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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



March, 1913 



GARDEN FARMS 



Whitby Township 



Farms of seven acres, adjoining 

 Brooklin Station. C.N.R., $1,000 

 each. Terms. $100 dowm ; as small 

 payments as $10 monthly will be ac- 

 cepted if the purchaser cultivates 

 land ; when the crops will easily earn 

 the future payments. 



This land is quite level, sandy 

 loam, and black loam. Some in pas- 

 ture, parts in bush. The rest in a 

 hig-h state of cultivation. Only fif- 

 teen of these farms for sale. Go 

 and look for yourselves before buy- 

 ing-, or you may secure early choice 

 by depositing $100, and if the land 

 in any respect is unsatisfactory after 

 seeing it, your money will be return- 

 ed on demand. We want no dissatis- 

 fied buyers on our books. We have 

 over two hundred buyers who are well 

 pleased, to whom we cam refer. Full 

 particulars and plans on application. 



ENOCH THOMPSON 



Established 40 years 



LIMITED 



152 BAY ST., TORONTO 



The Fertilizer Discussion Continued 



That the discussion on the value of the 

 use of fertilizers that has beem in pro- 

 KTcss in the columns of The Canadian 

 Horticulturist since the appearance of our 

 November issue of an article on this sub- 

 ject by Dr. J. B. Dandeno, of Bowman- 

 ville, is being- followed with interest, is 

 indicated by the numerous articles on this 

 subject we are receivinj?. Some of these 

 letters appear in the front pages of this 

 issue. The (following additional letters, 

 also, form part of the discussion : 



HOME MIXING APPROVED 

 Editor. The Canadian Horticulturist : In 

 the February issue of The Camadian Hor- 

 ticulturist, Mr. Innes, B.S.A., Manacer of 

 the Fertilizer Branch of The Wm. Davies 

 Co., Limited, deals with the question, 

 "Comm.ercial Fertilizers." I take excep- 

 tion to his remarks reg-ardina- "home mix- 

 ing." and his advising- farmers -to buy 

 ready mixed goods. His statements are 

 not in accordance with the practice in 

 countries where commercial fertilizers are 

 largely used, taking- England and Ger- 

 many for example. Nor are they in ac- 

 cordance with the recommendation of ag:- 

 ricultural colleg.es or experimental farms 

 of our country. Further T might add that 

 in Nova Scotia, Mr. Innes's home province, 

 more particularly in the Annapolis Valley, 

 "home mixing" is extensively carried on. 

 The Federal Government demands that 

 each sack of any fertilizer must be labelled 

 with a gruaranteed analysis of available 

 plant food. Quoting- Mr. Innes, "the 

 guaran-teed analysis does not in any way 

 sig-nify what materials are used to obtain 

 the g-iven percentag-es of nitrogen, phos- 

 phoric acid and potash.". Continuing, he 



says, "The degree of availability of th' 

 plant foods contained in any mixture is thi 

 most importamt factor to be taken into 

 consideration when comparing the valui- 

 of two fertilizers of the same analysis." 

 From the foregoing- statement it is easy 

 to decide which is better, "home-mixed" 

 or "ready-mixed." 



In the "home-mixed" we arrive at the 

 desired perceintage of the different constit- 

 uents, we also know the source of the dif- 

 ferent constituents and the "degree of 

 availability." On the other hand with the 

 readv mixed we know only the percentage 

 of the different constituents, being en- 

 tirely ignorant of the sources of the same 

 further than the agent tells us, he invari- 

 ably knowing little more about it than we 

 know ourselves. 



In his article Mr. Innes speaks also of 

 "the poor results obtained by home-mix- 

 ing." It would have been interesting had 

 he cited some of these results. In the past 

 few months I have interviewed several men 

 on this identical question, men who have 

 started mixing their own fertilizers, and 

 they without exception were pleased with 

 the results. It is a significant fact that 

 few men who do their own mixing ever re- 

 turn to the use of the readj'-mixed brands. 

 — Yours very truly, 



T. O. Clark, B.S.A., 



Toronto. Ont. 

 FERTILIZERS COMMENDED. 



Editor, The Canadian Horticulturist : I 

 have lead with interest the discussion on 

 fertilizers commenced by Dr. Dandeno and 

 Mr. Emslie, and would like to say a few 

 words Ifrom the standpoint of an unpre- 

 judiced layman. Frankly, I was surprised 



Removal Sale 



The Sale of a portion of our Nursery Land at 

 Pointe Claire necessitates the removal of our 

 main nurseries. 



This land must be cleared next spring and -we 

 have decided to offer the stock at a discount of 

 from 25% to 50%. 



All stock is first-class and consists of 



Thirty Thousand Fruit 



Trees of the hardiest 



varieties. 



Ten Thousand Shade 

 Trees. 



Fifty Thousand Orna- 

 mental shrub and hardy 

 Perennials, Paeonies, 

 etc. 



^rite. at once for complete list. 



The CANADIAN NURSERY CO., Ltd. 



10 PHILLIPS PLACE - MONTREAL, P.Q. 



For the Land's Sake 



Use the best Manure 

 and'get 



Good Crops 



For Nurseries, Fruit Growers 

 and Gardeners. 



Sure Growth Compost 



Makes poor land fertile and keeps fertile 

 land most productive. 



Supplied by 



S. W. Marchment 



133 Victoria St. TORONTO 



Telephones: Main;2841 ; Residence, Park 951 



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