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Provincial and Dominion governments fur- 

 nished judges. His active efforts in favor 

 of road improvement resulted in the forma- 

 tion of the Eastern Ontario Good Roads 

 Association, of which he has been secretary 

 since its organization. In this work he be- 

 came known through planning and manag- 

 ing the good roads train which built several 

 miles of model stretches of roads in the 

 various counties of Eastern Ontario as ob- 

 ject lessons. 



Three years ago 

 he arranged the 

 first circuit of fairs 

 ever held in the 

 province. Ten fairs 

 joined the circuit 

 and secured the ex- 

 pert judges. The 

 experiment was 

 such a success that 

 it has since grown 

 rapidly throughout 

 the provinces. He 

 arranged for the 

 holding of cham- 

 pionship athletic 

 meets at all the 

 fairs, with a final 

 meet for the cham- 

 pions at Ottawa. 

 These contests have 

 been held three 

 years in succession, 

 and have proved 



very successful. The offering of a ban- 

 ner for the best conducted fair in East- 

 ern Ontario and Western Quebec was 

 also Mr. Cowan's idea, and has roused great 

 interest on the part of the eastern fairs. At 

 various times he has acted as secretary at 

 Otawa of the Dominion Live Stock Asso- 

 ciation and Eastern Ontario Dairymen's As- 

 sociation. During the past year he has been 

 editor of the New England Homestead at 

 Springfield, Mass. 



Mr. Cowan is also well known in athletics, 

 having held the Canadian single blade pad- 

 dling championship, and is rated as one of 

 the best wrestlers in Canada, and in these 

 days it is universally acknowledged that 

 physical culture is an aid to mental vigor. 

 He has shown great energy in pushing to a 

 successful issue every project he has under- 

 taken, and with such a man as business head 

 we may expect, not onJy the carrying out of 

 the many excellent 

 plans laid out by 

 Mr. Creelman. but 

 also the inception 

 of many new meth- 

 ods for increasing 

 both the usefulness 

 and attractiveness 

 of the Canadian 

 Horticulturist. 



Mr. Cowan will 

 begin his work with 

 the May number, 

 and will have in 

 charge the " make 

 up " of the journal 

 as well as the adver- 

 tising departments. 



Codling Moths 



Fig. 2771. Mr. Linus Woolverton. 



R. WILLIAM 

 BRODIE, of 

 Toronto, who is an 

 expert student of 

 parasitic insects, 



and whose studies have been carried on 

 for many years, has offered to follow up 

 his investigations into the parasites of the 

 codling moth and place his findings at the 

 disposal of the Ontario Department of Agri- 

 culture. 



To carry on this work it will be, helpful 

 to procure from time to time burlap or other 

 bands in which the codling moths have been 

 caught. Some have already been received. 

 Anv fruit growers having bands now on 



