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Income tor IH'5 of |21,440, and an expendi- 

 ture of $11,275, leaving a net balance on the 

 year's work of $10,165. NeyerUiele&s, the 

 Judge decided in favor of the affirmaUve. 

 Officers Elected. 



The election of officers resulted as fol- 

 Iowb: President, F. A. Chipman, Nictaux; 

 Vlce-Presideat, Prof. W. S. Blair, Kentviile; 

 Secretary, Manning K. Ells, Port Williams; 

 Assistant Secretary, F. W. Foster, Kingston; 

 Treasurer, Geo. W. Munro, WolfvlUe; Execu- 

 tive, A. S. Banks, Berwick; S. C. Parker, 

 (Berwick; Fred. Johnson, Bridgetown; J. 

 SBlUott Smith, Wolfville. The Advertising 

 Committee, A. E. MaoMahon, F. W. Foster, S. 

 C. 'Parker, E. H. Johnson and J. E. Shaffner, 

 were reappointed. 



The report of the tecretary-treasurer, Mr. 

 Manning K. Ells, showed total receipts oi 

 $1,063.44, and a cash balance on hand after 

 all ibiUs had been paid of $182.12. 

 President's Address. 



President A. E. McMahon pointed out that 

 ia spite of the war Nova Scotia Fruit Grow- 

 ers had not suftered from existing condi- 

 tions, but in many respects had been benefit- 

 ed. This was due in part to the fact that 

 Nova iScotia had unusual advantages for the 

 marketing of its apple crop, inasmuch as it 

 was possible to land the apples of the pro- 

 vince on Britisih markets at lower prices 

 than any other fruit growing district on the 

 continent. The cost including such items as 

 inland rail, ocean freight, dock dues, cart- 

 age, insurance, commission, and handling, of 

 landing a barrel of apples from the Annapolis 

 Valley, via Halifax in Great Britain last sea- 

 son was $1.90. From Cobourg, Ontario, the 

 cost was $2.i&7; Forest, OnUrio, $2.70; Port- 

 land, Me., from $2.43 to $2.68, and New York 

 from $2.54 to $2.79. Nova Scotia growers 

 therefore, had an advantage by virtue of 

 their location of from. 63c to 78c a barrel 

 over the State of Maine, and 67c to 80c over 

 Ontario. 



The war has advanced the cost i>er barrel 

 of shipping to Great Britain materially. 

 From 1912 to 1913 the cost was $1.25 .per 

 barrel. In 1914 it was $1.40, and last year it 

 jumped to $1.90. The shortage of labor in 

 England, conseQuent upon the war, has made 

 it difficult to unload apples promptly. The 

 advertisdng campaign conducted by the Do- 

 minion Government was commended. 

 The Addresses. 



A number of interesting addresses were 

 given including one on ''Sucking Insects of 

 the Apple," by Prof. Brittain, and one on 

 "Pruning," hy 'Mr. M. B. Davis, of the Cen- 

 tral Experimental Farm. Ottawa, both of 

 whioh were illustrated iby lantern views. 

 Further mention of these addresses will be 

 made in the March issue of The Canadian 

 Horticulturisit as well as of an address by 

 Prof. Geo. E. Saunders, entitled "Results ob- 

 tained at the Dominion Entomological 

 Laboratory during 1915." 



Owing to illness Prof. W. S. Blair was un- 

 able to be present, but two papers by him, 

 one entitled "Fertiiiaing Orchards in Nova 

 Scotia," and the other 'tScab Control in the 

 Dominion Experimental Orchards in Nova 

 Scotia," were read by his assistant, Mr. Lind- 

 say Bligh. Mr. W. H. Woodworth spoke on 

 "Lessons Learned from New England Fruit 

 Growers," and the subject "'Commercial 

 Strawiberry Growing and Marketing," was 

 dealt with by W. D. Fawcett, of SackviUe, 

 N.B., possibly the largest grower ol straw- 

 iberries in the Maritime Provinces. 

 The Economic Commission. 



The convention passed two resolutions for 

 submission to the Dominion Industrial and 

 Economic Commission. One urged that the 

 possibility of the increased ,i)roduction of dog 



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