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July, 1913 



become extremely expert at this work and 

 can do more and better work, and so not 

 only reduce the cost of production!, but 

 actually improve the grade of the product, 

 lo the case of early apples and soft 

 fruits that will not admit of beiosr readily 

 taken to a central packing house, an alter- 

 native plan is adopted, namely, sendinier 

 the central association expert packers to 

 pack the fruit in the orchard of the grower. 

 A combination of the two systems is found 

 to work satisfactorily in the Norfolk Fruit 

 Growers' Association, where the greater 

 part of the fruit is packed in the central 

 warehouse, but, im addition, expert packers 

 from the central packing house_ are sent 

 to put up the fruit of growers in certain 

 outlying orchards. 



St. Catharines 



(Continued from page 179) 

 will be given for the best flowers raised 

 by the pupils of every school. It may be 

 said that the aster seed supplied by the 

 society this year is of a very superior 

 class, the colors of flowers chosen beins: 

 violet, rose, amd white. 



During the first week in June a dis- 

 tribution of gladioli bulbs was made 

 in the schools, and for five cents pupils 

 were furnished with bulbs which sell for 

 thirty cents. These bulbs are of excellent 

 named varieties: America, Brenchleyonsis, 

 Attraction, and George B. Remson. For 

 every bloom of these brought to the fall 

 exhibition,, pupils will receive as a prize 

 four tulip bulbs. 



Wouldn't that friend of yours with the 

 garden or orchard like to see Thb Canadian 

 HoRTicrrLTTjRiST ? Show him your copy, or 



seind us his name and we will send him one. 



Agricultural Appropriations 

 Increased 



The appropriations for carrying on the 

 various branches of the Department of 

 Agriculture, sanctioned during the past 

 session of Parliament, show a decided in- 

 crease over those of last year. The fol- 

 lowing table shows the amount of money 

 voted for the present and the past fiscal 

 years : 



1913-14 1912-lJ 



CWl Government $ 406.625 $ 445.400 



Erperimental Farms 630,000 395,000 



Dairying, Fruit and Cold Storage 433.000 368.500 



Improvement of Farm Seeds.... 115.000 80.000 



Mve Stock 200,000 102,000 



Health of Animals and Meat 



Tnroection 710,000 525.000 



Tobacco 30.000 20,000 



ExhiMtions 453,000 235,000 



To administer Inaect and Pest Act 30,000 25,000 



Publioations and Int. Institute.. 32,000 15,000 

 To administer Agr. Instruction 



Act 25,000 



Total $3,444,524 $2,389,400 



The decrease in the amount voted for 

 civil government is accounted for by the 

 transfer of the Census and Statistics and 

 Archives branches to other Departments. 

 To administer the Fruit Division requires 

 about seventy thousand dollars. During 

 the session the Fruit Marks Act was 

 amended to place foreign fruit on the same 

 basis as home grown in so far as inspec- 

 tion is concerned. Twenty-eight thousand 

 dollars are set apart for experiments in 

 cooling fruit before shipment, while two 

 hundred thousand dollars is set aside to 

 bonus cold storage warerooms. Of those 

 receiving grants twenty are in operation, 

 and two are being commenced. 



Besides the fifty thousand dollars which 

 will give to Brandon Fair this year the 

 title of Dominion Exhibition, the Depart- 



ment is spending a good deal on an ex- 

 hibit at the international exhibition at 

 Ghent, Belgium. Preparations are also un- 

 der way for making a good Canadian dis- 

 play at the Panama Exposition to be held 

 at San Francisco in 1915. 



In conection with the administration of 

 the Insect and Pest Act an active cam- 

 paign is in operation in the Maritime Pro- 

 vinces in fighting the Brown Tail moth, 

 which has caused great havoc in the bor- 

 dering states. 



British Columbia Markets 



There is a possibility that a larger por- 

 tion than usual of the British Columbia 

 fruit crop this year will be marketed in 

 Australia. Speaking on this point recent- 

 ly. Provincial Fruit Inspector W. H. L>'ne 

 said : "Last year the fruit growers had a 

 good croD, but they suffered from the con- 

 gestion in marketing their crop. They 

 were not represented in many of the mar- 

 kets, as were the United States growers. 

 This year, special efforts have been put 

 forward to improve the system of market- 

 in,g. Wherever possible, the Provincial 

 Government has lent its assistance in this 

 direction\, and we look not only for a suc- 

 cessful crop, but also for success in mar- 

 keting it to good advantage. 



"It is expected that a large quantity 

 of our fruit will find its way to the Aus- 

 tralian markets. The Australian laws 

 prohibit fruit being imported from dis- 

 tricts infected by codling moth, or even 

 from orchards within many miles of an 

 infected district. British Columbia, being 

 free from codling moth, is able to comply 

 with the drastic laws of Australia, and we 

 are plannin.g to take advanta,ge of them." 



FRUITS 



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ORNAMENTALS 



Last Fall we sold a large 

 quantity of Fruit Trees and 

 Shrubbery, which gave the 

 best of results. One orchard 

 of 500 Cherries planted at 

 Oakville in late November 

 contains to date but one 

 dead tree. Results like this 

 prove that fall planting pays. 

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