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THE can:adian horticulturist 



October, 1912 



I H C Service Bureau 



Dirt-arrester chamber witk 

 part of side broken away to 

 show how the impurttiea are 

 collected 



The purpose of this Burei 

 best inforniatiun obtainable 



s to hirnlsh. Iree of chaise to all, the 



n better laniiing. I( you have any 

 worthy questions conterniiiB soils, crops, land drainatfc, irriifation, 

 fertilizers, etc., make your inquiries specific and send them to 

 IMC Service Bureau, Harvester Buildiiii;, Chicago. USA 



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Both Cream and Skim Milk 

 Are Delivered Pure and Clean 



GOOD reasons are the basis of all buy- 

 ing. It follows then, that the best 

 buyer is the man who has the best 

 reason, or the most good reasons for buying. 

 When this rule is applied to the purchase of 

 a cream separator and each separator on the 

 market is carefully studied for reasons why 

 it should be chosen, the most careful buyers 

 invest their money in 



I H C Cream Separators 

 Dairymaid or Bluebell 



Assuming for the sake of argument that the best separators are equal in 

 skimming capacity, simplicity, and durability, there is still one best reason 



why your choice should fall on an I H C separator. Tlie reason is the 



dirt arrester chamber which is found only on I H C separators. More or less 

 foreign matter is very likely to find its way into the milk before it reaches the 

 separator. The I H C dirt arrester chamber removes every 

 particle of this matter before separation begins and holds it im- 

 prisoned until the last drop of milk has passed through the bowl. 

 Both your cream and skim milk are delivered pure and clean. 

 There are points in the construction of I H C separators, 

 such as the heavy phosphor bronze bushings, trouble 

 proof neck bearing, cut-away wings, dirt and milk proof 

 spiral gears, etc., which taken in connection with the dirt 

 arrester chamber, make I H C separators beyond any 

 doubt the best of all to buy. There are four convenient 

 sizes of each style. Ask the I H C local agent for demon- 

 stration. Get catalogues and full information from him 

 or write nearest branch house. 



CANADIAN BRANCH HOUSES 



International Harvester Company of America 



{Iiicorijoraiudj 

 At firaodon, CalKary. EdmontOD. Hamilton, Lethbridge, London, 

 Montrul. North Battlelord. Ottawa. Quebec, Regina, 

 Saskatoon, St. John, Weyburn, Winnipeg, Yorktoo. 



Nova Scotia's Fruit Growing 

 Advantages 



W. T. MacoDi, Domition Horticnlluriit, Ottawa, Cat. 



For the groHing of fruit, Nova Scotia has 

 many advantages. In the first place, land 

 is still comparatively cheap. The boom has 

 not fairly set in yet, but I notice that the 

 Canadian Pacific Railway, which controls 

 the railway running through the Annapolis 

 Valley, is advertising the fruit industry on 

 its time tables. The government is doing a 

 great deal now in advertising the fruit 

 lands, and probably still more systematic 

 .idvertising will .soon take plac^. 



Trees live to be a great age in the more 

 favored parts of Nova Scotia. A man can 

 pa.sily count on productive trees as long 

 as he lives, no matter. how young he may 

 be when he plants. Apple trees more than 

 two hundred years old are said to be grow- 

 ing in the Annapolis Valley. The freedom 

 from winter injury makes orcharding a 

 safer investment than where trees are mor. 

 liable to be injured. 



The markets of Oreat Britain, Europe 

 and South Africa should offer a constant 

 and ever increasing outlet for Nova Scotia 

 fruit, not to speak of other great markets 

 nearer home, and as the fruit can be placed 

 on ocean steamers the same day it is pick- 

 ed, if need be, there is a great .tdvantage 

 in .shortness of railway haul. Loth in regard 

 to freight rates and to the condition in 

 which the fruit arrives at port. 



Owing to the comrjaratively cool summer 

 and autumn, as a rule Nova Scotia fruit 

 does not mature rapidly, and when it is 

 picked is usually very firm and carries well, 

 enabling the Nova Scotia fruit grower to 

 land his fruit with a minimnm loss from 

 slack or wet barrels. 



The climate of the more favored parts of 

 Nova Scotia is very suitable for many varie- 

 ties of apples mo.st in favor on the British 

 and European m.Trkets. such as Graven- 

 .stein, Blenheim. Ribston, Cox's Orange Pip- 

 pin. Tompkin's King and others. 



But I shall stop here, and lest I be 

 thought to favor Nova Scotia too much, I 

 must tell you that the apple scab flourishes 

 there in some seasons as it does in some 

 other parts of Canada ; that sometimes cool 

 weather in spring injures the bloom, caus- 

 ing a partial failure of the crop: that some 

 varieties of apples do not reach full ma- 

 turity there and lack high color, and that 

 there are a few other minor troubles which 

 every fruit district, no matter how good, is 

 not exempt from. 



Storage Houses Advocated 



That British Columbia and Ontario pro- 

 duce fruits that meet the requirements of 

 those who live on the prairies was demon- 

 strated by the exhibits at the Winnipeg Ex- 

 hibition recently. However, it is but little 

 satisfaction to know that apples can be held 

 in cold storage for several months if these 

 cold storage plants do not deliver them to 

 the consumers. Citizens of the west will 

 pay almost anv price for sound, mellcw 

 apples in winter, spring or early summer. 



It is well-known that good varieties can 

 be held over winter. Then why not have 

 suitable storage housee built in Winnipeg 

 and other cities of the west? Apples could 

 be shipped in the fall and stored ready for 

 trans-shipment as needed. Until Ontario or 

 British Columbia have perfected such a 

 system, they will not have taken full ad- 

 vantage of the willingness of the west to 

 part with cash in an endeavor to get good 

 fruit. — Winnipeg Farmers' Advocate. 



