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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



April, 1907 



published at regular intervals, giving particulars 

 of the tests conducted, how they were conducted, 

 and the results to date. (3) That the vege- 

 table growers' assn. should be represented on the 

 board of control of the station. In regard to the 

 work of seed selection, it was decided to recom- 

 mend that when any varieties of vegetables are 

 brought into a stage of advanced merit, that 

 steps should be taken to have seed distributed 

 to members of the Assn. desiring same. It was 

 felt that the germination tests should be made 

 in Jan., that the results might be published in 

 Feb., so that the growers would be enabled to 



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use them when ordering their seeds for the year. 

 In conclusion, it was decided to recommend that 

 the supt. appointed to have charge of the station 

 should have a knowledge of commercial ^vege- 

 table growing. "^ 



jfleeping' Hens for Profit 



Alfred Andrews, Burlington, Ont. 



Ed. The Canadian Horticulturi.st, — The 

 question is often asked: "Is there money in 

 poultry?" It seems to me that Mr. Short, in 

 the January issue of The Canadian Horticul- 

 turist gives one of the best answers I have seen. 

 For the past 30 years I have kept some fowls 

 for the supply of our own family and occasion- 

 ally have sold some of their products. Having 

 kept a strict account of all expenses and sales 

 for year ending Jan. 1, 1907, I give the results: 



I had an average of about 50 hens. White 

 Rocks, Barred Rocks and half-a-dozen Brown 

 Leghorns. I kept no male bird as I was only 

 aiming at egg production. We made no attempt 

 at procuring eggs for sitting hens. The total ex- 

 penditure including food, wire for runs, purchase 

 of 20 pullets for the present season, lumber, etc., 

 was $135.66. The receipts were $179.63, show- 

 ing balance of profit to be $43.97 — not reckoning 

 anything for care and attention or rent. 



None of our eggs were sold below 18 cts. a 

 doz., and a certain proportion have sold from 

 30 to 40 cts. The first two months of this year 

 I sold none for less than 35 cts. and most of 

 them for 40 cts. This includes 2J^ cts. a doz. 

 express charge to Toronto. I kept a daily 

 record of eggs laid last year, the entire flock 

 running together. This year, also, I am doing 

 the same — only the record tor each flock is kept 

 separately. The average per hen for last year 

 was 105. Last year the daily avera,ge number 

 of eggs was 10.55 for the month of January. 

 This year for same month we had an average 

 of 14 daily. Keeping poultry is not for an 

 average man a get-rich-quick business; but, 

 when understood and judiciously carried on 

 there are fair probabilities for a moderate 

 return. 



"I am greatly pleased with the get-up and 

 contents of The Canadian Horticulturist. 

 Every issue contains a lot of extremely inter- 

 esting matter. Especially valuable are the 

 news notes from the various provinces." — Prof 

 F. C. Sears, Truro, N.S. 



BritisH Columbia Notes 



C. p. Metcalfe, Hammond, B.C. 



Among successful and progressive fruit 

 growers all over this western country there is 

 a general concensus of opinion that some form 

 of protection of fruit trees against the ravages 

 of fungous diseases and the depredations of 

 insect pests is necessary, in fact, almost indis- 

 pensable, and yet there is no detail of orchard 

 work which is more neglected, in B.C. at least. 



Unfortunately fruit growing in B.C. in the 

 past, to a very great extent, has been carried 

 on by ordinary farmers, who are so busy with 

 their general farm work in the spring and early 

 summer that the orchard has been neglected. 

 Still another reason why the application of 

 insecticides and fungicides is neglected and 

 has become unpopular amongst many who 

 grow fruits is the inferior character of the ap- 

 pliances used. Until quite recently the prov- 

 ince has been flooded with frail, badly con- 

 structed and inadequately equipped spray 

 pumps, incapable of generating sufficient pres- 

 sure to send the spray into the crevices of the 

 bark, or high enough to reach the top branches 

 of an ordinary apple tree. 



-A. fruit grower, to be successful in spraying, 

 should use only the best of materials, and 

 prepare them with the greatest care, as much 

 of the trouble as the clogging of the noZisles 

 and the burning of the foliage, is due to bad 

 materials and careless preparation. 



In B.C. we are not troubled with Codling 

 moth or San Jose Scale as yet, s<j do not use 

 the lime sulphur and salt spray very much. 



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l[Orangedale,|Nova Scotia, Feb. 11, 1907. 

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