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May, U)i 



FREE LAND 



FOR THE SETTLER in 



NEW ONTARIO 



Million* of acre* of virgin soil obtainable 

 free and at a nominal cost are calling for 

 cultivation. 



Thousands of farmers have responded 

 to the call of this fertile country and are 

 being made comfortable and tich. Here, 

 right at the door of Old Ontario, a home 

 awaits you. 



For full information as to terms, regula- 

 tions, and settlers rates, write to 



H. A. MACDONELL 



Director of Colonization 

 Parliameitt Buildings., TORONTO 



HON. JAS. S. DUFF 



MiiiiBter of Agriculture 

 Parliament Bldgs., Toronto 



"THE BEST BY TEST" 



Garden Seeder 



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No better seeder can be built for the 

 fast ajid accurate sowing of Turniijs, Oab 

 bage, Caxrot*, Beeta, Cora and all oihci- 

 garden seeds. 



Price $7.50 delivered at your station. 



THE SUSSEX MANUFACTURING GO. 



SUSSEX, N. B. 



Ltd. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES- 



PARH SEATS 



Are as necessary to the improvement of your parks as flower stoclc. When making 

 your plans for this year's park improvement, include our PAilK SEATS- 



We make well finished, durable Park Seata that will give satisfaction, at reasonable 

 prioee. 



Among the parks already supplied are: Medicine Hat. Moose Jaw, Sault St- Marie. 

 Welland, Windsor, Stratford and Tororto. 



Catalogue " G " will give full information about this seat. 



The Stratford Mfg. Co. Ltd., Stratford, Canada 



THE BRANTFORD IDEAL POWER SPRAYER 



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Wc also manufacture complete lines of Gas and Gasoline Engines. Windmills. Tanks. Giain Grinder*. 

 Steel Saw Frames. Water Boxes. Pumps, etc 



Catalogues describing our different lines, sent on request 



GOOLD, SHAPLEY 81 MUIR CO. Ltd., Brantiord, Ont. 



The fruit growers of the district will 

 afforded the facilities of the warehouse 

 payment of the usual charges for si 

 service. The warehouse is conveniently 

 cated next the public school grounds 

 the village of Grimsby, and a sidimg fr 

 the electric railway has been laid do 

 for convenience in shipping. 



The services of Mr. Edwin Smith, B.S. 

 who has been engaged during the ■p 

 two years on cold storage and trari 

 tion work in British Columbia, havj 

 secured to take charge of the estaUj 

 ment under Mr. Ruddick's direction. I 

 Smith has had special training in H 

 work, and is well qualified to carry 

 the details of such experiments and r" ~ 

 strations as may be undertaken. } 

 assume his duties about the first of .".iij 



Poison on Apple Peel 



Canadian Trade Commissioner J. 

 Ray, stationed at Birmingham, Eng., ! 

 sent the following report to the Departm 

 of Trade and Commerce, at Ottawa: 



The following paragraphs appear in 

 current issue of the London Daily T 

 graph : 



Some consternation has been caused b 

 letter which has appeared in the press 

 the subject of poison on apple-peel. 1 

 Maurice S. Salaman, anab-tical chem 

 has drawn attention to the presence o 

 deposit of copper sulphate (blue vitri 

 with some admixture of lime on cert 

 'imported' apples of excellent quality i 

 flavor.' The analyst's letter says: 



'Samples of imported apples of excell 

 quality and flavor were brought to me 

 day, in my professional capacity, with 

 inquiry comcerning what was described a 

 peculiar green mildew near the stalk, 

 proved on analysis not to be a mildew' 

 a deposit of copper sulphate (blue vitri< 

 with some admixture of lime, and was < 

 dently left behind in spraying the ft 

 against parasites. 



'The presence in appreciable quantity 

 rank poison, and this of a partially cumt 

 tive kind, in fruit largely eaten by ch; 

 ren, is so grave a public danger that y< 

 assistance is urgently asked in calling 

 tention to it. 



'.\pples having any sign of green dept 

 in the stalk cavity should not be eai 

 unless peeled. 



'But surely some steps should be tal 

 to stop the importation of fruit thus d 

 gerously contaminated.' 



An exhaustive examination of the app 

 now on the market revealed the fact tl 

 the only variety affected was the Albema 

 Newtown. Unfortunately this hapi>ens 

 be the best flavored .inple ;iv;iilablc at * 

 moment. But all Albemarles have not 

 poisonous deposit in the cavity which ho 

 the stalk. The bulk have been carefu 

 washed before shipment from Ameri 

 Nevertheless, nobody is amxious to take 1 

 risk of eating poisonous matter, and 

 that need be done is carefully to wash ' 

 apple if one is desirous of eating the pf 

 If in addition the peel is removed then 1 

 danger disappears. 



In less than a week the first cargo 

 apples from .Australia is due on the mark 

 and it is to be hoped that the public v 

 not allow the colonial growers to suffer 

 cause of the trouble which has arisen fr< 

 the .American Albemarle Pippin. In a 

 case a peeled apple is quite safe. Acco 

 ing to the analyst, . no deleterious st 

 stance has been found beneath the skin 



