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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



April, 1912 



r^ It's wise to decide that you need an engine. But don't spoil your 



I good intentions by buying a cheap one. Don't be blinded by a low price 



or by wild claims. Go slow and be sure. Buy an engine that has proved 



its worth, from a concern that has proved its integrity. You can't afford 



to make a mistake — it's much costlier than the price of an engine. 



I H C Gasoline Engines 



are in use on thousands of farms throughout the country, running the 

 many tarm machines, such as the cream separator, chum, feed grinder, 

 pump, fanning mill, thresher, washing machine, electric light plant, etc. 

 They guarantee you reliable power for every requirement at a surpris- 

 ingly small cost. 



I H C gasoline engines are marvels of simplicity, strength, economy, 

 reliability, and durability. They run steadily and smoothly, year in and 

 year out. They make and save money every time they are used, and 

 if, by accident, you should need repairs, you can get them promptly with 

 little trouble or delay from the I H C dealer in your locality. 



Don't you think it would pay you to investigate an I H C engine before 

 you buy any? They are made in so many sizes and styles that you 

 can select just the right size and 

 style for your work: Vertical type — 

 2, 3, 25, and 35-H. P.; horizontal— 1 

 to SO-H. P.; semi-portable— 1 to 8-H. 

 P.; portable— 1 to 25-H. P.; traction 

 —12 to 45-H. P.; sawing, pumping, 

 spraying, grinding outfits, etc. 

 Built to operate on gas, gasoline, ker- 

 osene, distillate, or alcohol — air-cool- 

 ed or water-cooled. Ask the I H C lo- 

 cal dealer for catalogue and all infor- 

 mation, or, if you prefer, write 

 nearest branch house. 

 CANADIAN BRANCHES: Inl«ra>t!oiu1 Hirrater Com- 

 pany of America at Brandon, Calgary, Edmonton, Hamil- 

 ton, Letiibridge. London. Montreal, North Battleford. 

 Ottawa, Regina, SatUatoon, St. John, Weyburn, Winni- 

 peg, Yorkton. 



INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY 

 OF AMERICA 



CHICAGO (Incorporated) USA 

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IHC 

 Service Bnreaa 



The purpose of 

 this Bureau is to 

 furnish farmers 

 with Information 

 on better farming. 

 If you have any 

 worthy question 

 concerning: soils, 

 crops, pests, ferti- 

 lizers, etc., write to 

 the I H C Service 

 Bureau and learn 

 what our experts 

 and others have 

 found out concem- 

 Ine these subjects. 



I 



F YOU 



are at all interested in 



Home-Mixed Fertilizers 



1 would like to send you my book on the sub- 

 ject. It contains full information, formulas and 

 lots of information to farmers who want to get 

 the most and the best for their money. The 

 book will be sent free upon request by post card 

 from you. 



Dr. WM. S. MYERS, Director of Propaganda 



17 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK 

 No Branch Offices 



Vegetable Growers are Active 



1m his annual roport as the socrotary 

 treasurer of the Ontario Vegetable Grow- 

 ers' AsBofciation, Mr. J. Lockie WiUon, of 

 Toronto, stated at the recent convention 

 in Toronto, that the spirit of oooporatiro 

 effort is spreading rapidly among the 

 members of the diftercnt branches of the 

 association. Many hundreds of dollars have 

 been saved through the work of energetic 

 ofBciaLs in getting in touch with whole- 

 sale manufacturers and dealers, thus cutting 

 out the profits which formerly went to mid- 

 dlemen. The Ottawa branch last year pur- 

 cihased three carloads of baskets and boxes, 

 and the St. Thomas' branch, with seventy- 

 four members, secured greatly reduced 

 prices on the following supplies: Two hun- 

 dred thousand beri-y crates, boxes and fruit 

 baskets; eight hundred and seventy-five 

 pounds of Paris Green ; three thousand 

 pounds ground sulphur ; seventy-three bar- 

 rels lime sulphur solution; one thousand 

 three hundred and fifty pounds blue stone; 

 one thousand eight hundred and fifty 

 pounds arsenate of lead ; one car salt ; one 

 car land plaster; one car cement; five hun- 

 dred rods wire fencing ; two thousand eight 

 hundred pounds straight wire; two and a 

 quarter tons binder twine; sixteen thousand 

 pounds fertilizer ; twenty bushels seed grain, 

 and twenty-eight pounds seeds. Many of 

 the branches had held monthly meetings 

 during the year, some in the gardens of the 

 leading vegetable growers in the district. 

 One society saved two hundred dollars on 

 the jjurchase of berry boxes and baskets 

 alone. Tenders were called for, and the 

 lowest accepted. 



The Ottawa branch received grants of 

 from twenty to fifty dollars from four dif- 

 ferent municipalities in the immediate 

 vicinity, the directors of this branch put 

 up a splendid exhibit of the products of 

 their gardens at the Central Canada Ex- 

 hibition, which proved a valuable adver- 

 tisement for the association in that section. 

 At the close of the exhibition the whole 

 exhibit was donated to the city hospitals. 

 This generous action of the officers of this 

 branch was so much appreciated by the 

 citizens that the use of the Assembly Hall 

 in the Carnegie Buildings in Ottawa was 

 given to them free of charge. Air. Wilson 

 is of the opinion that there is no better 

 method of advertising the association than 

 by having a combined exhibit at the Cana- 

 dian National, the Central Canada, and the 

 Western. Exhibitions. 



LACK OF LABOR 



One of the chief drawbacks to the progress 

 of the vegetable growers in this province is 

 the lack of efficient labor. From every seo- 

 tion comes the cry, "We cannot get a suffi- 

 cient number of men, not even of an in- 

 ferior class." The officers of the St. Thomas 

 branch state that in their neighborhood, in 

 the county of Elgin alone, there is a shorts 

 age of one thousand laborers, and com- 

 plaints have been made as to the unsatis- 

 factory class of immigrant labor that is 

 available. 



The Brantford branch has more than 

 doubled its membership by offering prizes to 

 the members who secure the largest number 

 of new ones. The Sarnia branch have 

 specialized with early potatoes, and found 

 them exceedingly profitable. 



NEW ONTARIO POTATOES 



The potatoes grown in New Ontario con- 

 tinue to meet with the highest praise from 

 consumers who have had an opportunity of 

 testing them. With much splendid potato 

 land available in Ontario, Mr. Wilson re- 

 gretted that tens of thousands of bushels are 

 still being imported into the province from 

 New Brunswick and several of the Ameri- 

 can states. It is said by those who are in 



