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spring blossoming it is, to use another's 

 words, ' most gladsome of the early 

 flowers.' A bed of crocuses is certainly a 

 keen pleasure, glowing in the sun, almost as 

 grateful to the human eye as to the honey- 

 gathering bees that come unerringly, from 

 somewhere, to hover over the golden cups. 



How welcome after winter is the sound of 

 that humming. 



Catalogues. John A. Bruce & Co.. Seed Mer- 

 chants, Hamilton, Canada. 



Robert Evans Seed Co. Ltd., Hamilton, Ont. 

 Catalogue of Farm and Garden Seeds. 1902. 



(^yiiTIOM P^AWE^, 



Pure Paris Green. 



Mr. Bruner of Olinda, asks where to buy 

 pure paris green. We would be pleased to 

 have this information for our own use. Mr. 

 Bruner says what he had last year was of 

 no use at all. He wrote to ths house in 

 Toronto from which he purchased it, com- 

 plaining and received the following reply : — 



With reference to Paris green, we never sold so 

 much as we have this year. In fact we supply the 

 city with it for spraying purposes, and they say 

 they never had such good green. In fact one-half 

 pound Paris green to a barrel of water is not nearly 

 sufficient, you ought to use three pounds to the 

 barrel. 



It is no wonder it was useless if so weak 

 that three pounds was needed for a barrel 

 of water ! ! 



We would advise sending samples of 



Paris green to Pro. Shutt, of the Central 

 Experimental Farm, Ottawa, asking for an- 

 alysis, before purchasing in any considerable 

 quantity. 



Barbed Wire Fence.— A subscriber at "Whitby, 

 proposing to eiect a tarbed wire fence around his 

 orchard, asks whether it would be more difficult to 

 get in or out if the fence were built on a slat, say 

 of six or eight inches at the top. If so, whether 

 the fence should lean in or out ? 



We would not favor a barbed wire fence 

 around any orchard or garden. We con- 

 sider them an abomination, destroying the 

 usefulness of more horses, and tearing more 

 clothes, than all the fruit that would ever be 

 stolen. No doubt such a fence leaning 

 outward would be impossible to climb and 

 keep out all fruit stealers. 



©PE^ LITTER! 



Interprovinclal Trade in Live Stock. 



Trade in live stock between Eastern and Western 

 Canada has been growing rapidly within the last 

 few years. This increase of trade has been pro- 

 moted, and in fact made possible, by the wise and 

 generous treatment ot the C P. R. During the 

 month of December and the first eight days in 

 January, forty-six cars of grade and pure-bred 

 cattle were shipped from Eastern Canada to Bridsh 

 Columbia. These cars contained 2,223 head, and 

 cost in the East something over $30,000.00 Be- 

 sides these, a considerable number have rtcently 

 besn sent to the Morth West Territories, and orders 

 are now in hand for additional shipments to be 

 made to the la.st mentioned territory. In order to 



promote this trade, which has proved very profit- 

 able in many districts in Eastern Canada, farmers 

 should use first-class Shorthorn bulls. By careful 

 selection and wise treatment females sired by such 

 bulls will prove excellent dairy cows. 



It is a noticeable fact that seven-tenths of the 

 stock used for dairy purposes in Great Britain are 

 Shorthorns and Shorthorn grades. Probably the 

 most suitable dairy cow for the average farmer is 

 a Shorthorn-Ayrshire cross. Steers whose dams 

 aie strong grade Ayrshire cows if got by a Short- 

 horn bull prove excellent feeders and very desirable 

 shipping cattle. As dairy animals there are none, 

 in the hands of the general farmer, that will excel 

 the Shorthorn-Ayrshire cross. 



F. W. HODSO.N. 



