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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



October, 1013. 





Best-Hated of Farm Ta^ks 



/^N the spreaderless farm the thought of the great 

 ^^ heaps of manure piling up constantly in barn yards, 

 stables, and stalls, is a gloomy one. Those piles 

 mean much disagreeable and hard work. Three times every bit must 

 be handled. It must all be loaded onto high wagons. It must be 

 raked off in piles iu the fields. Then every forkful must be shaken 

 apart and spread. 



Comparo that old-fashioned method with the spreader way. You 

 pitch the manure into the spreader box, only waist high, drive out 

 and — the machine does all the rest. 



And, far more important, if you buy an I H C spreader, one ton of 

 manure will go as far as two tons spread by hand, with the same good 

 eftcct on the soil, and it v/ill all be spread evenly. 



I H C Manure Spreaders 



Deering and McCormick 



are farm necessities. The man who uses one will get the price of it 

 back in increased crops before its newness has worn off 



I H C spreaders are constructed according to plans in which every 

 detail, every feature, is made to count. They are built to do best work 

 under all circumstances, and to stand every strain for years. They 

 are made in all stj'les and sizes, for small farms and large, low and 

 high machines, frames of braced and trussed steel. Uphill or down, 

 or on the level, the ajiron drive assures even spreading, and the cover- 

 ing of corners is assured by rear axle differentials. In all styles the 

 7 oar axle is placed so that it carries near three-fourths of the load. 

 'j'liis, with the wide-rimmed wheels with Z-shaped lugs, makes for 

 j 'enty of tractive power. Winding of the beater is prevented by large 

 i_;ameter and the beater teeth are long, strong and chisel pointed. 



A thorough examination of the I H C spreader line, at the store of 

 the local agent who sells them, will interest you. Have him 

 chow you all these points and many more. Study the catalogues 

 you can get from him, or, write the 



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Lantfport, Somerset, Eni^l&nd 



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For the aeason of 1913 we are offering one- 

 year-old Roo'8 two-year-old Roots. Stratified 

 Seeds and New Seeds at greatly reduced 

 prlcea. Write for Price List. 



I. E. YORK & CO., Waterford, Ont 



crop. In spite of the heavy yield and rea- 

 sonable prices, the canners are buying but 

 little, one cent a pound being about the 

 maximum figure offered. Heavy stocks 

 are on hand from last year, which ac- 

 counts for the light buying. 



The scarcity of fruit baskets still con- 

 tinues to be the growers' nightmare. A 

 number claim that orders for baskets put 

 in a year ago have not yet been filled. At 

 the same time the cost of baskets has ad- 



Can any reader supply us with 

 copies of The Canadian Horticultur- 

 ist for April, May, June, and July, 

 1913.? If they will send them to us 

 we will be pleased to allow for them 

 what they may be worth. 



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vanced from 25 per cent, to 50 per cent, 

 above last year's level. In not' a few cases 

 fruit is rotting on the trees because of the 

 lack of baskets in which to ship it. This 

 is particularly true of Lombard plums. 



THE NEW PRECOOLING PL.4NT 



An innovation that should prove of great 

 benefit to the growers of this district is 

 the new Government pre-cooling plant, 

 tenders for which have been called for. 

 The building, which will be situated be- 

 side the G.T.R. tracks at Grimsby, will 

 be 120 feet by 48 feet. In the basement 

 will be a storage room, a coil room, an 

 experimental room, and a receiving room. 

 On the first floor will be the ice crushing 

 and elevating machinery, two pre-cooling 

 rooms, an air-lock room, a shipping room 

 and office. On the second floor will be 

 two coil rooms and storage for cases. 

 Above the ice house will he five primar>' 

 tanks, a room for ice and salt, and large 

 storage for salt. The entire plant must 

 be completed by January 15, 1914. 



Complaints of long delays in shipments, 

 particularly to the West, are numerous. 

 In some instances the time in transit was 

 so long that fruit arrived at its destination 

 in an almost worthless condition. G. E. 

 Mcintosh, Transportation Agent of the 

 O.F.G.A., is collecting concrete evidence 

 that will be placed before the Railway Com- 

 mission when the whole matter will be car- 

 ried to that tribunal. 



Prince Edward Island 



That "The Garden of the Gulf" is no 

 misnomer was proven at the first flower 

 show held under the auspices of the Prince 

 Edward Island Floral Association at Sum- 

 merside during the last week in August. 

 Prof. Saxbey Blair, of the Kentville Ex- 

 periment Station, N.S., who with Rev. S. 

 Trivett, Milton, N.S., judged the exhibits, 

 stated that the show compared favorably 

 in cut blooms with any he had attended 

 in Ontario and Quebec. 



The show was formally opened by His 

 Honor the Lieutenant-Governor, the Com- 

 missioner of Agriculture presiding. The 

 sweet peas shown were an exceptionally 

 fine lot, Prince Edward Island's soil and 

 climate seemine to be peculiarly favorable 

 for this flower. Dahlias and phlox were 

 also displayed extensively. Asters and 

 carnations were not so numerous, as the 

 season has not been favorable for their 

 growth. Roses were a creditable showing 

 for the time of year. Some of the pro- 

 minent exhibitors were J. H. VVormacott, 

 L. G. Haszard, J. D. Stewart, and James 

 Tail. The committee in charge are to be 

 congratulated on the success attained. 



