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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURISl 



The treasurer's report, about to be sub- 

 mitted, shows a satisfactory balance on 

 hand, which will enable payment to be made 

 at once for the publication procured for the 

 members. 



Chari^es J. S. Be;thune;, Pres. 

 R. W. Rennie, Sec.-Treas. 



The election of officers for 1904 resulted 

 in the choice of Mr. C. J. Fox for president ; 

 W. H. Hamilton, ist vice-president; E. J. 

 Liddicoat, 2nd vice-president; Mr. R. W. 

 Rennie was subsequently re-appointed secre- 

 tary-treasurer by the directors. 



Kincardine Horticultural Society 



List of officers of Kincardine Horticultu- 

 ral Society for 1904: 



President — Wm. Welsh, gentleman. 



1st Vice-President — M. McCreath, cemetery 

 sexton. 



2nd Vice-President — R. D. Hall, gentleman. 



Secretary — Joseph Barker, Div. Court clerk. 



Treasurer — Joseph Barker, Div. Court Clerk. 



Directors — Archie Clinton, gentleman ; D. S. 

 McDonald, fruit grower ; S. 'W. Perry, Princi- 

 pal High School ; E. Miller, cabinet maker ; W. 

 G. Tuck, laborer ; Rev. Joseph Philp, Methodist 

 minister ; Rev. A. Pomeroy, Methodist minis- 

 ter ; Dr. Geo. McKay, retired minister ; Joseph 

 Abell, florist. 



Auditors — John H. Scougall, town clerk ; Ed- 

 ward Fox, jeweller. 



SWINE IN ORCHARDS 



T ^ 7 HILE many orchardists do not be- 

 ^ ^ lieve in having stock of any kind 

 in their orchards, there are others who find 

 it profitable under certain conditions. If the 

 orchard needs additional food, and most 

 bearing orchards do, the plan of keeping 

 swine or sheep in. them is not a bad one pro- 

 vided the arrangement is so planned that the 

 presence of the stock does not in any way 

 work injury to the trees or to the soil. If 

 swine are to be kept in the bearing orchard 

 the ground should be prepared for some 

 such crop as sorghum, clover and rye or any 

 similar crop which will serve as grazing for 



the animals and add fertility to the soil 

 through their excrement. 



On this plan one will help the orchard, but 

 if the hogs are turned into an orchard that 

 is in grass with an idea of increasing the 

 value of the animals by what they may get 

 in grazing, it will not require many seasons 

 of this sort of work before there will be de- 

 cided injury done to the trees. If an or- 

 chard is worth anything at all it is worth 

 caring for in itself and should not be used 

 as an adjunct to the hog pen or the sheep pen 

 unless the animals will more than pay back 

 to the trees through the soil all they take 

 from them. — Mail-Umpire. 



A CANNING FACTORY 



1"^ HE proposed canning factory for the 

 Leamington district is likely to be an 

 assured fact, as a large part of the $10,000 

 has already been subscribed. The Leam- 

 ington News says : 



" Our fruit crop will increase, and when 

 the peach orchards planted to replace those 

 frozen out five years ago come in bearing 

 we shall not know where to find a market 

 for our output. South Essex is the very 



garden of Ontario, and where so much is 

 produced — so perishable, and withal, so de- 

 licious — the only sensible thing to do is to 

 do it up in such a way that it can be mar- 

 keted at any season of the year. A factory 

 where the stock is held by local people will 

 never sell out to a combine, but will always 

 be a blessing to the community. It will not 

 be closed at the dictation of anybody or its 

 output restricted in any way." 



