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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



April, 1914 



A— CuokiDK Tank 

 B-Ilot Water Tank 

 O— Firo B"X 

 D— Aeb Pan 

 E}— Smoke ''IP' 



Make Your Own Spray 



Home Boiled Lime Sulphur ie beins used in increaslnK quan 

 titles by leading fruit growers and frnit erowerg' a«8ociationR 

 They find that by maklug their own spray they can effect a con- 

 siderable money saving, and at the same time produce a pre- 

 paration that will do the work thoroughly. 



It is an easy matter to make home boiled lime sulphur. The 

 chief essential Is a proper spray cooker. We manufacture two 

 kinds of cookers, one with a single tank, and one with a double 

 tank. (See iUuBtration.i They are designed especially for this 

 purpose, and will give the greatest efficiency with the greatest 

 saving of fuel. They can be used for either wood or soft coal. 

 The tanks are made of heavily galvanized steel, thoroughly rlvetted and 

 BOldered. Will not leak. They are built to eive satisfaction, and are 

 guaranteed. Made in Ave sImb, capacity 30 to 75 gale. Prices and full par- 

 ticulars on applic-<tion. Oet your outfit now. Write us to-day 



Rpr,/i for p-.Tnr>>i'et ill-Mrntin? tbe finest pruning saw on the market. 



STEEL TROUGH 81 MACHINE CO., Ltd.. TWEED, Ont. 



Dollar - Saving Facts 



Before buying any fence, consider the following points care- 

 fully: Then you'll discover why so many shrewd farmers 

 declare the 



"Frost Fence" ^ 



Canada's Best Fence, worth more than it costs 



We manufacture every inch of wire woven into FROST 

 FENCES in our own mills right here in Hamilton. 

 Therefore we know the Quality of both Laterals and Stays. 



Our process of galvanizing is thorough and assures a thick, 



even coat — so we can guarantee it to be free from the 



» » » ^^ ^^^^ —., corrosive and destruc- 



JIPOSV Fence tive influence of 



JFir'St ^ varying climatic 



conditions. 



The Laterals are deep- 

 ly waved in the 

 making — hence we 

 can guarantee that 

 heavy spring, the 

 come-back qualities 

 for which the FROST FENCE is famed. 



The Stays, you will see, are straight and uniformly 

 spaced. That's the reason why we can guarantee eten 

 distribution of strain. 



The Tie Wire is wrapped around both Laterals and Stays 

 several times, making a pemiauient lock — a double surety 

 of strength and lastingness. 



Examine fences every chance you get — Study the FROST 

 FENCE in particular — Then, when you buy, you'll make 

 a good investment. 



If you do not know the FROST FENCE man, write 

 us — we may need an agent in your locality. 51 



Frost Wire Fence Co. Limited 



HAMILTON 



ONTARIO 



Annapolis Valley Notes 



The United Fruit Companies hav« mad 

 arranjfements with a Local newspaper t 

 edit and publish one pajfe each week und' 

 the name of the Cooperative News. Th' 

 name of every member in the local com- 

 panies is on the lists, and in this way th 

 central body is kept closely in touch wi- 

 the members. Part of the space each wei p. 

 is R-iven up to a report on the condition 

 of the apple market, prices, and similar in 

 formation. From time to time articles of 

 an educational nature pertaining to frur 

 Krowinjf are printed. Before this the m 

 jority of the jjrowers did not know wh. 

 was being done, and were easily deceivi 

 by interested parties, thus causing: di 

 satisfaction with the management. 



Apple prices are still a little stronger, 

 ranging from two to five dollars a barrel, 

 according to grade and variety. The qualitv 

 of the late winter apples is excellent. Fn; 

 growers are beginning to realize that the: 

 is a market for their more tender varieti( 

 packed in boxes. 



The agents for power sprayers are doinj^ 

 a rushing business, as the experiences of 

 the past two seasons have about convinced 

 the fruit grower that it is either spray well 

 or look to some other line of farming for 

 his living. In fact, the orchardist who 

 does not spray to-day should be ashanff 

 to look a full grown tree in the face. 



The duty on basic slag, which came in 

 force this winter, is a serious tax on the 

 farmers of this Valley. On the order of 

 the United Fruit Companies alone the duty 

 means all of three thousand dollars extra 

 charge. Almost as many tons of slag are 

 now bought as all other kinds of fertilizer 

 taken together. Uplands that would not 

 yield one half ton of hay to the acre, are 

 by the application of ei.ght hundred pounds 

 of slag made to grow clover most luxuri- 

 antly. By using vetches as a cover crop, 

 and putting on a dressing of slag every 

 few years, apples can be grown with no 

 other expense for fertilizer, .\fter seeing 

 how this and other fruit grower raw ma- 

 terials are taxed, anyone with a sense of 

 humor must have the face ache who reads 

 in his morning paper that the Government 

 have appointe<l another commission to find 

 out the reason for the high cost of livintr. 

 --M.K.E. 



Eastern Annapolis Valley 



Eonice Bachanan 



Early last sprin,g I put some apple twigs 

 in water in order to watch the flowers de-* 

 velop, but they hatched out aphis and the 

 flowers were sickly. I remarked that these 

 insects would be troublesome in the sum- 

 mer, but I had no idea that they were go- 

 ing to be as bad as they were. This yeari 

 I do not see any sign of aphis on the shoots '• 

 in the house which will shortly be in bios-! 

 som. By the way, lilac shoots will well re-i 

 pay the trouble of placing them in water if I 

 the flower buds are selected. 



Farmers' meetings to discuss sprayirf 

 are to be addressed between March IP 

 and 21st in eight different centres of King ; 

 county. Addresses will be given by Messrs. 

 Woodwirth and Robinson. 



During the week ending March 7th, 

 7,972 barrels of apples were shipped from 

 Nova Scotia to England ; of these 7,263 

 were sliippid by the United Fruit Com- 

 panies. Prices for Ben Davis and Non- 

 pariels were very goo4. 



