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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



June, 1908 



Toronto Cartage Charges 



On the first of May, the wholesale fruit 

 and produce and commission merchants 

 of Toronto, who have formed themselves 

 into an association known as "The Toron- 

 to Fruit and Produce Association," issued 

 a circular to all shippers of fruit and veg- 

 etables, advising them that, "owing to the 

 high and increasing cost of handling goods 

 and delivering them, a uniform cartage 

 charge will be made to the shippers on all 

 goods shipped on commission as follows : 

 On 54 qt. cases, 5 cts. each; 36 qt. cases, 

 3 cts. ; 27's and 24's, cases, 3 cts. ; 11 qt. 

 baskets, 1 ct. ; all packages smaller than 11 

 qt. baskets, J4 ct. ; bigs or sacks, 5 cts.; 

 barrels, 5c; carloads of potatoes excepted." 



The fruit growers consider this schedule 

 of ■ charges another hold-up in their b.isi- 

 ness. Between the commission men, the 

 railways and the express companies, they 

 will soon have a hard time to hold their 



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own. Indignation meetings have been held 

 and expressions of feeling have been sent 

 to the aforementioned association. 



At a meeting of The Clarkaon Fruit Grow- 

 ers' Association, a warm discussion took 

 place on the action taken by the com- 

 mission men. A resolution was passed 

 unanimously refusing to ship fiuit on the 

 conditions mentioned in the circular and 

 appointing' a committee to make other ' 

 arrangements to dispose of the produce 

 of the section. The fruit growers of Bronte 

 passed a resolution similar to the Clarkson 

 one. 



The following resolution was passed at 

 a recent meeting: of fruit growers in Oak- 

 ville, Ont. Moved by P. A. Bath, seconded 

 by VV. R. Davis: 



That the fruit growers of the Oakville 

 District in meeting assembled, having con-, 

 sidered the schedule of cartage charges of 

 the Toronto Fruit and Produce Association, 

 as set forth in the circular letter of the 

 association dated May first instant, are re- 

 solved not to submit to the proposed ex- 

 tra charges on fruit and vegetables con- 

 signed to members of the said association 

 for sale on commission : — 



That the following fruit growers, viz: — 

 E. A. Morden, Capt. Geo. Murchison and 

 James VValdbrook be and are hereby ap- 

 pointed a committee to make arrangements 

 for other markets for the fruit of this dis- 

 trict in the event of the said association 

 persisting in acting on the proposed sched- 

 ule of cartage charges : — 



And that the secretary be and is hereby 

 instructed to send a copy of this resolution 

 to the said association and to request a 

 reply on or before the i8th instant. 



Carried unanimously. Certified to be a 

 true copy. — J. Cavers, secretary, Oakville, 

 May 14th. 



POULTRY DEPT. 



Conducted by S. Short. Ottawa 



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Cleanliness is of prime importance at all 

 times and in all seasons and especially so 

 now with hot summer weather approaching. 

 Small yards and pens should be spaded fre- 

 quently to keep fresh the surface of the 

 scil. If the pens are large, with grass 



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runs, only such parts of the runs as the* 

 hens frequent most need to be dug over. 

 No matter how large the runs are, there is'. 

 usually a corner or portion near the gate-? 

 way in each pen, where the attendant en-''; 

 ters to feed, where the fowl will congre- 

 gate and consequently that part becomes^ 

 dirty and unhealthy. ^ 



In each pen there are also spots which' 

 are used by the fowl for dusting themselves. 

 If there are places of this kind, the soil. 

 must either be too wet or too hard and> 

 sand or litrht soil should be supplied, other-", 

 wise the fowl will become infested withi 

 vermin , which lessens the egg supply 

 fro.Ti the layers and retards the growth ofj 

 the stronger chicks and causes fatalities 

 among the weaker ones. The addition of 

 few cents worth of powdered sulphur to tl 

 soil in the dust b.ith is very baneficial 



The hatching should now be finished foi 

 the season. It is of course a great tempt* 

 tion to set another hen or two or to run 

 the incubator for another batch particular- 

 ly if the one just out has been unusually 

 successful. The tendency to hatch tcv, 

 many is very prevalent among beginnc i- 

 and is the cause of many failures. It i- 

 a sad sight to see loo or more chicks brood- 

 ed and penned in a space that is barely 

 large enough for 50. Overcrowding must 

 be avoided. The chicks should be graded^ 

 also and the different sizes separated. Ex- 

 pi'rience has taught the writer that 25 to 

 30 chicks are enough in one pen or in 

 one house. When more than that number 

 are together, the smaller chicks get -in 

 tlie middle and bottom of the bunch and. 

 the large ones scramble over them particu-,. 

 larly on chilly nights. This dwarfs the ^ 

 small chick and prevents the feathers grow- 

 ing. 



It is a sure indication that chicks are 

 overcrowded when at two months old and t 

 over, only the wing feathers have grown,:; 

 the rest of the body being perfectly bare, ' 

 both of down and feathers, these having 

 been rubbed off at night in the scramble to 

 get the warmest place in the sleeping-* 

 quarters. Chicks raised in dirty cramped{ 

 pens will mature but very slowly. They are" 

 always und Tsized and totally unfit to stand;^ 

 the strain of heavy wintsr laying and in facti 

 rarely do lay in winter and also are unfit^f 

 for breeders. Weakly parents never bege^ 

 vigorous progeny. Therefore it is far.* 

 more profitable to raise 40 or 50 healthy^ 

 chicks than 100 weak ones. 



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