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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Floral Edition 



Easy Now to Rid 



Your Farm of Rats 



Wonderful Discovery by Noted Scientist Kills 



Every Rat Within a Week's Time 



— Not a Poison. 



Rats cost farmerfi over two hundred millions 

 o£ dollars a year, throuffh the destruction of 

 grain, poultry and .buildings. Farmers need no 

 longer suffer this loss because they can now klU 

 off aU the raU on their farm In aeaa than a 

 week's time. This is possible through the re- 

 markable discovery of E. R. Alexander a 

 chemist, who has perfected a virus which kills 

 rats, mice and gophers as though by magic. 

 This product is not a poison— It can be eaten 

 by human beings or any animal on the farm as 

 safely as their regular food, but means quick, 

 sure death to rats. 



organization composed of growers only," ad- 

 vised the speaker. "We make the tightest 

 contract we can draw. The members must 

 deliver or we force them through the courts 

 Our contracts are usually for seven years 

 without withdrawal, and then permanent 

 with the right of withdrawal." 



Mr. Saplro was confident that the Niagara 

 Peninsula growers would solve their prob- 

 lems in less than three years. By co-opera- 

 tion everything was possible. The associa-* 

 tion should have its own distributors at the 

 primary points, and its own warehouses, 

 cold storage and pre-cooling plants and 

 central packing houses. 



At the Hamilton meeting in the evening, 

 Mr. Saplro repeated the address. He was in- 

 troduced by T. J. Mahony, president and 

 general manager of the Niagara Peninsula 

 Growers, Ltd., who occupied the chair. Hon. 

 Mr. Doherty again discussed organization 

 among farmers in general and fruit growers 

 in particular. 



Wireless Market Reports 



THE wireless is now being used by state 

 and federal agencies in the United .;^ 

 States to broadcast national and local ^ 

 agricultural market reports throughout '^ 

 virtually the etftire country. Reports on the -^ 

 national markets are dispatched dally by 

 the United States Department of Agricul- i| 

 ture from wireless stations of the post office ;' 

 department at Cincinnati, Omaha, Washing- 

 ton and four other places. These reports 

 are received by hundreds of amateur wire- 

 less operators, among whom are many farm- 

 ers and farmers' sons. National market 

 reports are also received by state bureaus 

 of markets and agricultural collegss, supple- 



ThlB wonderful rat Tlrus, which is known as 



AJexander Eat-Klller is merely mixed with bread 



or meat scraps and placed where rats, mice or 



gophers can get to it. "WUthin a few hours after 



a rat has eaten Alexander Rat-Killer he gets a 



high fever and suffers a terrible thirst. He 



leaves the barns and nesting holes and goes to 



the open fields in search of pure air and running 



water. Rats and mice affected always die away 



from the barns and houses, so there is no odor. 



It Is a scientific fact that one rat affects others 



and soon the whole colony leaves the buildings 



and dies. And though this virus is absolutely 



deadly to rats — chickens, hogs, cattle or any 



farm animal can eat it and not be affected at all. 



So confident is Mr. Alexander that Alexander 



Rat-iKiller will kill every rat on your fajrm in 



less than a week's time that he offers to send, 



as an introductory offer, a regular $2.00 tube 



for only $1.00. Give it according to directions. 



and if at the end of a week's time you are able 



to discover any rats, mice or gophers on your 



farm, your money will be refunded. A big 



Toronto bank guarantees that Mr. Alexander is 



reliable and will do as he says. 



Just send money order, check or currency for 

 $1.00 to E. R. Alexander, Alexander La-boratorles 

 of Canada, 2005 Terminal Bldg., Toronto, Ont., 

 and the tube will be mailed at once on the 

 guarantee that If not absolutely satisfactory 

 . your money will be returned without question. 

 Write today and stop your rat losses now. 



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In Defence of Ben Davis * 



(Mrs.) H. Farecomb, Newcastle, Ont. 



THE Ben Davis tree is a strong and vig- 

 orous grower, and, in ten years after 

 planting, will bear a fair number of 

 clean and healthy apples, which year after 

 year will increase in numbers until the 

 branches touch the ground. The branches 

 do not require supporting with props, like 

 other apple trees, because the branches of 

 the Ben Davis are tough and will bend 

 without breaking. 



After close observation, I find the Ben 

 Davis the best of our many good varieties 

 of Ontario apples. It can be used for nine 

 months in the year and can be cooked in 

 more attractive ways than any other fruit 

 that grows. The apples are sweet, have a 

 small core and thin skin, make excellent 

 jelly and preserve like pears. 



I would advise anyone who is unacquaint- 

 ed with the good qualities of the Ben Davis 

 apples for household use to try them. If 

 you do not have good results, 1 would be 

 pleased, on request, to forward my method 

 of cooking them. 



Apple Grading in England 



THE British apple growers have recently 

 been devoting considerable attention 

 to the establishment of grades for their 

 product and much' progress has been made 

 in this development. The chief reason for 

 the movement is the desire to place on the 

 large British markets an apple grown In 

 England which will compare favorably In 

 price with the best American and Australa- 

 sian product. It has often been stated in 

 England that the market advantage of the 

 American apple is entirely due to the fact 

 that it is correctly graded and packed. In 

 this connection the American Agricultural 

 Commissioner at London observes that the 

 shippers in the United States, Canada, and 

 Australasia have the advantage not so much 

 because their stock is graded to perfection 

 but because they have large supplies of 

 apples adapted to meet the grading require- 

 ments. 



There is no large supply of British apples 

 which could be closely graded for market. 

 The British growers generally have not paid 

 much attention to market requirements in 

 the selection of their trees, nor to the care 

 and cultivation of orchards. It has been 

 estimated that in the ordinary run of un- 

 graded home-grown apples not 20 per cent, 

 would reach fancy or extra fancy grade. — 

 U. S. Department of Agricultm'e. 



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