THE CANADIAN IlOllTlCULtuniST. SUi 



stock to the owners of saijd trees. That suitable attendants be em- 

 ■phn'ed wlien cattle are being driven to market, or from one part of 

 the county to the other, so as to keep them from straying off the road. 

 That any one turning ofi' the road into a neighboring field, either on 

 foot, in a vehicle or on horseback, shall be liable to be apprehended, 

 as a common trespasser, and as such be amenable to the law in such 

 cases made and provided. P. E. Bucke, Chairman. 



Tiios. Beall. 



Mr. Beadle said he thought the report was correct, but tho'ught 

 that it, was deficient in that it failed to give any argument or statistics 

 to back up the statements made. He would like to see some estimates 

 put in the report, so that when it went out to the public the farmers 

 would see the reasons why these things are so. He would like to 

 have the report referred back to the committee, so that some figures 

 demonstrating tlie facts stated — which he did not deny — could be 

 incorporated therein. The farms were too much occupied by otoss 

 fences, and lie did not believe the farmers knew what a large tax they 

 were paying for first cost and maintenance of fence, to say nothing of 

 land taken up. In some cK)unties of New York State the people have 

 taken away nearly all the fences, and the roads are lined with shade 

 trees, and the whole country has the appearance of a garden, and it 

 would be a good thing if such a system could be introduced here. 



Mr. Beadle then moved, seconded by A. M. Smith, St. Catharines, 

 that the committee be rec^uested to supplement their valuable report 

 with some arguments and facts going to show why they have come to 

 these conclusions. 



NEW VARIETIES OF APPLES. 



Mr. Beall, of Lindsay, read a valuable paper entitled " By what 

 standard shall we test new varieties ?" which was received with thanks, 

 and ordered to be printed in the Annual licpoi't. 



The meeting proceeded to the discussion of the following question : 



1. — AVhat new or little known varieties of apples have been intro- 

 duced, and which of them promise to be of value ? 



Mr. Beadle said Grimes' Golden Pippin; a new variety, the intro- 

 duction of which had been helped by this society, was successfully 

 grown in Lindsay, and thought in size and flavor in was superior t« 

 the Newtown Pippin for the English market. 



