A BIG SHOW AT HAMILTON. 



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Those growers who have shown their weak- 

 ness by making contracts at the prices dictated 

 by the canners are in a much less enviable posi- 

 tion. They are forced to endure the humilia- 

 tion of being looked on as deserters 'by their 

 brother growers, and, moreover, they are up 

 against a financial loss of 5 to 10 cents on every 

 bushel of tomatoes they deliver to the factories 

 on their " 25c.-and-the-rise " contracts. 

 HOPES FOR FUTURE. 



We feel that our Hamilton Association, which 

 have conducted the fight in this district, has 

 reason to feel satisfied with the results. At 



the beginning of the year we entered the fight 

 single handed without any provincial organiza- 

 tion to support us, without any organ through, 

 which to explain our position, and with only a 

 very limited knowledge of the situation in other 

 parts of the province. To-day we possess all 

 those advantages, and in addition to this our 

 financial position is stronger than at any time- 

 since our organization three years ago. If, 

 therefore, we find it necessary, we are in first- 

 class shape to continue the fight for higher 

 prices, not only for tomatoes, but also for other- 

 lines of produce as well. 



THE HAMILTON FRUIT, FLOWER AND VEGETABLE SHOW 



Great preparations have been made for the 

 combined show of fruit, flowers and vegetalbe 

 which will be held in Hamilton September 12-14. 

 As thie object of the show is to benefit the hor- 

 ticultural interests of the Niagara district, all 

 the principal organizations in the district have 

 been given representation on the board of man- 

 agement. The fruit prize list is worth about 

 $500, the flower prize list $350, and vegetable $70. 



His Honor Lieut. -Gov. Mortimer Clarke has 

 been invited to open the exhibition the after- 

 noon of the first day. Demonstrations in the 

 cooking and preserving of fruit will be given 

 every afternoon and evening by members of the 

 Ontario Women's Institutes. Demonstrations 

 in the packing of all kinds of fruit will be given 

 the afternoon and evening of the first day by an 

 expert from British Columbia, and at the three 

 sessions the second day. Samples of fruit will 

 be given free to all who attend the second day, 

 and of flowers the last day. 



Among the special exhibits will be one by the 

 Ontario Agricultural College and one by the 

 three fruit experiment stations in the Niagara 

 district, under the direction of the superintend- 

 ent, Mr. Linus "U'oolverton, of Grimsbv. In ad- 



dition to this a large part of the fruit exhibit 

 at the Toronto Industrial Exhibition will be 

 shown at Hamilton. There will also be ex- 

 hibits 'by the canning factories and of spraying 

 machinery, fruit boxes, best decorated dining, 

 room, etc. 



These on the committee of management in- 

 clude the officers of the Hamilton Horticultural 

 Society and Messrs. W. A. Emory, of Aldershot, 

 president of the Ontario Vegetable Growers' 

 Association; M. Pettit, of Winona, representing 

 the Ontario Fruit Growers' Association; A. H. 

 Pettit, of Winona, representing the Niagara 

 District United Fruit Growers' Association; E. 

 J. Mahony, of Hamilton, president of the Ham- 

 ilton District Vegetable and Fruit Growers' As- 

 sociation; F. Foster and W. E. H. Peer, of the 

 Burlington Fruit Growers' Association, and P. 

 W. Hodgetts and H. B. Cowan, of the Ontaria 

 Department of Agriculture. Arrangements are 

 being made for reduced rates over the radial 

 lines, and if possible, for excursions over the 

 railways. It is expected there will be a large 

 attendance of the fruit and vegetable growers 

 of the Niagara district. Mr. J. M. Dickson, of 

 Hamilton, is the secretary. 



Experimental Canning Station. — If the Ontario 

 government establishes an experimental fruit 

 farm in the Niagara district would it not be a 

 good thing to estaiblish an experimental canning 

 station in conjunction with it to test the best 



way of putting up fruits and vegetables, also 

 approximating the cost of building and running? 

 This would encourage co-operative canning 

 among the growers. — (Thos. R. Stokes, Niagara 

 Falls South, Ont. 



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