WILL ENCDURAGE COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS 



p. \v; IIOUGICTTS, SliCRICTARV ONTARIO FRUIT GROWERS^ ASSOCIATIOX, 



AT a special iixetiiig of the executive 

 and the cooperative committee of 

 the Ontario Fruit Urowers' Associatioi^ 

 held in Toronto during January it was de- 

 cided to assist the fruit growers of the pro- 

 vince to form cooperative- associations. 

 With this object special assistance will be 

 asked for from the Ontario Department of 

 Agriculture. 



Those present were Messrs. Alex. Mc- 

 Neill, Chief of the Fruit Division, Ottawa ; 

 the president of the Fruit Growers' Asso- 

 ciation, W. H. Bunting, of St. Catharines ; 

 A. E. Sherrington, of Walkerton ; Elmei^ 

 Lick, of Oshawa ; Murray Pettit, of 

 Winona ; J. S. Scharf, of Woodstock ; P. J. 

 Carey, of Toronto ; A. Gififord, of Meaford ; 

 P. W. Hodgetts, of Toronto, and Messrs. 

 G. A. Putnam and H. B. Cowan, represent- 

 ing the Department of Agriculture. Last 

 year, through the efforts of the association, 

 a number of cooperative fruit growers' as- 

 sociations were formed which proved the 

 salvation of the growers who joined them. 

 In many places where buyers were offering 

 25 to 50 cents per barrel for apples on the 

 trees, or not handling the fruit at all, mem- 

 bers of these associations netted $1 or more 

 per barrel for their XXX apples, and were 

 able to dispose of all of their crops at good 

 prices. The conditions in other places 

 where the growers had to depend on the 

 buyers were so bad the association has de- 

 cided to encourage the formation of addi- 

 tional associations this year throughout 

 western. Ontario. 



One of the most successful cooperators 

 in Ontario, Mr. A. E. Sherrington, of Wal- 

 kerton, told of the conditions in the western 



Treatment For Aphis - The black soap 

 from France for treating aphis I applied to 

 a row of cherry and plum trees with satis- 

 factory results. The foliage on the treated 

 trees retained a bright, glossy green, and 



and southern parts of the province, and ad- 

 vised that a capable man be sent next spring 

 into the best apple sections to thoroughly 

 organize the growers. After a lengthy 

 discussion it was decided to endeavor to 

 organize a limited number of associations in 

 sections where the growers have asked for 

 help. The assistance of the Farmers' In- 

 stitutes in this educational work was pro- 

 mised by the superintendent, and the cam- 

 paign will be opened by a couple of meet- 

 ings in Forest and Thedford, January 27 

 and 28. Other places will be visited, and 

 it is hoped that before the faM of 1905 15 

 or 20 cooperative fruit packing associations 

 will be in good running order. 

 GOVERNMENT HELP. 

 To further assist such associrvtions. a 

 resolution was unanimously adopted and 

 forwarded to the Ontario Department of 

 Agriculture asking that the Act for the in- 

 corporation of Cooperative Cold Storage 

 Associations be extended for five years, and 

 so amended that co-operative fruit growers" 

 associations can be incorporated under the 

 act with power to acquire by lease, purchase 

 or otherwise cold storage plants, fruit cool- 

 ing houses and central fruit packmg houses. 

 The Government was further asked to ex- 

 tend the grant of one-fifth of the initial cost 

 of cold storage plants to apply also to fruit 

 cooling houses and central packmg houses. 

 A recommendation was also forwarded to 

 the r^Iinister of Agriculture asking that a 

 special appropriation be made this year to 

 cover the cost of operating several power 

 sprayers in dilTerent parts of the province, 

 and to provide for instruction in the proper 

 grading and packing of fruit. 



the aphis was almost destroyed. I find 

 strong tobacco water and soap a satisfac- 

 tory treatment for aphis, and not injurious 

 like kerosene emulsion. — (Harold Jones. 

 Afaitland, Ont. 



