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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



October, 191 



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NEW BRUNSWICK FRUIT LANDS 



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Are closely conredeil by the Canadian Pacifk. Allan n^p : , Are "i«!t( t«im«W ijfctln -> 



CanafaHorlkern and olher Sic '■..lahtcttaoil «r: 



to all the principal ports and m.. _. -may syslens _ j 



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A Section of the Exhibits at the Last New Brunswick Provincial Horticultural Exhibition 



The above illustration eerves to ebow tbat the fruit Brewers of New Brunswick are 



awake to their possibilitiee in the line of fruit growing. Possibly no province in Canada 

 offers better opportunities for profitable fruit growing than New Brunswick. Strawberries and 

 certain varieties of apples do particularly well. 



and a better price should be obtained for hiouse the buyers are able to get together 



the fruit. With the exception of isolat- mixed carloads much easier than hereto- 



ed cases this can only be procured fore, and on the whole they can pay a 



through co-operative selling, and the higher price for the fruit, knowing that 



growers very soon find this out. With they run very little risk of loss such as 



quality fruit to pack and with a good they frequently had to look forward to 



manager, success will follow. under the old conditions. 



In view of the increase in the number That the co-operative movement has 



of associations already manifest the On- assumed fairly large proportions can be 



tario Department of Agriculture is issu- best understood by stating that this year 



ing this month an exhaustive bulletin on probably one-quarter of the entire ex- 



the subject of agricultural co-operation, port of apples from Ontario will be pack- 



with particular reference to fruit grow- ed by co-operative associations. With 



ing. This bulletin has been prepared by continued activity along this hne, such 



S. E. Todd, ot Petrolia, who has made as has shown itself during the present 



a special study of the subject. In addi- season, three-quarters of the apples 



tion, the Department Representatives, grown in Ontario will soon be picked, 



who are now placed in about twenty of packed and sold by these farmers' co- 



the counties, are prepared to furnish in- operative organizations. When that 



formation respecting this subject, and time comes it is not too much to expect 



are capable of aiding in the organization that a central organization of these local 



of associations. Most of the newer or- associations will be largely instrumental 



ganizations are taking out charters in looking after the sales. At present 



under the special clauses of the Ontario the provincial organization, known as 



Companies' Act relating to co-operative the Co-operative Fruit Growers of On- 



associations. The charter fee is fixed at tario, is formed from representatives of 



ten dollars for associations without two-thirds of the existing fruit g-iowcrs' 



capital or with capital to the extent of associations. While it is most largely 



ten thousand dollars. All of the requi- interested in the purchase of supplies, it 



site papers can be obtained from the is arranging for the marketing end of 



Provincial Secretary's Department, Par- the business, which will be likely to soon 



liament Buildings, Toronto. follow. 



CHANGED CONDITIONS Rather interesting is the following 



At the beginning ol the co-operative financial statement of one of our large 



movement the fruit buyers, who had co-operative concerns. This shows some- 



practically control of the apple situation ^^- ^f ^^^^ ^^jg^j ^j the business at one 



in Ontario, were very much opposed to -^^ j„ ^^^^ province. With similar 



the organizations, These men feared gj^^^g organizations in other centres 



that if the apple business was formed on ^j^^ f^^^-^ growing industry will soon oc- 



co-operative lines that they would have ^ j^^ position among agricul- 



to go out of business. This has now j^^^, ■ guits in Ontario, 



changed, and the most successful apple beoeiipts 



dealers are those who are purchasing O. S. accounts $ 97' -65 



from co-operative companies. Ice and shipping accounts.. 2,633.56 



The pack of fruit which they now ob- Storage and sundry accts.. 155.13 



tain is more uniform and superior to iTiterest 71-94 



that which they were able to put out Load and and com. charges. 1,886.06 



themselves under the old system of pack- Packing house charges .... 395.08 



ing the fruit by separate gangs in the Fruit sold 63,321 . 16 



orchards. With the central packing Supplies sold 451855-89 



Stock sold 425 .CO 



Balance 2,656.48 



$118,371.95 



EXPENDITURES 



Deficit of 1910 $ 795-73 



Power and light 343.68 



Supplies and repairs 98-97 



Sundries 884.68 



Printing, posting and sta- 

 tionery 135-23 



Telegraph and telephone... 251.36 



Insur. taxes and interest .. 594.97 



Ice and teaming 1,119.72 



Foreman and" assistants. .. . 2,356.50 



Manager 1,500.00 



Fruit paid for 62,832.80 



Supplies paid for 45,003.63 



Refund on supplies, &c 1,749.68 



OlTicers and directors 205.00 



Building purchased 500.00 



$118,371-95 



Irrigation Advocated 



A. Boiar Bslfoor, Pert DalkoDtir, Oat. 



The item in the editorial column of 

 the August issue of The Canadian Horti- 

 culturist, entitled "Investigation Re- 

 quired," interested me immensely. Dur- 

 ing the past ten years I have made a 

 study of irrigation in both the humid 

 and dry climates, and in my several vis- 

 its to Canada the feasibility of irrigating 

 limited areas adjoining the lake shoie 

 always appealed to me. Unfortunately 

 for my pet scheme, when I came to re- 

 side in Canada I could not procure a 

 place suitable to me near enough to the 

 lake to put my ideas into practice. 



We have here, however, to the east ol 

 Port Dalhousie something better — indeed 

 one of the easiest propositions in irriga- 

 tion it has been my good fortune to run 

 across : that is, irrigation from the pre- 

 sent Welland Canal by means of gravi- 

 ty. It would not be necessary to cut into 

 the bank — the water can be syphoned 

 over and carried in an op>en flume or 

 through pipes. The land has a compar- 

 atively easy fall north to the lake, in 

 which direction the flumes could run 

 with lateral distributing flumes east and 

 west. The better system would be to 

 irrigate each unit from a reservoir, so 

 that the volume of water carried by the 

 flumes would be comparatively small. 



To carry the water across a road 01 

 other obstacle, the system in vogue on 

 the Craigenterry Meadows, near Edin- 

 burgh, could be used, namely that water 

 rises to its own level. Over there water 

 is carried under streams and across road- 

 ways through pipes, the water bubbling 

 up on the other side to continue its 

 course down the open ditch. 



I trust that this may meet the eye of 

 those interested in developing our re- 

 sources, and that a practical demonstra- 

 tion of the value of the proper applica- 

 tion of water to land may be made at a 

 date not far distant. 



