THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



May, 1913 



The 



BiggestThing in the 

 Clock Business 



Big Ben is tlie biggest thing today in 

 the alarm clock business. 



He is only two years and a half old, 

 but he's already getting more work from 

 the Dominion than any clock alive. 



In two years and a half time, 6,000 

 Canadian dealers have adopted him. 

 Nearly half of the families in Canada 

 leave it to him to call them up in the 

 morning; nearly half the families in 

 Canada use him all day long to tell the 

 right time by. He is really two good 

 clocks in one— a crackerjack of a time- 

 keeper and a crackerjack of an alarm. 



Big Ben stands seven inches tall. He 

 is triple nickel-plated and wears an inner 

 vest of steel that insures him for life. 

 His big, bold figures and hands are easy 

 to read in the dim morning light. His 

 large, comfortable keys almost wind 

 themselves. He rings ^x'^ minutes stead- 

 ily or ten intermittently. If he is oiled 

 every other year, there is no telling how 

 long he will last. 



Bij: Ben's price is 8?. 00 anywliere in Canada. If 

 you cannot find liim at your dealer's, a money order 

 sent to //'Wff/Djr, 2m S^tllt, JUinois, will bring him to 

 you. carefully packed and duty charges paid. 



BIG BEN 



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 Apple Evaporating Machinery. 



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 When you see our 



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or 



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 Apple Parer 



in operation you will become their lasting 

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INGEHSOLL, ONT. 



may fluctuate thpre is no reason why wo 

 fiKiy not look to an average of a dollar a 

 box. Twelve years ajfo, the prices of box 

 fruit were considerably lower thajn they 

 nre mow. 



"There are many problems to solve in the 

 marketi-njr of our increasi'tig' crops ; hut 

 they cam all be overcome by our own 

 efforts, ability and energy. We can all 

 well afford to be entirely sang-uime as to th° 

 ultimate and enduriirjff success of our fruit 

 imdustry." 



More About Fertilizers 



Editor. The Canadian Horticulturist, — 

 [ have followed with interest the various 

 articles on fertilizers and their value which 

 have been published from time to time in 

 The Canadian Horticulturist. It appears 

 to me that Dr. Dandeno, of Bowmanville, 

 makes some very erroneous and mislead- 

 ing deductions in conection with the value 

 of these materials. I have recently been 

 reading the report of tests conducted by 

 Dr. B. ». Kilgore, State Chemist and Di- 

 rector of Test Farms, North Carolina, De- 

 partment of Ag-riculture, and feel sure 

 that if your readers will study the results 

 obtained they will need no further evi- 

 dence as to who has been right in the 

 controversy in which Dr. Dandeno has 

 taken part. It was clearly shown that, 

 when no fertilizer was used on an acre of 

 ground one hundred and seventy-six deci- 

 mal six pounds of seed cotton were pro- 

 duced, with no profit to that grower. 



With two hundred pounds of commercial 

 fertilizer used per acre six hundred and 

 fifty-six pounds of seed cotton were pro- 

 duced, with a profit of sixteen dollars am 

 acre, a profit of eight dollars per hundred 

 pounds of fertilizer used, after the fertilizer 

 was paid for. 



When six hundred pounds of fertilizer 

 was used, one thousand and eight decimal 

 nine pounds of seed cotton were produced, 

 a profit of thirty-two dollars an acre. From 

 this test it was shown that the average 

 profit from the use of fertilizer was five 

 dollars and sixty-three cents a hundred 

 pounds of fertilizer, after paying for the 

 fertilizer. 



The fertilizer in this case, therefore, not 

 only paid for itself, but paid a handsome 

 profit on. the investment besides. The 

 main difference between commercial fer- 

 tilizers and barnyard manure is "bulk"— 

 a ton of fertilizer will, as a rule, contain 

 as much plant food as twenty-five tons of 

 barnyard manure. What I would advise 

 the farmers to do is to go to some reliable 

 manufacturer of high-grade fertilizers, buy 

 a few hundred pounds of high-grade ma- 

 terial, and do a little experimenting for 

 himself. 



Dr. Dandeno condemns the use of fer- 

 tilizers, but offers no remedy for poor 

 crops. If Dr. Dandeno would do some 

 experimenting himself with the kind of 

 packing house fertilizer I am familiar with, 

 I feel confident that the results would be 

 so convincing, that even he would acknow- 

 ledge that after all Mr. Innes evidently 

 knew what he was talking about when he 

 recommended their general use. It is re- 

 sults that count, and so long as commer- 

 cial fertilizers continue to give the far- 

 mers as liberal returns as they have in the 

 past, farmers will, and wisely so, con- 

 tinue to use them as liberally as possible. 



This article is not being paid for by anv 

 packing house, nor by the line or column. 

 Tt is an expression of ideas which are 

 .ictual results from the use of packing 

 house commercial fertilizer. — B. Lelaipd, 

 Tprottto, Ont. 



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Trees Roses Shrubs 



Apple Trees, No. i, Baldwin, Spy, 

 Mcintosh, &C., $30 per loo. 



Cherry, Pear and Plum Trees, No. 

 i,!$5o per 100. 



Roses, 2 year No. i, ail kinds, 25c, five 

 for $1. 



Shrubs, 2 year No. i, all kinds, 25c, 

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5000 Cuthbcrt Rasp., No. 1,$7per 



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A. W. GRAHAM 



ST. THOMAS, 



ONTARIO 



Beekeepers' Supplies 



Canadian Agents for the A. I. Root 

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Ham & Knott's Goods also Sold 



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1360 Yonge St. - Toronto 



THE CLIPPER 



There are three things that destroy your 

 lawns -- Dandelions, Buck 

 Plantain, ard Crab Grass. 

 In one season the Clipper will 

 drivethem ailout. Yourdeal- 

 er should have them — if he 

 has not, drop us a line and we 

 will send circulars and prices. 

 CLIPPER LAWN MOWER CO. 

 Box 10 Dixon. 111. 



