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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



August, ign 



The Canadian Horticulturist 



Published by The Horticultural 

 Publishing Company, Limited 



PETKRBORO, OVITAJtlO 



The Only Horticultural Ma^zine 

 in the Dominion 



OrrioiAL Organ or the Ontario, Quebec, New 



Brunswick and Prince Edward Island 



Fruit Growers' Associations 



H, Bronson Cowan, Managing Director 



1. The Oanadlan Horticulturist ie published on 

 the 25th day of the month preceding date of 

 issue. 



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CIRCULATION STATEMENT 



The following is a sworn statement of the net 

 paid circulation of The Canadian Horticulturist 

 for the year ending with December, 1910. The fig- 

 ures given are exclusive of samples and spoiled 

 copies. Most months, including the sample cop- 

 ies, from 11,000 to 12,000 copies of The Canadian 

 Horticulturist are mailed to people known to 

 be interested in the growing of fruits, flowers 

 or vegetables. 



January, 1910 8,925 



February, 1910 8,967 



March. 1910 9,178 



April, 1910 9,410 



May,1910 9.505 



June,1910 9,723 



July, 1910 9.300 



August, 1910 8,832 



September, 1910 8,776 



October,1910 8,784 



November, 1910 8,747 



December, 1910 8,662 



108,809 

 Average each issue in 19(7, 6,627 



' 1908, 8,695 



" " 1909, 8,970 

 " " " " 1910, 9,067 



Sworn detailed statements will be mailed 

 upon application. 



OUR PROTECTIVE POLICY 



We want the readers of The Canadian Horti- 

 culturist to feel that they can deal with our 

 advertisers with our assurance of the advertis- 

 ers' reliability. We try to admit to our columns 

 only the most reliable advertisers. Should any 

 subscriber, therefore, have good cause to be 

 dissatisfied with the treatment he receives from 

 any of our advertisers, we will look into the 

 matter and investigate the circumstances fully. 

 Should we find reason, even in the slightest 

 degree, we will discontinue immediately the pub- 

 lication of their advertisements in The Horti- 

 culturist. Should the circumstances warrant, 

 we will expose them through the columns of 

 the paper. Thus we will not only protect our 

 readers, but our reputable advertisers as well. 

 All that ia necessary to entitle you to the bene- 

 fit of this Protective Policy is that you include 

 in all your letters to advertisers the words, 

 "I saw your ad. in The Canadian Horticultur- 

 ist." Complainte should be made to us as soon 

 as possible after reason for dissatisfaction has 

 been found. 



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THE CANADIAN H0ETI0ULTUEI8T, 



PITVBBOSO, ONTABIQ, 



INVESTIGATION REQUIRED 



The suggestion that has boea advanced 

 on different occasions that arrangements 

 might readily Le made to irrigate from Lake 

 Krie and the Welland Canal thousands of 

 acres of the low lying lands in the Niagara 

 Divtrict suitable for fruit growing but not 

 now used for that purpose, has been en- 

 dorsed recently by the Toronto GlcAe. In 

 this connection the Globe says : 



"The fruit growers of the peninsula should 

 "organize and present to the Dominion 

 "Government a well-considered proposal to 

 "make the now Welland Canal, .soon to be 

 "built, an irrigation canal as well as one 

 "for navigation. Tens of thousands of 

 "acres within reach of the canal could be 

 "doubled in value by the use of irrigation 

 "ditches, and the fruit industry, instead of 

 "being constantly subject to the risk of 

 "failure from drought, could be placed upon 

 "a basis of reasonable certainty. What 

 "the Moors made of Granada and the Egyp- 

 "tians of the Delta of the Nile the Niagara 

 "fruit growers could make of their won- 

 "derfully rich and favored region by the 

 "wise use of the Lake Erie irrigation 

 "dam." 



The fruit growers of the peninsula will 

 serve their own best interests if they fol- 

 low the Globe's advice. They might well, 

 also, invoke the assistance of the Ontario 

 government. What is ifirst required is a 

 careful examination by experts of the possi- 

 bilities of the whole scheme. This should 

 be undertaken by the provincial govern- 

 ment. In British Columbia during the past 

 month the local government brought from 

 Oregon an expert in irrigation practises, 

 and had him visit different sections of the 

 province and consult with and advise the 

 growers in regard to irrigation possibili- 

 ties and methods. The Ontario govern- 

 ment should not wait to be urged to under- 

 take similar work in the Niagara District, 

 but should make the move of its own . 

 volition. 



COMBAT INSECT PESTS 



The entomological department or division 

 of the Dominion Department of Agriculture 

 has never received the attention or assist- 

 ance that its importance deserves. It is 

 sadly undermanned, lacks funds, and alto- 

 gether is neglected in a manner that re- 

 flects sadly on the Dominion Government, 

 as well as on ourselves as a people. Did 

 we but understand more clearly how im- 

 portant it is that we should have a better 

 knowledge of the insect pests that thwart, 

 rob and annoy us each year we would long 

 ago have seen to it that the Entomological 

 Division was given the support that the 

 needs of the country require. 



Government authorities have estimated 

 that the Codling Moth, or Apple Worm, 

 causes a loss exceeding twelve million dol- 

 lars a year in the United States. This 

 estimate does not include the expenses of 

 labor, spraying apparatus, and poisons used 

 against this pest, which amount to three or 

 four million dollars a year more. The Plum 

 Curoulio causes likewise a loss running in- 

 to the millions of dollars. In Canada the 

 loss is prooortionately as great. These, how- 

 ever, are but two of scores, even hundreds, 

 of insects that might be mentioned. The 

 fruit, flower and vegetable growers have 

 their special insect foes to combat, and 

 they need and should have at their disposal 



all the helpful information that the grern- 

 ment can provide. 



But the people interested in horticulture 

 comprise only one class in the community. 

 \Vhat about our farmers who each year lose 

 iriillions of dollars through the ravages of 

 insect pests in their grain and other crops? 

 What, also, about our forests? A report 

 recently issued by the government states 

 that fire and insects between them have 

 caused untold loss in the forests of Canada. 

 The bark beetle alone has killed practically 

 all the tamarack, and is now at work on 

 the mature spruce in the timbered sec- 

 tions of the west that it was hoped might 

 be drawn on in connection with the con- 

 struction of the James Bay Railroad. 



Commendable assistance has been granted 

 to the seed division of the Dominion De- 

 partment of Agriculture. The expenditures 

 that have been involved have Ijcen shown to 

 have been justified. Equal importance 

 might well be given to the work of the en- 

 tomological division. This branch of the 

 work of the Department of Agriculture 

 should be given more attention immediately. 



A GLANCE AHEAD 



This is a day of mergers and combines. 

 The Monetary Times is authority for the 

 statement that during the past ten years 

 the number of boot and shoe factories in 

 Canada has declined from 5,398 to 138; the 

 carpet factories from 557 to 5 ; carriage and 

 waggon establishments from 3,336 to 368; 

 agricultural implement concerns from 221 

 to 88; and furniture factories from 1,286 

 to 181. The reduction in other lines of 

 manufacture has been about equally strik- 

 ing. 



Combines of this character do not always 

 result injuriously to the consumer or to 

 the producers of the raw material. There 

 are instances where they have effected econ- 

 omies in manufacture that have resulted in 

 a reduction of the retail price of the ifinish- 

 ed article. As a rule, however, they are 

 dangerous. They lead to the concentra- 

 tion and control of great wealth in the 

 hands of a few and generally have for their 

 object the control of prices in a manner 

 almost invariably inimical to the best in- 

 terests of the consumers and often of pro- 

 ducers as well. The canning combine in 

 Ontario has not benefited the producers to 

 any extent and has increased prices to the 

 consumers. 



Is there a possibility that the production 

 of fruit may be working in the same direc- 

 tion.' The purchase and leasing of over 

 nine thousand acres of fruit land in On- 

 tario and Quebec during the past year by 

 a company capitalized at a million and a 

 quarter of dollars has been followed by a 

 rumor that it is proposed to organize a 

 somewhat similar company to be known as 

 The Nova Scotia Fruit ' Estates Limited, 

 with a capital of one million dollars, to ac- 

 quire and work fruit land in the fruit dis- 

 tricts of Nova Scotia. While ventures of 

 this character hitherto have generally prov- 

 ed disastrous, leading financiers are moving 

 in this direction. They have the benefit of 

 the knowledge gained from previous under- 

 takings of the same nature. Never before 

 has the movement reached such proportions 

 as it has this year in Ontario. The fact 

 that the best fruit lands are limited in 

 area has an important bearing on the 

 situation. 



Fruit growers who lease their orchards 

 to these large concerns and bind themselves 

 to care for their orchards in a stipulated 

 manner become little more than employees 

 on their own places. Where they have 

 neglected in the past to take proper care 



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