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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



November, 1912. 



Is Your Purse Full? 



j "\7'OUR farm is the purse from which you take the necessities and kix- 



I J_ uries of life. What provision are you making to keep your purse 



5 full — to insure a constant supply of food, clothing, heat, light, pro- 



j taction, and worldly wealth? 



I No purse can stand a steady drain — no soil can produce constant 



i yearly crops — without an adequate income. Tfie purse must be supplied 



I with money, the soil with plant food. It is easier, and far cheaper, to 



) maintain a fertile condition of the soil than it is to build it up after it is 



1 once exhausted. Be wise — begin now to use faithfully an 



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( Use your I H C spreader to distribute stable manure and saturated 

 1 bedding while it is still fresh. Spread in light coats so that the plant food 

 I elements of the manure may combine quickly and thoroughly with the 

 ' soil and become available for the use of growing plants. Spread quick- 

 j decaying straw to increase the moisture holding capacity of the soil. 

 j If you would have the spreading well done, do it with an I H C 

 I manure spreader. Make the quantity of manure usually spread by the 

 I fork do twice the amount of good by distributing it properly with an 

 I I H C spreader, leaving the ground more evenly fertilized. The driving 

 j mechanism of the I H C spreader is strong and thoroughly protected. The 

 aprons, both endless and return, run on large rollers. The feed is positive. 

 I The rnanure is spread evenly, light or heavy as may be necessary, the 

 I quantity spread never changing until the feed is changed. 

 I See the 1 H C local agent and have him show you tlie spreader 

 I best suited to your needs. Get catalogues and full information 

 I from him, or write the nearest branch house. 



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I The purpose of this Bureau is to furnish, free of charge to all, the best 

 I information obtainable on better farming. If you have any worthy ques- 

 I tions concerning soils, crops, land drainage, irrigation, fertilizer, etc., 

 I make your inquiries specific and send them to I H C Service Bureau. 

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TESTIMONIAL 



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SOCIETY NOTES 



We Invite the offlMti ot Hortt- 

 caltnral Booletie* to aend in short. 

 pithy report! of work that woald in- 

 terest members of other Horticoltn. 

 ral Bociellea. 



St. Thomas 



Tihe St. Thomas Horticultural Society, 

 which has been coming to the front ver>' 

 rapidly during the past year or two. largely 

 through the efforts of its president, Dr. 

 Frank E. Bennett, and whose membership 

 has doubled, now standing at three hundred 

 and twenty-nine, intend going after a 

 membership of seven hundred next yeai. 

 One of the best features of this work has 

 been its lawn and garden competitions. 

 This year photographs were taken of all 

 the prize gardens and lawns and arrange- 

 ments are being made with one of the local 

 papers to publish them in a special edi- 

 tion. The Balaclava Street school grounds, 

 which took first prize in the school garden 

 competition, aie, according to Dr. Leake 

 of Toronto, Inspector of Manual Training 

 Schools, the finest grounds in their floral 

 arrangement and effect that he has seen. 

 The officers of this society are enthusiastic 

 and naturally results are following. 



Hamilton 



Increasing interest is being taken by the 

 citizens of Hamilton in the descriptions of 

 Hamilton gardens being published in the 

 daily papers by members of the Hamilton 

 Horticultural Society. The society some 

 time ago appointed one or two of its mem- 

 bers, including Mrs. A. L. Potts, to visit 

 the gardens of its members and others to 

 secure descriptions of them for publication 

 in the daily papers. At first it was feared 

 that the papers would not be willing to pub- 

 lish the. articles when prepared, and also 

 that the public might net be interested in 

 reading them. This fear has proved base- 

 less. Mrs. Potts, in a letter to The Cana- 

 dian Horticulturist, states that so much 

 interest is being taken in these articles the 

 papers are anxious to obtain them, and have 

 promised to find all the space necessary to 

 publish even more complete articles than 

 those that have been furnished. They have 

 been publishing the articles as socn as sup- 

 plied, and asking for more. Some thirty 

 have been printed. 



"I am having funny experiences," writes 

 Mrs. Potts, "but they add zest to this new 

 occupation. It is flattering to learn of the 

 interest being taken in these articles. It is 

 far wider than is generally realized, but 

 the funniest part is to be informed that 

 'So-and-So' has been reading these articles 

 and wants us to gc and write up their gar- 

 den. This is a line of work that other so- 

 cieties might follow with advantage. 



Strathroy 



The Strathroy Horticultural Society re- 

 cently held the most successful show for the 

 children of the public schools in its history, 

 there being nine hundred and forty-four 

 entries. Over one hundred dollars were 

 given in prizes to the scholars of the nine 

 different rooms of the public schocJs for 

 the following : Best six asters, white ; best 

 six asters, pink ; best twelve asters, white ; 

 best twelve asters, pink ; collection of nas- 

 turtiums and hand bouquets and there was 

 a large and keen competition for the pre- 

 miums. The flowers completely filled two 



