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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



January, 1914 



The Canadian Horticulturist 



COMHrNKI) wiTn 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 

 AND BEEKEEPER 



with which hn« been incorporated 



The Canndlan Bee Journal. 



PublUhed by The Horticultural 



Publithinv Company, Limited 



r'KTKKnORO, ONTAKIO 



The Only Magazine* in Their Field in the 



Dominion 



OKKiciiL Oroank ok thk Oktario and Quebkc 



Frturr Oroweks' Associations 



AND OF The Ontario Bekkeei-krs' Association 



H. Bronson Cowan Manat^ing Director 



UNITED STATES RERESENTATIVES 



STOOKWELL'S SPEOIAIj AGENOT 

 Chicago Office— Peoples Ga« Building. 

 New York Office— 286 5th Avenue. 



1 EDITORIAL 



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1. The Canadian Horticulturist is published in 

 two editions on the 25th day of the month pre- 

 ceding date of is.sTie. The first edition is known 

 a« The Canadian Horticulturist. It is devoted 

 exclusively to the horticultural interests of 

 Canada. The second edition is known as The 

 Canadian Horticulturist and Beekeeper. In this 

 edition several pages of matter appearing in the 

 first issue are replaced by an equal number of 

 pages of matter relating to the bee-keeping in- 

 terests of Canada. 



2. Subscription price of The Canadian Horti- 

 culturist in Canada and Great Britain. 60 cents 

 a year: two years. $100, and of The Oanaxiian 

 Hort iculturi.st and Beekeeper, $1.00 a year. For 

 United States and local subftcrip'ione in Peter- 

 boro (not called for at the Post Office) 25 cents 

 extra a year, including- postage. 



3. Remittances should be made by Poet OfHce 

 or Exnresfl Money Order, or registered Letter. 



4. The Law is that subecriberg to newspapers 

 are held responsible until all arrearages are 

 paid and their paper ordered to be discontinued. 



5. Change of Address — When a change of ad 

 dress is ordered, both the old and the new ad 

 dresses mnst be given. 



6. Advertising rates. $1.40 an Inch. Oop.v 

 received up to the 20th. Address all advertising 

 correspondence and copy to our Advertising 

 Manager, Peterboro. Ont. 



CIRCULATION STATEMENT 

 The following Is a sworn statement of the net 

 paid circulation of The Canadian Horticulturist 

 for the year ending with December, 1911. The 

 figures given are exclusive of samples and spoiled 

 copies. Most months, including the sample cop- 

 ies, from 13,000 to 15.000 copies of The Canadian 

 Horticulturist are mailed to people known to 

 be interested in the growing of fruits, flowers 

 or vegetables. 



August. 1913 12,676 



September 1913 ..12,0% 

 October. 1913 ...12.085 

 November, 17913 ..11.193 



January. 1913 — 11,570 

 February. 1913 ...11.600 



March, 1913 V.?fl9 



Aprii 1913 12,000 



May, 1913 12,368 



Jtinc, 1913 12,6'8 _, . , ,^,^ 



July. 1913 12,626 Total ..132,029 



December, 191,') 12,967 



Average each Issue in 1907, 0.627 



" 1908, 8.695 



" " " " 1909, 8,970 



" " 1910, 9.067 

 1911, 9,541 

 1912.11,037 

 1913. 12,002 

 will be 



statements 



mailed 



Sworn detailed 

 upon application. 



OUR GUARANTEE 



We guarantee that every advertiser in this 

 issue is reliable. We are able to do this because 

 the advertising columns of The Canadian Hor- 

 ticulturist are as carefully editerl as the read- 

 ing columns, and because to protect our readers 

 we turn away all unscrupulous advertisers. 

 Shoiild any advertiser herein deal dishonestly 

 with any subscriber, we will make good the 

 amount of his loss, provided such transaction 

 occurs within one month from date of tils issue, 

 that it is reported to us within a week of its 

 occurrence, and that we find the tacts to be as 

 seated. It is a condition of this contract that in 

 writing to advertisers you state: "I saw your 

 advertisement in The Canadian Horticulturist " 



Rogues shall not ply their trade at the expense 

 of our subscribers, wiho are our friends, through 

 the medium of these columns; but we sliall not 

 attempt to adjtiet trifling disputes beween sub- 

 scribers and honotirable business men who ad- 

 vertise, nor pay the debte of honest banlirupts. 



Pominnnioations should be addressed 



THE CANADIAN H0RTICULTUB13T. 



PETEEBOEO. ONT. 



DEATH OF ALEXANDER NcNEILL 



In the death of .Mexander McNeill, Chief 

 of the Domiinion Fruit Division and a 

 former president of the Ontario Fruit 

 Growers' Association, the fruit growers of 

 Canada have lost one of their staunchest 

 friends, warmest advocates, and greatest 

 benefactors. First as a practical fruit 

 grower, next as a farmersi' itistitute 

 speaker and officer of the provincial fruit 

 growers' association, and of late years 

 as Chief of the Dominion Fruit Division, 

 Mr. McNeill has been a leader in all move- 

 ments for the uplift of fruit growing in 

 Canada. 



The late Mr. McNeill was one in whom 

 the elemcmt of selfishness was lacking. 

 The public weal always took precedence 

 with him to his own welfare. Again and 

 a.gain he allowed his own interests to 

 suffer in order that those of the fruit grow- 

 ers and of his friends generally might be 

 promoted. His neglect to take due precau- 

 tions in regard to the care of his own 

 health while he was engaged in his official 

 duties was largely instrumental in bring- 

 ing about sickness which ultimately led 

 to his death. 



The spread of cooperation in the fruit 

 industry of Canada, but more particularly 

 in Ontario, is due in a large measure to 

 the earnest efforts of the deceased. Many 

 years ago Mr. McNeill pointed out the ad- 

 vantages of cooperation, and later wrote 

 various bulletins dealing with cooperation, 

 which were exhaustive and practical in their 

 treatment of the subject. These have had 

 n wide circuation. A recent bulletin by 

 him entitled "Modern Methods of Packing 

 Apples and Pears" is the best of the kind 

 that has ever been published in Canada, 

 amd one which compares favorably with the 

 best issued in any country. The fruit crop 

 reports that have been issued of late years 

 by the Dominion Fruit Division with much 

 benefit to fruit growers were the result of 

 his efforts. 



Mr. McNeill accepted office with the 

 Dominion Government about the time the 

 Fruit Marks Act was being brought into 

 force. Much of the credit for its success- 

 ful working is due to his earnest efforts 

 on its behalf. The great success of the 

 last two Dominion fruit conferences also 

 were due in a large degree to the careful 

 preliminary work of Mr. McNeill. His 

 death has created a vacancy in the ranks 

 of our fruit growers which will long be 

 felt and deplored. 



THE HIGH COST OF LIVING 



One of the enigmas of our day is the 

 solution of the problem involved in dis- 

 covering the reason or reasons for the in- 

 creased cost of living. Learned authorities 

 have advanced various and sundry explan- 

 ations that do not seem to satisfy the 

 public. In the meantime the cost of living 

 continues to advance. 



Sir Wilfrid Laurier claims that it is due 

 to the tax on foodstuffs, and hopes to 

 climb back into power by advocating a 

 reduction in the tariff on such articles. 

 His remedy would benefit the consumer to 

 some extent but very little. This is proved 

 by the fact that in spite of the reductions 



that have been made in the United States 

 tariff, the problem has not been solved in 

 that country. 



One of the main reasons, in our opinion 

 the main reason, is found in our inrrcas. 

 ing land values. This tendency of land 

 to inrreas*- in value is apparent in all 

 coiiiitries as is also the increase in the 

 cost of living. 



Three factors enter into the production 

 of material necessities: Land, labor, cap- 

 ital. Land receives its return in the form 

 of rent, labor in the form of wages, and 

 capital in the form of interest. If any one 

 of these factors receives more than its fair 

 share the other two of necessity receive 

 proportionatly less than their just' dues. 



All wealth, including food and clothing, 

 IS produced out of the land. Anything that 

 makes it difficult for the people at large 

 to produce wealth from the soil, restricts 

 to a corresponding degree, the production 

 of those things which the people require 

 to maintain life. The tendencv of land to 

 increase in value has this effect. 



Wherever land is high in value it is 

 difficult for people to acquire its control 

 or to pay the rentals demanded for its 

 use. Thus production is restricted. In 

 Ontario, for example, there are hundreds 

 of thousands of acres of good fruit and 

 farm land that are not being worked be- 

 cause they are being held at valuesi which 

 are just high enough, when other factors 

 are considered, to keep them out of the 

 reach of those people who would be glad 

 to use them were there better reason to 

 believe that they could be worked with 

 profit. Anything which will help to bring 

 this land into use will imemdiatelv tend 

 to reduce the cost of living to a corre- 

 sponding extent. The reason there are 

 over fifty thousand less farmers on the 

 farms of Ontario to-dav than there were 

 ten years ago is because farm land on 

 the average is so high in value farmers 

 have found that they could not earn from 

 It enough to allow themselves a fair in- 

 terest return for their investment and wage 

 return for their labor. Therefore, they 

 have preferred to sell their land and in- 

 vest the proceeds in other wavls. In con- 

 sequence, production has been decreased, 

 the cost of living has increased, and people 

 do not seem anxious to try and bring into 

 cultivation the land which has been thus 

 ^•scarded. This feature of the situation 

 siiould receive due consideration whenever 

 the high cost of living is under discussion. 



THE FRONT LAWN PROBLEM 



Most of us like to keep our front lawns 

 in the best possible condition. Most of us 

 also, who live in the larger towns and cit- 

 ies, have to contend with serious difficulties 

 in the achievement of our desire. These 

 very often take the form of postmen, paper 

 boys, and messengers, who persist in walk- 

 ing across our lawns and cutting corners 

 whenever they think that they are not likelv 

 to be detected in so doing. The officers 

 of the horticultural societies in Ontario 

 fnight accomplish a good work bv dealing 

 with this situation. A protest made to the 

 postmaster, to the newspaper offices, and 

 other agencies which emplov such offend- 

 ers, would soon tend to bring about an 

 improvement, especially if followed up 

 vigorously upon the committal of second 

 or third offences. Were members of hor. 

 tiwulturai societies encouraged to report 

 such incidents, improvements would soon 

 become possible. If necessarv, bv-laws 

 might be passed by our different niunici- 

 palities which would make it more easy to 

 deal with offeinders. 



