PLANS FOR THE VEGETABLE GROWERS' CONVENTION 



THE recently organized ( )ntario A ege- 

 table Growers' Association is plan- 

 ning an energetic campaign for the summer 

 and fall. In the near future the association 

 is likely to be one of the strongest associa- 

 tions of the kind in the province. 



A meeting of the executive committee was 

 held in Toronto June 15. the officers 

 present being Messrs. W. A. Emory, of 

 Aldershot, president ; Joseph Rusih, of Hum- 

 ber Bay, vice-president; Geo. Syme, Jr., of 

 Carlton West ; W. Carter, of Dovercourt ; 

 John McKay, of Doncaster ; R. Lankin, of 

 Toronto ; F. F. Reeves, of Humber Bay ; 

 A. MacMeans, of Brantford ; John Atkin, 

 of Sarnia ; J. E. Terrill, of Picton, and the 

 secretary, H. B. Cowan, of Toronto. It 

 was explained by the secretary that the 

 deputation which waited on the government 

 in March and asked for a grant had met with 

 a favorable reception, as the government had 

 given the association a grant of $600. In 

 addition to this the association was given a 

 special grant of $200 to assist it in making 

 an exhibit at the Ontario Horticultural Ex- 

 hibition in Toronto next November. 



After a little discussion it was decided to 

 hold the first convention of the association 

 on November 15 and 16 next at the time of 

 the Ontario Horticultural Exhibition and to 

 secure first-class men as speakers, not only 

 from points in Ontario but from the United 

 States as well. A rough outline of the pro- 

 gram was prepared and the secretary was 

 instructed to communicate with the parties 

 mentioned to see if they would be willing to 

 speak on the subjects assigned to them. 



In the niorning of the first day there will 

 be a meeting of the officers of the associa- 

 tion. In the afternoon the main subject 

 for discussion will be " Growing Vegetables 

 for Canning Purposes. Mr. W. C. Mc- 

 Calla, of St. Catharines, will be asked to 

 speak on " The Cost of Production " ; Mr. 

 J. W. Hyatt, of West Lake, on " Coopera- 

 tion in the Growing and Canning of Vege- 



tables," and a representative of the Canadian 

 Canners' Company on " The Canning of 

 Vegetables from the Manufacturer's Stand- 

 point." 



At the Thursday morning session the 

 main subject for discussion will be " Insect 

 Pests in the Garden," when the speakers 

 will include an authority from the United 

 States ; Mr. R. S. Brodie, of Montreal, and 

 Prof. W. Lochhead, of Guelph Agricultural 

 College. In the afternoon the subject will 

 be " Growing Vegetables for Market Pur- 

 poses." Prof. Zavitz, of Guelph. will be 

 invited to speak on " Experiments in 

 Growing V^egetables" ; Mr. Brodie, of Mont- 

 real, on " Growing Vegetables under Glass," 

 and Mr. J. L. Hilborn, of Leamington, on 

 " Growing Vegetables for the Early Mar- 

 ket. It was decided to leave plenty of time 

 for a discussion of the various subjects. 



After a brief discussion the secretary was 

 authorized to communicate with Mr. G. A. 

 Putnam, Superintendent of Farmers' Insti- 

 tutes, to see if he will arrange for the holding 

 of a series of meetings some time during the 

 latter part of September or the early part 

 of October in the vegetable growing dis- 

 tricts of Ontario, these meetings to be ad- 

 dressed by well known authorities on vege- 

 table growing wfio will be in a position to 

 assist in the formation of vegetable grow- 

 ers associations in the same manner that 

 local fruit growers associations were formed 

 last spring. 



It was felt that the association should be 

 thoroughly organized before the convention 

 next November, and it was decided to send 

 the following members of the executive to 

 the cities mentioned, during August, with 

 the object of forniing local vegetable grow- 

 ers' associations : 



Mr. Joseph Rush, to Cobourg, Belleville, 

 Kingston, Brockville, Cornwall, Ottawa and 

 Peterboro. 



yir. W. Carter, to Barrie, Orillia, Owen 

 Sound, Guelph, Berlin and Stratford. 



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