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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



April. 1913 



International Stock Food 

 Is Equally Good for Cows — Horses — Pigs 



This ffToat tonic is for all live stock— to make cows 

 giv*3 more miltc— to keep tbe workiug horses iu prime 

 condltioo— to fatten pi^s and keep the "winter^ pigs 

 StroDg and TigorouB. 



We rtiaraiitee that It will make your eolts. calvps. 



Elgs. fiboats and lamb^ grow rapidly, and keep them 

 oalthy and thriving all the tlTiic. 

 Tell U8 tbe number of bead of »tock you own and we 

 will Mudyouacopy ^f our $3,000 Stock Book— Free. 



Rere'i anotber former who finds tt Mn to fted 



Intematlonil Stock Food :— 



" Rockport. Wert Oo., N.B., Jan. 18. 191S. 

 "INTERNATIONAL STOCK FOOD Is all O.K. I 

 arerage a package erery two mouths for my itock— 

 having three borees, four cows, two calves, four steen 

 and sheep. Careful teati show that my milking cowi 

 have given 60 per cent, more milk since feeding InUr- 

 national 6t€>ck Pood. It is also fine for calvcti." 



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The Cooperative Purchasing ol 

 ^Supplies * 



W. 1. Kerr, WoodroH, Ont. 



The subject of cooperation is engagij 

 the attention of persons, corporations, 

 nations. The vegetable growers throu^ 

 out America are forming many cooperata^ 

 associations. Large corporations and con 

 panics are cooperating with each other to 

 lessen the cost of production ■ and tc -■■ 

 each other the best amd most profit 

 methods. Nations are cooperating vi.., 

 each other for their mutual protectioin a« 

 welfare.. Yet we know but a small paj 

 of the benefits to be derived from su« 

 batiding together. 



The market gardeners of the Ottawa di 

 trict a few years ago were strugglit 

 alony in a kimd of a way. A few w«l 

 making a Lijtle money. Nearly all w« 

 more or less suspicious of each other. Nont! 

 of them were enjoying life or making th« 

 success they might. Finally a brancl 

 the Ontario Vegetable Growers' Ass' 

 tion was formed, but the spirit of C0( ; 

 ation did not seem to get hold of the n, 

 bers for the first ifouir years, and in iu» 

 meantime the branch came very neaifl 

 dying. In the winter of 1911 our assool 

 tion bought a car of berry boxes, basked 

 and other supplies, and it also bought fl 

 Denmark a few seeds, as a trial. Thi< 

 venture proved successful, and resulted it 

 a saving of about two hundred dollars foi 

 our members on the car of baskets alone. 

 The seed purchased direct from the growei 

 in Denmark cost us only about half wha( 

 we had been in the habit of paying, ai^ 

 the quality was much superior to atll 

 thing we had ever had before. J 



This cooperative purchasing of suppliel 

 built up our branch. It created a spirr 

 of mutual confidence that has been of un 

 told bemefit to us. Our branch has taker 

 on new life, our members have increased, 

 our finances have increased, and we wil 

 have a nice little surplus at the end ol 

 the year. I consider the purchase of sup 

 plies, cooperatively, by our association has 

 been the chief factor in working this won' 

 derful change. 



To give you an idea of the saving \v( 

 have made in the cost of seeds. I 

 quote from this season's prices as ofT 

 by two of the largest growers of seed 

 the world. One quotes Nantes carrot - 

 at thirty cents a pound, lettuce at froir 

 twenty-five to thirty cents a pound, and s 

 few other lines equally low. .Another, om 

 of the largest growers in the world sole 

 us last year. Snowball cauliflower at sixty' 

 two cents an ounce, Chanteney carrot ai 

 one dollar ten cents a pound, Danish ■■•" 

 ter cabbage at seventy-five cents a poi 

 Glory of Enkhuizen cabbage at sevc;..> 

 five cents a pound, lettuce at forty to fiM 

 cents a pound. Moss Curled parsley 1 

 thirty-four cents a pound. Hollow Cro^ 

 parsnips at fourteen cents a pound, adl 

 many other lines equally low. True, th< 

 seeds bou.trht in the United States were noi 

 much lower in price than we can buy then 

 at home, but we bought from the growei 

 and got fresh goods, pure and true to type 

 and of high germination, I estimate thai 

 bv cooperative purchase of all our supp' = 

 the members of the Ottawa branch 

 save in original cost ov-er $1,000, and ^^ 

 • make from their extra crop, due to higl 

 quality seed, several thousand dollars mon 

 on the average each year. 



•Extract from a paper read at tlie laet annna 

 oonvention of the Ontario Vegetable Growere 

 Aeeociation. 



