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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



June, 1911 



Don't set your mind — set Big Ben 



Don't bother jioar head about get- 

 ting up. Leave it to Big Ben. 



You ought to go to sleep at night 

 with a clear brain — untroubled and 

 free from getting up worries. You 

 men, if you are up to date farmers, 

 work with your brains as well as with 

 your hands. Such a little thing as 

 "deciding to get up at a certain time 

 in the morning" and keeping it on 

 your mind often spoils a needed 

 night's rest and makes a bad "next 

 day." Try Big Ben on your dresser 

 for one week. He makes getting up 

 so easy that the whole day is better. 



Big Ben is not the usual alarm. 

 He's a timekeeper; a good, all-pur- 



pose clock for eiiery day and all day 

 use and for years of service. 



He stands seven inches tall. He 

 wears a coat of triple-nickel plated 

 steel. He rings with one long loud 

 ring for 5 minutes straight, or for 10 

 minutes at intervals of 20 seconds un- 

 less you shut hifl^off. 



His big, bold fii^iures and hands are 

 easy to read in the dim morning light, 

 his large strong keys are easy to nuind. 

 His price, $3.00, is easy to pay be- 

 cause his advantages are so ea^ to 

 see. See them at your dealer. 



5.000 Canadian dealers have already adopted 

 bim. If you cannot find him at your dealer's, a 

 money order sent to tVentUx^ La SatUt llUnob, 

 will brine bim to you duty cbarees prepaid. 



$3.00 



At Canadian Dealers. 



Imperial Bank 



E«.bli.hed OF CANADA I875 



HEAD OFFICE TORONTO 



Capital Paid-up. . 6,000.000.00 



Reserve Fund . 6 000.000.00 



Total Assets . 72,000,000.00 



D. R. WILKIE, President and General Manacer 

 HON. R. JAFFRAY. Vice-Preudent 



Branohaa and AKenciea tlirouKhOMt 

 the Dominion o^ OanatdK 



Letter* of Credit, Drafts and Money Ordert 



Issued avsulable in all, 'parts 



of the world 



I 



Special attention given to collections 



S«Tinv» D«pMrtment *t all Branches 



liiterest allowed on deposits at best current rates 



PRUNING SAW 



Operates from ground. No breaking of Hmbs 

 by clfmbing. No moving' of ladders. No Bftwing 

 of vrong litnbs. Can reach topmost branchi-a and 

 shape tree better than b; old methods. Will save its 

 cost in one day. Nothing to ge' out of order. Will laat 

 for years. Thousands in use. Recommended by all users. 

 If your dealer cau't furnish it, write for mil descriptive 

 circular and prices. Satisfaction guaroniceil. Address 



FRUITGROWERS' SAW CO., Scottsville, N. Y. 

 Hepfeaentntlve tor Ontario, Ja«. E. Jobn- 

 ■on. Slmcoe, Ont. 



$2.50 per Gallon; $1.00 per Quart. 

 Dupuy & Ferguson, Montreal, Can. 



days prior to the date of any meoting of 

 the association a copy of the proposed ad- 

 dition or amendment shall l/O sent by the 

 secrertary to each known member of the 

 association. 



17. Any addition or amendment shall re- 

 quire a two-third's rote of the members pre*- 

 .sent at the meeting to pass. 



Note— It is expected that the Dominion 

 Government will make an annual grant to 

 the association sufficient to meet its ex- 

 pen.ses. — Editor. 



OntarioHorticultural Exhibitioi\ 



The directors of the Ontario Horticultural 

 Exhibition hav" decided to hold the next 

 oxhibition in the new arena on Mutual 

 Street, Toronto. November 12th and 16th. 

 The Ontario Department of Agriculture will 

 be asked for an increased grant as there ha.s 

 been no change in the amount of the grant 

 for a number of year.s. although the exhibi- 

 tion has now renched a point where it is 

 believed to be entitled to more assistance. 

 The money given to the stock shows at 

 Ottawa and Guelph for maintenance alone 

 is several times greater in each case than 

 it is for the horticultural exhibition, in 

 addition to which both shows have buildings 

 of their own. while it is necessary for the 

 directors of the horticultural exhibition to 

 rent a building. 



The honey committee has secured from 

 the directors the amount of money formerly 

 awarded in prizes. It will be used for the 

 putting up of a big display. It is expected 

 that all of the local bee-keei)ers' associations 

 throughout the province will contribute, 

 and that the exhibit of honey will be away 

 ahead of anything previously attempted 

 either at the Toronto Industrial -or the 

 November Shows. 



Dynamite in the Orchard 



A number of new uses for explosives in 

 agriculture are described by Mr. F. H. 

 Gunsolus in the Journal of the Franklin In- 

 stitute. In the north-west-ern Pacific states 

 dynamite is largely used for clearing land 

 of tree stumps; but a more novel applica- 

 tion is to drill ho!es from two to five feet 

 into the soil and to explode dynamite car- 

 tridges in them, in order to break up and 

 loosen the subsoil. This process may be 

 carried out on land where orchards have 

 already been planted, the quantity of dyna- 

 mite used varying from twenty-five to one 

 hundred pounds an acre. 



Explosives are also being used very large- 

 ly in the western states for digging ditches, 

 especially in swampy clay ground. Slant- 

 ing holes are punched at intervals of about 

 two feet along the line of the proposed 

 ditch; the middle hole is loaded with two or 

 three cartridges, the explosion of which 

 serves to detonate the charges in the other 

 holes, with the result that a mile or more 

 of ditch may be blasted simultaneously. 



The Ontario Department of Agriculture 

 has issued Bulletin 197 by the fruit branch 

 entitled "Bee Diseases in Ontario." This 

 bulletin is written by Morley Petit, pro- 

 vincial apiarist. Bulletin 198, entitled 

 "Lime-sulphur WasJi," by L. Caesor, of the 

 Department of Biology, is interesting and 

 timely. In this bulletin an attem.pt is " 

 made to give the results of the latest in- 

 vestigations and experiments on the mak- 

 ing of the lime-sulphur wash and the va- 

 rious uses to which it can be applied. Bul- 

 letin 199, entitled "Onions," by A. Mc- 

 Mean.s, of the 0..\ C Ciiiclph, is a re- 

 print from the report of the Ontario Vege- 

 table Growers' Association for 1908. 



