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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



July, 1909 



The Daylight Saving Bill 



Editor, Thb Canadian Horticulturist, — 

 The measure which was brought before the 

 House of Commons during the past session 

 and which is commonly known as the "Day- 

 light Saving Bill," has been referred 

 to a select committee to obtain evidence, 

 and will no doubt be brought before the 

 House again next session, and, unless strong 

 representations are made, it will doubtless 



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In the first place, it seems to me that 

 the measure is intended to benefit a class 

 of people who already have too much con- 

 sideration at the hands of our Legislatures. 

 It is proposed to put the clock back 80 min- 

 utes so that the city man will get up an 

 hour and twenty minutes earlier than is his 

 usual wont and that there will be that 

 length of time for recreation after the close 

 of business. If the measure becomes law, 

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 will be made to conform to the new state 

 of affairs, and the farmers who have tc 

 ship their milk to the city on the early 

 morning trains, and who are obliged to 



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start milking anywhere between half past 

 tour and iive in order to accomplish this, 

 will virtually have to start their operations 

 an hour earlier. I teel quite confident that 

 the majority of tarmers do not 

 realize what this means. rhe farm- 

 er does not need to have the clock 

 put back, as his business calls him early in 

 the morning, and in the busy season such 

 as haying and harvest, very often necessi- 

 tates his working quite late in the even- 

 ing. An hour and twenty minutes tacked 

 on to the beginning of his day to suit city 

 men who are too lazy to get up in the 

 morning, is asking too much when one con- 

 siders the very large proportion which the 

 farmers form of our total population. With 

 the fruit growers, especially in the Niagara 

 district, the change of time will affect them 

 at the latter part of the day, especially 

 during the summer and fall, during the 

 picking season. All those engaged in this 

 business will remember that it is a very 

 common thing to have to wait until the dew 

 has become dried up on the bushes and 

 trees before one can pick. This is particu- 

 larly so in connection with berries, and if 

 the trains are scheduled to start one hoir 

 and twenty minutes earlier than they are 

 at the present time, it simply cuts that 

 much time off the picking day. 



A committee was formed last winter to 

 confer with the representatives of tlie Can- 

 adian and Dominion Express Companies, to 

 induce them if possible to rearrange our 

 service, so that the growers would have a 

 longer time to pick, but their great excuse 

 was that thuy must be into Montreal in 

 time for the early morning market, and in 

 order to do this, it was necessary to start 

 the trains when they did. If the Montreal 

 market is held about eight o'clock under the 

 piesent arrangement, I suppose the same 

 time will hold good under the new regima, 

 and this will necessitate arranging the 

 schedule of trains according to the clock. 



The matter in my opinion is too serious 

 to be allowed to pass without some pro- 

 test, and I therefore take the liberty of 

 bringing the matter before you, and if the 

 city men want to save the daylight, let the 

 manufacturers open their factories at half 

 past five a.m. and close at half -past four; 

 they will then accomplish the same thing 

 without adopting the childish method of 

 putting the clock back. — A. E. Kimmins, 

 Winona, Ont. 



Export Apples in Boxes 



J. A. Webster, Sparta, Ont. 



On apple boxes there is no use for the 

 terms, "No. 1," "No. 2," or "No. 3," all 

 boxed apples being clear of defects. I 

 would advocate the use of some term, such 

 as "Fancy," or "Choice," to designate 

 grade and also the "count" of apples to 

 designate size, and some t<.>m lo aesignate 

 under-colored fruit. I found, when in 

 Great Britain last winter, that a buyer of \ 

 boxed fruit could tell the size of the fruit 

 that he was getting by counting the number 

 of apples along the rows seen through the 

 corner of the box, thereby verifying the 9 

 stamp on the box. The count stamped onj 

 the box is a better way of designating sizo] 

 than the terms "No. 1" and "No. 2." 



We cannot i;se too much care in deliver- 3 

 ing our apples in unbruised condition to thai 

 British market. I have seen apples, which j 

 had been handled much more carefully than 

 eggs, selling at 20 cents each. These were 

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ranged on shelving about the wall. They \ 



were of varieties no better than our Cana- i 



dian best varieties, but without a flaw or 

 bruise. 



