THE CANADIAN FTORTTCULTURTST 



February, 1914 



STOVE ^^POLISH 



FOR Brightness 



Black 



A Paste 

 NoWaste 



AND Lightness. USE 



'Knight 



No Dust 



THE V.f. Dalley Q LTD. Hamilton, Ont. I No Rust 



PERSISTENT SPRAYING WITH A 



MASSEY-HARRIS SPRAYER 



PAYS BIG RETURNS 



Long experience with Fruit Growers has enabled us to produce a 

 Power Sprayer adapted to the most difficult conditions. 



Double Cylinder Vertical Pump with Bronze Plungers. 



Tank is made of selected Cypress put together by Experts. 



Simple, Direct Connection between Engine and Pump — no Sprocket 

 Chains to get tangled in branches of trees. 



Agitator is positive in its action and is operated from the top — no 

 holes through side of Tank to leak. 



The Cab protects all working parts. 



Front Wheels turn under the Frame. 



Engine is Hopper-cooled ; runs in any weather and on the steepest 

 side-hill; is efficient and economical in its operation. 



MASSEY-HARRIS CO., Limited. 



^= Branches at — Montreal, 



Head Offices— TORONTO. CANADA. 

 Moncton, Winnipeg, Regina, Saskatoon, 



Calgary, Yorkton, Edmonton. 



Swift Current, 



United States Activities 



At a ( onference of fruit (growers held at 

 Spokame in connection with the annual 

 national apple show, November 17 to 22, 

 the gathering under the leadership of E. H. 

 Shepard, editor of "Better Fruit," went 

 thoroughly into the question of taking meas- 

 ures to secure the adoption of a standard 

 apple box and pack. The bill finally draft- 

 ed for presentation to Congress contains 

 the following provisions: (1) Dimensions, 

 18 X 10 J^ X UK, inside measurements, o^ 

 2,173^ cubic inches; (2) Boxes containing 

 less than this number of cubic imches to be 

 marked "Short Box;" (3) Boxes to be 

 stamped with number of apples contained, 

 style of pack used, name of "person, firm or 

 organization which first packed them or 

 caused them to be packed, locality where 

 grown and variety, a variation of three 

 from the actual number contained beimg al- 

 lowed;" (4) Apples packed and offered for 

 sale to be "well grown specimens of one 

 variety, reasonably uniform in size, pro- 

 perly matured, and practically free from 

 dirt, insect pests, diseases, bruises and 

 other defects;" (5) Violations of the Act, 

 or offering apples for sale in a standard 

 box other than those originally packed in 

 it, without first Obliterating the markings, to 

 be punished by penalty of one dollar a box 

 up to one hundred dollars on any one ship- 

 ment. 



COI.U STOBARB RESULTS 



In the discussion a strong sentiment 

 showed itself in favor of a decided and im- 

 mediate action in the direction of providing 

 proper facilities for the manufacture of fruit 

 by-products of all kimds. 



BV-PR01)U(T.S ORGAXIZATION 



A vaJuable address was given by A. W. 

 McKay of the United States Department of 

 Agriculture setting forth the results of ex- 

 periments with Northwestern apples in cold 

 storage. One set of experiments showed 

 conclusively that the percentage of decay is 

 greater when apples are placed in cold stor- 

 ag^e immediately after picking tham when 

 storage is delayed ; another that a storage 

 temperature of thirty-two degrees gives bet- 

 ter results than one of thirty degrees ; a 

 third, that picking before the proper degree 

 of ripeness has been obtained results in 

 high percentage of decay compared with 

 more matured fruit. 



Items of Interest 



A Mississippi inventor has patented and 

 put on the market a new collapsible crate j 

 that folds into small space for storage and 

 can be put into box form in a few moments 

 without the use of nails. This crate may 

 be utilized for shipping berries, fruit, vege- 

 tables and poultry. The two sides and two 

 ends are permanently hinged together with 

 wire hooks. The top and bottom when 

 slipped into place are held by the same 

 hooks. Two of the hooks are loose so that 

 they can be clamped over the cover to hold ^ 

 it in place. j 



The ainnual use of a medium quantity of 

 manure is better than either too little or ' 

 too much. Demonstration orchards re- 

 ceiving over ten loads of manure per acre 

 yearly, with one exception, have not yield 

 ed so much as those receiving from six 

 to ten loads. — H. K. Revell, Northumber- 

 land Co., Ont. 



Education is the first and most import 

 ant step to take before you can start a suc- 

 cessful cooperative association. — James E. 

 Johnson, Simcoe, Ont. 



