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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Floral SdiUon. 



GREENHOUSE EFFICIENCY 



At the Minimum Cost 



What is your season? Half the year — with luck? Or an assured 

 twelve months' pleasure and profit? 



A good greenhouse makes all the difference in the world to your 

 success in gardening, Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. 



And the cost — We will submit plans to meet your requirements at 

 the lowest possible price consistent with the thorough workmanship 

 necessary to efficient operation. 



Write us for booklet "B" of Glass Gardens. 



GLASS GARDEN BUILDERS, Limited 



201 Church Street, TORONTO 



Transportation Bldg., St. James St. Montreal 



CENTRAL NURSERIES 

 For reliable Apple, Pear, Plum, Cherry, Peach and Orna- 

 mental Trees, Shrubs, Roses, Grape Vines, Berry 

 Plants, Everirreens, Hedges, etc. — good ones, too. 



Also Seed Potatoes. 

 We ship direct to customers. Our new price catalogue 

 •win interest you. Note our offers — they are dependable 



and O. K 35 years at it. No agents for us. 



Early Six Weelts' Seed Potatoes for sale. 



A. G. HULL & SON, St. Catharines, Ontario 



Cronk's Pruning Shears 



To introduce a high-grade pruning shear at a 

 very low price, we are now offering direct, pro- 

 vided your dealer does not have them, our 2B-lnch 

 No. 09 1-2 guaranteed pruner at $1.25 per pair, via 

 parcel post, prepaid; cash with order, or ask your 

 dealer for same. 

 CRONK & CARRIER MFG. CO., ELMIRA, N.Y. 



-Farm Account Book 



Knoiv How Much You Make This Year 



ISj!?* ""5" P"^ a cent tor Blckmara'a Farm Jkocount Book. Mr. Parmer, simply send us your name and 

 address. Business farmlnK puis money In the bank. This book Is arranged to keep all accounts In simple 

 torm— more simple, and certamly more practical than tryingto remember them; shows what to charge against 

 wSV.T^i',^ i^?'ii"'ii' '"''Orf ? "™s record; and secUon lor personal accounts. 64 pages: lor lak or poaail. 

 Not a cheap allair. Its quality Is In keeping with ■■ ■ . »- 



BICKMORE'S GALL CURE 



i^*?ii!l;'!!Si!!^j""if f'.^'' Vl"^ ,old-time reliable horse remedy. Horses are now too valuable and too high priced 

 to take cnances oMosIng their .services. Get full value out of yours. Bidcinore's Hall Cure heals and cures 

 Harness and Saddle Galls, BopeBnrn. Cats, Scratches. Grease Heel, etc. Keeps them sound 

 and in condition for work. Vou don't have to lay the horse off. Blckmore's Gall Cure 

 cares while the horse works. Great thing for sore teats in cows. Look out tor substitutes 

 and "heap Imitations. Be sure to ask lor Blckmore's Gall Cure at the store. The work- 

 torst trade mark on every box. Farm Account Book Is ready. Send today. 



IWIN6ATE CilEMICAL CO.. Canaijian Dittr's, 651 Notrt Dame St. W., Montreal. Can. 



System In feeding, system in marketing, 

 along with clean sanitary conditions, go a 

 long way to cut down the expense of pro- 

 duction. 



Every year eggs are scarce and high in 

 price during the late fall and early winter. 

 The only way to have eggs to sell at this 

 time of the year is to get ready in plenty ot 

 time. Early spring is the time to prepare 

 for eggs the following November. See that 

 the pullets are hatched early, because It is 

 only the early pullet that will give the early 

 egg. It possible, male with the healthy 

 hens in the spring, a good vigorous cockerel 

 that comes from a laying strain. Feed the 

 young chicks well throughout their growing 

 period and have the puilets matured early, 

 and put Into winter quarters before they 

 are ready to lay, so that they can go right 

 ahead without any interruption. 



Market When Ready. — Though there is a 

 good deal ot waste in the system of pro- 

 duction, there is even more in the methods 

 of marketing. Study the egg market as well 

 as the wheat market, and sell eggs when 

 and where they are worth the mosL Of 

 course, the only time to market eggs Is 

 vvhen they are absolutely new laid. Market 

 eggs as direct to the consumer as is practic- 

 able and market in such a condition tliat 

 the producer can guarantee the product, 

 and so that he will not be ashamed to have 

 his name appear on every package. 



There is no reason why the keeping of 

 poultry should not be more popular In tne 

 towns and villages, and even in some sec- 

 tions of the cities. The objection frequent- 

 ly advanced can be traced to two sources: 

 the unsanitary conditions fn which a few 

 poultrymen keep their poultry plant, and 

 the presence of nervous or over-sensitive 

 neighbors. 



At this time, when so much is being said 

 about the high cost of living, ordinary com- 

 mon sense should lead us not to object to 

 the rooster's early morning greeting. 



On the other hand, there Is no reason 

 why poultry plants in the limits of the 

 town or city should become a nuisance II 

 ordinary sanitary precautions are taken. It 

 might be a good plan it all towns or cities 

 would appoint a capable Inspector who 

 would ."ee that all poultry plants were kept 

 In sanitary condition. There are many city 

 families that could not only provide them- 

 selves with new laid eggs, and table poul 

 try, but by keeping a small flock of laying 

 hens, could make use of teed that goes into 

 the garbage can, and might In some la- 

 stances almost keep the family table provid- 

 ed with eggs and broilers. 



It is the summer conditions ot the city 

 poultry plants to which most objections are 

 raised. To overcome this, many city and 

 town families follow the practice ot buying 

 on the market or elsewhere well matured 

 pullets in October and November, feeding 

 them heavily for eggs throughout the win- 

 ter and selling or eating them In the spring. 

 This method Is to be recommended as it 

 provides eggs when eggs are high In price, 

 turns table scraps into new laid eggs and 

 leaves the back yard for the summer gar- 

 den with a quantity of good fertilizer for 

 growing vegetables and flowers. In most 

 cases the birds can be sold In the spring 

 for what will replace them with pullets in 

 the fall. 



In the case of fruit you may prune, spray, 

 cultivate and practice every precaution In 

 the picking, packing and loading, but just as 

 soon as it passes Into the care ot a carrying 

 company, be It railroad or steamboat. It 

 rests with them just in what condition the 

 fruit will appear on the market — Q. E. Mc- 

 intosh. Fore'st. Ont. 



