THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



and low cost of keep, but will be silent as to the quantity. But here 

 every one who has need to buy a cow, has information to guide liim 

 unbiassed by fear or favor, and upon which he can confidently rely. 



We cannot forbear calling attention also to the experiments made 

 with different fertilizers upon turnips, given at page 35 of the same 

 portion of the Eeport, in as much as the results of these experiments 

 have a very practical bearing upon the management of the garden. 

 We have not the space in which to lay before our readers the history 

 of these experiments, but must content ourselves with giving a few 

 of the results, referring to the Eeport itself for fuller information. It 

 appears that the value of the crop per acre, after deducting the cost 

 of the fertilizer used, was in the case of bone dust, SI 1.2 9 ; bone super- 

 phosphate, $15.00; mineral superphosphate, $18.07; salt, $10.54; 

 bone dust and salt together, $24.10; farm yard manure . alone, $24.12. 

 In this case the farm yard manure was valued at $1.00 per load, the 

 quantity applied being equivalent to fifteen farmer's loads per acre. 

 Now the value of the bone dust and salt in its lasting effects upon tlie 

 soil for the next year's crop is estimated at $2.67, while that of farm 

 yard manure is estimated at $12.00. Thus we see that farm yard 

 manure alone gave as good a crop of roots as the bbne dust and salt 

 combined, while its value per acre for the coming year is $9.33 greater. 

 Surely horticulturists may profit by this lesson, for although this 

 experiment was upon turnips only, yet it teaches an unmistakeable 

 lesson of the value of farm yard manure in the production of vegetables. 

 The experiment with twelve varieties of potatoes is also interesting 

 to the horticulturists, from which it appears that under the conditions 

 then and there existing, the yield of the Snowllake was the greatest 

 in bushels, but the tubers were small; the Peerless gave no small 

 tubers, though in quantity it fell behind the Snowflake at the rate o^ 

 twenty bushels per acre, while the Late Eose fell behind at the rate 

 of forty-eight bushels per acre. 



There is another part of this Eeport which deserves the careful 

 study of every land owner, we mean that relating to tlie planting and 

 cultivation of trees, not fruit trees merely nor so much, as trees for 

 shelter, ornament and timber. This subject has not yet received 

 attention at all commensurate with its importance. But .few persons 

 are at all aware that there is any need of our planting what may be 

 termed forest trees. We have been busy, very busy indeed, trying to 



