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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



September, 1909 



in a hurry to get rich (or apparently so), it 

 is gratifying to note that time is found to 

 enhance the attractiveness of the back-yards 

 by cultivating them, and instead of unsight- 

 ly and unsanitary rubbish heaps, well-kept 

 gardens are the order. It is worthy to note 

 that the seedsmen report this season the 

 biggest demand for flower and vegetable 

 seeds from the citizens in the history of 

 the city. 



New Brunswick 



Editor, The Canadian Horticulturist, — 

 In reply to your marked expression of 

 interest in New Brunswick horticulture, I 

 would say, from a three years' observance 

 here, that a very considerable portion of the 

 Province is adapted to fruit growing. This 

 is proven by what nature has already done 

 unaided by man in growing the apple, jjlum 



and cherry, where seeds were dropped by 

 birds and other means about the fields and 

 forests. These are the farmers' object les- 

 sons. Unfortunately the farmers leave tln' 

 matter there and say, "if these have grown 

 so well, what further need of culture?" But 

 we are living in a time when higher quality 

 is demanded and the trees should give a 

 product, in half the time of waiting. 



A half fontui-v ago, the late Mr. Sharj) 



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"I would as soon think of 

 mowing my hay with an old 

 fashioned scythe as try to 

 conduct my farm success- 

 fully without a telephone. 



" I always thought a telephone was a handy 

 thing to have in the house. 



"But I looked upon it as a luxury — a step-saver 

 and a convenience for lazy folks. A time-saver 

 for the business man who sat at his desk and talked 

 over the phone to a score of people during the day. 



" I never realized how much more necessary it 

 was to the farmer in his isolated position — how 

 much time and money it saved him. 



"Before I put this instrument in my home, I 

 considered a telephone an expense — now I know it 

 to be an investment that pays big interest. 



" I wouldn't be without a telephone now, for it 

 certainly saves my time and makes money for me. 



"Through it I am in immediate touch with 

 everybody with whom I do business — the general 

 store, the farm implement shop, the produce buyers 

 — I can talk tilings over with anyone I wish, no 

 matter how far away they are. 



" Then think of what it means to my wife and 

 girls. They look upon the telephone as their best 

 friend — their fleet- footed messenger in time of 

 trouble or sickness — their bearer of news and social 

 messages to friends on distant farms. 



" Yes, the women folks certainly wouldn't be 



without the telephone now they know what it does 

 for them — and it would have to cost many times 

 what it does before I would part with it." 



You need' a telephone on your farm — you are 

 enough of a business man to realize what it means 

 to you in dollars and cents. You can worry along 

 without it of course— just the same as you can run 

 your farm without labor-saving implements — but 

 you are losing money every day you do. 



Yes, you need a telephone on your farm — but it 

 must be the right telephone. A poor system is 

 worse than none at all. 



The Northern Electric system and equipment is 

 what you want. Ninety- five per cent, of the tele- 

 phones used in Canada are made by them. They 

 have overcome all the diflSculties that their imita- 

 tors have yet to meet. 



If you have a telephone at all you should have 

 one that you can depend upon — one that is always 

 working in good order — one that will carry mes- 

 sages clearly and distinctly no matter what the 

 distance. That is what you get when you install 

 Northern Electric apparatus. 



Write for our Bulletin No. 2216. That will tell 

 you just how easy it is for you to secure perfect 

 telephone sei^ce. Write to-day. 



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 Gor. Notre Dame end Gay Streets 



TORONTO 

 ISO Front Street WeM 



Manufacturers and suppliers of all apparatus and 

 equipment used in tlie construction, operation 

 and maintenance of Telephone and Power Plants. 



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