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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Floral Edition 



WhyDontYou 

 Paint the Barn? 



Costs loo much just now, you say. 

 (Ordinarily you would be right; but not 

 if you use a Spramoior. It may sur- 

 prise you to know that a barn 40 x 60 

 % 18 feet, with two gables— 4,320 

 square feet to cover with paint — can 

 be covered with 200 pounds of fireproof 

 paint for $18, and can be done in half 

 a day, with two men. The 



It isnt a SPRAMOTOR unless we made it 



applies the paint as fast as twenty men with brushes, and it drives it into every 

 crack and crevice. It is possible and profitable to make your buildings fire-proof 

 and sanitary at a cost of one-tenth the price of oil paints. Then in addition to thi.s 

 you have the Spramotor for other uses. Divide its cost by the number of things 

 "ou can use it for and you'll be surprised to flhd how quickly a Spramotor pays 

 for itself. MADE IN CANADA— NO DUTY TO PAY. 



Spramotor Works, 2711 King Street., London, Canada 



^ :00 Percent . 

 -Planter^ 



Wilkinson 

 Plows 



and Repairs 



More Potato Profits 



MACHINERY may make all the difference between profit and no profit in 

 growingpotatoes. Get the right ones. Wemakecompletelinesofplantmg, 

 weeding, cultivating, spraying, ridging and digging tools, all of which we 

 guarantee. SO years of factory and farm experience back of thera. We duke 

 to tell you about all JFll/lA/ Mt^V 



potato machines but have room here for one only. Potato Planters put 

 bne Piece in every space and only one. Isn t it better to plant right to make 

 every foot of ground count and none of the rest of the work wasted ? baves 

 one or two bushels of seed on every acre. Sold with or without fertilizer dis- 

 frihutor Other DOtato machines are Kid mi7 and Walking CulUvatoraFmir KnA S\x: 

 RowSpraytra (also one with low nozzles to reach undersme ot leaves), potato Dxggi:T, 

 and Kidgers. Also makers of famous Wilkinson Plows. 



Ask your dealer to show them but write us for seprrnte book 



for each lino. Sent Free to all who state in which they 



are interested. How many acres are you going to plant? 



,eBBtcnian-Wilkin.onCo.,L*td ■, «S Symington Ave. Toronto, Ont. 



We also make Garden Tools for praci.^_. ..mncra and Sprayers of every kind. 



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RidtaE 



Cultivator . 



IHitato Spray ei* 

 4 or 6 Row 



Potato Ridger 



,.WithDi8liBif 



^ wanted 



Potato^, 

 Digger 



With 

 Enpine 



if wanted ^ 



he can buy cheaper from the grower direct. 

 If he can't buy from the grower, he MUST 

 buy from the exchange manager. 



A good many simpletons are constantly 

 laying the flattering unction to their soaU 

 that they are a good deal smarter than their 

 neighbors, and can "put one over" the other 

 fellow very easily; but they are living in a 

 fool's paradise and deceiving no one but 

 themselves. I would urge every grower who 

 is proud of his business and hopes for the 

 reward to which his investment and labor 

 entitle him to do everything in his power 

 to help to elevate the standard of his pro- 

 ducts and increase his own prosperity. 



Don't be content to be "dumb driven cat- 

 tle," but rise above the petty neighborhood 

 suspicions and jealousies and show the 

 world that there may be "captains of in- 

 dustry" on the farms as well as in the In- 

 dustrial centres of your great country. 



Cease to permit yourself to be exploitea 

 and used by speculators, to be played one 

 against the other, to force prices down; but, 

 standing together, reverse the order and 

 play .speculator against speculatoi to force 

 prices to a point that will insure you honor 

 and prosperity among your fellow men. 



Niagara District Fruit Notes 



F. G. H. PatlisOD, Winona 



Generally speaking, fruit trees, vines and 

 bushes have come through the winter well. 

 In one or two localities some damage is re- 

 ported to have been done to peach buds. 

 Nursery stock sales have reached the low- 

 est point in years. - Even baskets are not 

 selling as well as usual. In sipite of this 

 condition, however, a good many car loads 

 of manure have come into the district, so 

 the matter of keeping up fertility is not be- 

 ing neglected. Pruning is well forward 

 amongst all progressive fruit growers. 

 Labor of a kind worth having is decidedly 

 scarce and wages are inclined to be higher 

 than last year. 



A report from Beamsville says that tomato 

 growers in that neighborhood are not likely 

 to plant a large acreage this spring on ac- 

 count of the labor situation, and the small 

 price being paid per basket by the canning 

 factories. No great quantity has been con- 

 tracted for as yet. 



A good deal of uneasiness iprevails 

 amongst the fruit growers over the pros- 

 pects of a prohable shortage of experienced 

 help when the season opens. This is fore- 

 casited by the number of advertisements in 

 the district papers for fruit farm help, and 

 by the number asking for berry pickers 

 months in advance of the season. As to 

 iprices for the coming crop of tender fruits, 

 there are two features that are decidedly 

 encouraging and these are: (1) That unem- 

 ployment in the cities is almost unknown, 

 all mechajiics, etc., being employed at good 

 — and in a number of cases at record wages. 

 These classes are the largest buyers of fruit 

 when they have the money; (2) The can- 

 ning factories will be forced to purchase 

 more fruit and vegetables than they have in 

 the past two years, if they wish to keep 

 their plants going to meet the increased de- 

 mand likely to come soon. 



The advertising campaign, so successful 

 last season, is to be placed on a wider and 

 more far reaching basis, and steps will be 

 taken towards further co-operation In dis- 

 tribut'on and marketing. 



On March 8th and ftth, the Norfolk Fnrt 

 Oroiwers' Association in connection w: 

 the Provincial Penartment of Agriculture 

 held a successful Fru't convention at Slmcoe. 

 President Joseph Gilhertson declared that 

 now was the time for fruit growers to give 

 their orchards the best attention on ac- 



