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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



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fRIEND^ 



POTATO 

 SPRAYER 



A NEW 

 DCVELOPMENT 

 CATAIOO FREE 

 OEAUERS V<ANTEO 



PERRY'S SEEDS 



Alpine and perennials, unique collec- 

 tion; many new varletiea unobtainable 

 from any other source. 

 Hardy and adapted for Canadian ellmate. 



HAROT PLANT FARM, ENFKLO. BNGUND 



Easy Now to Rid 



Your Farm of Gophers 



Wonderful Discovery by Noted Scien- 

 tist Kills Every Gopher Within a 

 Week's Time — Not a Poison. 



Gophers cost farmers over two hundred 

 millions of dollars a year, through the destruc- 

 tion of crops and damage to land. Farmers 

 need no longer suffer this loss, because they 

 can now kill off all the gophers on their farm In 

 less than a week's time. This Is possible 

 through the remarkable discovery of E. R. 

 Alexander, a chemist, who has perfected a virus 

 which kills gophers and rats 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 gophers. 



This wonderful gopher virus, which Is known 

 as Alexander Gopher-Killer, Is merely mixed 

 with bread or meat scraps and placed where 

 gophers, rats or mice can get to It. Within a 

 few hours after a gopher has eaten Alexander 

 Gopher-Killer he gets a high fever and suffers 

 a terrible thirst. He leaves his pits and nesting 

 holes and goes to the open field In search of 

 pure air and running water. 



It Is a sclentiflc fact that one gopher affects 

 others, and soon the whole colony dies. And 

 though this virus is absolutely deadly to 

 gophers — chickens, hogs, cattle or any farm 

 animal can eat it and not be affected at all. 



So confident Is Mr. Alexander that Alexander 

 Gopher-Killer will kill every gopher on your 

 farm In less than a week's time that he offers 

 to send, as an introductory offer, a regular J4.00 

 tube for only J2.00. Give it according to direc- 

 tions, and If at the end of a week's time you are 

 able to discover any gophers, rats, or mice 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 

 $2.00 to E. R. Alexander, Alexander Labora- 

 tories, 3030 Terminal, 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 to-day 

 and stop your gopher losses now. 



Horticultural Pub. Co., Ltd. 



THE annual meeting of the shareholders 

 of The Horticultural Publishing Com- 

 pany, Limited, was held In Toronto on 

 April 20. This company publishes The Can- 

 adian Horticulturist (I'^o^al and Fruit Edi- 

 tions), The Canadian Florist and The Bee- 

 keeper. 



The financial statements showed that, in 

 spite ot the business depression in 1921, the 

 operations of the company had proved the 

 most successful of any year since the open- 

 ing o£ the war. As the four publications of 

 the company draw revenue from all parts ot 

 Canada, as well as from the United States 

 and Great Britain, it was felt that the re- 

 ports indicated that business conditions 

 generally are recovering following the war. 

 The shareholders expressed their approval 

 of the reports presented, by passing a reso- 

 lution of appreciation to the directors. 



The following officers were elected: Presi- 

 dent, W. E. Croves, Hamilton; managing 

 director and secretary-treasurer, H. B. Cow- 

 an, Peterboro; directors, F. G. H. Pattison, 

 Winona; P. W. Hodgetts, Toronto; C. S. 

 Thompson and H. B. Cowan, of Peterboro. 

 Two other directors will be appointed later. 



j POINTERS on POULTRY 

 Chickens in Brooders 



WHEN chickens are first put into a 

 brooder they should be confined 

 under or around the hover by plac- 

 ing a board or wire frame a few inches 

 outside (this would not apply to the small 

 outdoor colony brooders). The fence or 

 guard should be moved gradually farther 

 away from the hover and discarded en- 

 tirely when the chickens are three or four 

 days old, or when they have learned to 

 return to the source of heat. 



Young chickens should be closely watch- 

 ed to see that they do not huddle together 

 or get chilled. They should be allowed 

 to run on the ground whenever the weather 

 is favorable, as they do much better than 

 when kept continuously on cement or board 

 floors. Weak chickens should usually be 

 killed as soon as noticed, as they rarely 

 make good stock, while they may become 

 carriers of disease. Brooders should be 

 disinfected at least once a year, and more 

 frequently if the chickens brooded in them 

 have had any disease. 



Fowls stand cold better than dampness. 

 One can build a good henhouse with two 

 piano boxes, the backs taken off, and set 

 Ijack to back. Small windows, screened 

 for summer, and provided with glass or 

 cloth for winter, should be provided. It Is 

 wise, also, to have these boxes raised oft 

 the ground a few inches to prevent rats 

 making their homes under the house. This 

 kind of house should do for 20 hens. 



It is known as a matter of experience 

 and observation that town and city people 

 who have to figure costs of food closely 

 have not been accustomed to use eggs free- 

 ly except In the season of flush production 

 and low prices. Many such families can 

 keep a few hens in the back yard and even 



Be sure your Apples receive no knocks 

 By Packing them in a "Firstbrook Box." 



Firstbrook Bros., Limited 



Manufacturers of Boxes and Shocks, 

 TORONTO, CAN. 



With low prodnction get many more eg 

 than they have been accustomed to use. 



It Is not necessary to build expensi 

 poultry houses, but they should be servic 

 able, falriy roomy, well lighted, and wi 

 ventilated without drafts. 



»""■ ""■"11' "■■"■■"' iffS 

 FOR SALE and WANT ADS 



Advertisements in this department 

 Inserted at the rate of 5 cents per 

 word. Each word. Initial or group 

 of figures counts as one word. 

 Minimum 50 cents cash, strictly 

 in advance. 



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REAL ESTATE 



'^^.V'J, '^'^"'^^ "^O" SALE— All sizes, Niaga 

 District properties of all kinds. Write Cald 

 & Hazlewood, Grimsby, Onla-io. 



SEEDS. BULBS, PLANTS 



BULBS— Lily of the Valley and Gladioli of a 

 descriptions. Write for prices. C. Keur i 

 Sons, HiUegom, Holland. New York oddrea 

 —5625 MoSholu Ave. The trade wUl b« visit* 

 by us in due time as usual for 19J2 aiprin 

 and fall orders. Uly of the Valley an 

 Gladioli can be shipped Immediately dlroc 

 from our warehouse and Canadian farms. 



CEDAR POSTS FOR SALE 



About 6,000 drj', unpeeled Cedar Posts, 

 assorted in different sizes to suit pur- 

 chaser. Also some Anchor posts and lum- 

 ber in pine and hemlock. Apply to 



R. J. McAFEE 

 Cookstown :-: Ontario 



SARNIA 



POULTRY FENCE 



Tb* Canadian farmer* snd ouraetTes have been 

 fri«nds for more than ei^ht yesr*. Our bliaincM 

 relatioDF) have been very iatimat« and profitable 

 both way*— to the farmer and to us. We ha»e 

 ■iven full measure of service— reAl fence valoe. 

 That means repeat orders. Once a Sarnia fence 

 cuttomer. alwayi a Sarnia fence customer. That 

 la eapeciall)- true uf Sarnia poultry fence. You 

 set real fence value, durable and atrons. with 

 a II extra profits eliminated, when yon dealdlrect 

 with us on our Factory to Farm one profit plan. 



We Save You Money 



Buy no Poultry fence any part of which Is made 

 of fight wire. The life of the fence will only be 

 the life ot the lightest wire. A chain Is no 



stronger than its weakest link. The Sarnia knot 

 —in fact all part* of our 'once are made of the 

 same size wire. Wc guarantee the Sarnia feno« 

 to be maje from Government >cuAge. high gradft 

 wire that stands the acid test, and to be the moat 

 perfectly woven Poultry fence on the market. 

 Western Onnada supplied from Winnipeg. Get 

 our low price list and descriptive literature be- 

 fort you tuy Poultry Fence Addreii aesreit oftte*. 



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