actually and genuinely enforced — the good 

 growers for self-protection see that they are. 

 .Vnother enactment regulates the sale of fruit. 

 Apples must be in uniform packages, holding a 

 definite i.]uantil\' ; the (mil must be evenly 

 graded in certain brands or sizes ; the truil 

 must be free from blemish, cir injury from insect 

 or fungus according; to the grade, and the name 

 of the variety, the grade, and the exporter's 

 name must be marked on the package. Here 

 again infringement is followed with drastic 

 punishment, confiscation, fine, or. failing these, 

 imprisonmenl ; and these stern laws were, in 

 Canada, passed and enforced at the suggestion 



strations were resorted to. I'ermission was 

 obtained from the owner of a neglected orchard 

 near a main road to take a section ot his 

 orchard, to handle it free of cost to the owner, 

 and to give him any profits. .A notice board is 

 put up, and advertisements are put in the 

 papers stating when the various operations 

 will be carried out. .\t these stated intervals 

 trees are thinned, sprayed, cleaned, the fruit is 

 gathered, graded, sorted, packed, and marketed, 

 and the owner gets the money received. Two 

 vears' work generally converts a district and 

 secures results which leaflets utterly failed to 

 ^el. 



