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fulness of such societies as the Fiiiit 

 Growers' Association of Ontario, in 

 coninienrlin^ varieties best suited to 

 various localiies, and the object is 

 similar. 



Co-Operation With Faumkhs' In- 

 stitutes. — At the last meeting of our 

 Directors it was ordered that the secre- 

 tary correspond with the secretary of 

 the Central Farmers' Institute express- 

 ing the readiness of the members of 

 our Association to co-operate with the 

 Farmers' Institutes of Ontario and 

 with the Central Institute. 



In reply, Mr. Thomas Shaw, the 

 Secretary, writes, enclosing the follow- 

 ing : 



At a meeting of the Executive of 

 the Permanent Central Farmers' In- 

 stitute, held in Toronto, •27th July, the 

 following motion was unanimously 

 passed : 



" Resolved — That the thanks of the 

 Executive be tendered to Mr. L. Wool- 

 verton, the Secretai-y of the Fruit 

 Growers' Association, for the intimation 

 just received of the desire of that body 

 to co-operate with the Central Farmers' 

 Institute in its work. It is the opinion 

 of this committee that such co-operation 

 would be mutually helpful. We, there- 

 fore, recomniend that the by-laws of the 

 Institute be so changed as to admit 

 two delegates of the Fruit Growers' 

 Association, the Eastern and Western 

 Dairymen's Associations and the On- 

 tario Creameries Association." 



It was ordered that the secretaiy 

 forward a copy of this resolution to 

 the secretary of each of the associations 

 named, with the re(|uest that it be 

 brought before the F^.xecutive of these 

 bodies at the first opportunity. 



We hope much good may result from 

 such friendly relationships. The far- 

 mers arc the ones with whom our work 

 chieriy lies, and many of them are find- 

 ing their orchards the most remunera- 

 tive part of their farms. The subject 

 of fruit culture, therefore, in some of 

 its departments should always be a 

 prominent one at Farmers' Institutes, 



and our directors in each agricultural 

 division will always be ready to attend 

 and impart any information upon their 

 favorite subject. In addition, we have 

 among the directors and members of 

 oui- association several specialists in 

 fruits, flowers and forestry, who.se ser- 

 vices could be secured to give lectures 

 or addresses before such institutes as 

 may desire thera. 



An Inspector of Apples for Export. 

 Mi{. W. IIoiLTKH, of Pifton, for- 

 wards us a letter from Mr. N. Hudgin, 

 South Bay, advocating the appointment 

 of an inspector of apples for export, for 

 the puipose of fostering the trade, from 

 which we make the following selec- 

 tions : — 



" 1st. — The export trade, which is our 

 only hope, is largely on the increase, and 

 requires a more careful .selection and 

 proper branding, as a considerable 

 quantity go forward improperly named. 

 2nd. — The shipper en)ploys a number 

 of packers who endeavor, if by the 

 barrel, to pack as large a number as 

 possible regardless of the employer's in- 

 terest, and as it is hard to trace this, re- 

 sults in heavy loss, — " or if by the day," 

 are subject to influence by the farmers 

 who are always in attendance, compell- 

 ing them to pack apples that are hardly 

 fit for evaporating,- thus injuring the 

 apples in a foreign market, and sub- 

 jecting the shipper to a heavy freight 

 bill on goods that would not pay trans- 

 portation and robbing our industries of 

 stock that should be left for home 

 uses. Lastly. — The farmer could pack 

 his own apples and save fifteen 

 cents per barrel, and the trouble and 

 board of a lot of men, if desirous to do 

 so, and likewise take the consequences. 

 On the other hand ' the packer ' would 

 have to look after his own interest or 

 be subject to discharge and curtail- 

 ment. Every tenth barrel could be 

 gone through, or more or less as 

 necessary, and this would have, in my 

 opinion, a tendency to check the 

 abuse." 



