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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



April, 1912 



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One of the modern barn 

 plans prepared by our 

 Builders" Service Dept. 



Above is shown one of the 

 modem bam plans prepared 

 by our "Builders' Service 

 Dept." Others are shown in 

 a portfolio that will be mailed 

 to you on receipt of the coupon 

 attached to this ad, properly 

 filled out. 



If you will tell us the size of 

 the bam you expect to build, 

 and the number of cattle you 

 want to house, our Board of 

 Advisers, consisting of ten of 

 the best bam builders and 

 contractors in the Dominion, 

 will co-operate with you to 

 plan a building exactly suited 

 to your own particular re- 

 quirements. 



This service is offered to you 

 FREE of charge. It's our 



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way of showing our appre- 

 ciation of the generous and 

 hearty support the farmers and 

 builders of Canada have given 

 our products, particularly 

 Preston Safe-Lock Shingles. 



Preston Safe - Lock Shingles 

 merit the tremendous demand 

 they enjoy to-day, for they 

 afford guaranteed protection 

 against lightning. They keep 

 out the rain, snow, moisture, 

 wind and fire, too. They cost 

 nothing for up-keep, as they 

 never need painting or repairs. 



Our latest edition of "Truth About 

 Roofing" booklet tells allaboutthem. 

 We'll send a copy along with the Port- 

 folio of Barn Plans. You want the 

 Portfolio, that's certain, if you intend 

 to build. So send the coupon by first 

 mail. Address it to 



Manager 



Metal Shingle & Siding Co., Limited 



Branch Office and Factory, Montreal, Que. PrGStOIl, Ollt. 



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Please send me portfolio of Barn Plans showing framework construction 



and plans of interior. I intend building a barn ft. by. ft. 



Do you intend re-roofing or re-siding any building this year? (Yes or 



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Canadian Hokticultukist 

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a position to know whereof they speak that 

 thp fine.«it potatoes grown on this continent 

 can be produced on the Ontario Govefm- 

 ment's praotioallv free grant lands in New- 

 Ontario, and a-s high as two hundred bushels 

 per acre have been grown in the northland 

 and a ready home market is found for this 

 product among the miners in the gold, sil- 

 ver, copper and nickle mine« which have 

 made Ontario famous. At the present time 

 the market price of potatoes in the mining 

 district is one dollar a bushel. Thus a 

 farmer in New Ontario can produce, with- 

 out any scientific knowledge of farming, at 

 the lowest possible calculation, one hundred 

 bushels an acre, giving him for the product 

 of ten acrefi of land one thousand dollars for 

 this crop alone. 



If it is possible for the farmer of New 

 Brunswick to grow potatoes and pay ex- 

 penses of railway freight over one thousand 

 miles and still make a profit, selling them 

 to the wholesaler in Toronto at seventy 

 cents a bushel, it does not require a very 

 brilliant mind to figure out the profit of a 

 man who gets his land practically free that 

 will give a maximum yield of first clasB jwta- 

 toes, absolutely free from rot and fungous 

 diseases — and who has not to fight against 

 the ravages of the Colorado beetle and other 

 pests and diseases which are .such a draw- 

 back to potato growers in older Ontario. 



ITie executive held eleven meetings dur- 

 ing the year, and the directors two. Tho 

 president and Mr. F. F. Reeves were dele- 

 gates to Boston and Brockton conventions 

 respectively. 



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Items of Interest 



The Division of Entomology of the Cen- 

 tral Experimental Farm, Ottawa, has issued 

 a new bulletin dealing with the Destructive 

 Insect and Pest Act. including recent 

 amendments. 



"The Weeds of Ontario" by J. E. Howitt, 

 lecturer in botany of the Ontario Agricul- 

 tural College, is the title of bulletin No. 

 188. issued bv the Ont.irio Department of 

 Agriculture. It is a revision and amplifica- 

 tion of several previous bulletins issued by 

 the Department. It contains one hundred 

 and forty-four pages and deals at consider- 

 able length with the most common weeds of 

 Ontario, most of which are illustrated. 



The annual meeting of the shareholders of 

 The Horticultural Publishing Company, 

 Limited, was held in Toronto February 29th. 

 The report of the auditor showed that the 

 receipts of the company from its two pub- 

 lications. The Can.\dian Horticttlturist and 

 The Canadun Fmrist, during 1911 were the 

 greatest in the history of the company. 

 The surplus of receipts over expenditures, 

 as reported in the auditor's statement, was 

 voted by the directors into a reserve fund. 

 The making of important improvements in 

 The Canadian HoRTictTLTtrRisT, as recom- 

 mended by the managing director. was_ con- 

 sidered and referred to tlie board of direct- 

 ors to be dealt with at their discretion. 

 The following directors were elected : "Messrs 

 W. H. Bunting. St. Catharines: J. H. Sim- 

 mers, John H. Dunlop and P. "W. Hodgetts, 

 Toronto; Harold Jones. Maitland; A. "W. 

 Peart, Burlington, and H. B. Cowan. Peter- 

 boro. At a subsequent meeting of the board 

 of directors. Mr. W. H. Bunting was re- 

 elected president. Mr. John H. Dunlop first 

 vice-president, and Mr. H. B. Cowan, secre- 

 tary-treasurer and managing director. 



Send us the names of a few of your frJe?^ 

 who are interested in horticulture. They 

 will like to learn about Th« Canadian Hor- 



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