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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



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April, 19151 



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PEERLESS POULTRY FENCE 



Does all yoa could wish of a p'juUry foncc and iiior*-. 

 BuUt cIo.Mj enough to kcrp chicki'im In ami Hironif t-iiouKli to 

 keep eatUo out. KvtMi wiimll chlckH cannot jrnt luitwcim the 

 closo mcch of lateral and vertlcfti wires. The heavy, hard Kteel 

 top and bottom wirtjs, together with Iniennedlato latei-iils. will 

 take care of ft care essty hacked wai?on, or an unnilv anliniil 

 aodBprlnKhacklntOHhapelininedJately. The wires are neeurcly 

 lield together at every InterHectlon by the rKKlM.lvSS Lf»ck. 



Tho ^onco That Savos Expanse 



It never needs rppalrw. It is tlie clieappft frnee to ereethe* 

 cauBC, owing to Its cxeeptionally heavy lop anti hottoni vlrefl, 

 but half ithe usual umouat of lumber and ponts are reqt Irud. 



SentS foF SJtBratuFB 



and address of nearest aprent. We also make a complete lino 

 of farm and ornamental feneinf?. Atjents nearly everywhere. 

 Agents wanted In uuasBlgned territory, 



Banwell Hoxie Wire Fence Co., Ltd. 

 Winnipeg, Manitoba Hamilton, Ontario 



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Use Less Land 



IT COSTS TOO MUCH to chase 

 a crop all over ten acres of land 

 when five acres will do the trick. 

 Get ten acres' yield from five and 

 save handling the extra land. 



Bradley's Fertilizers 



in connection with good farming, sensi- 

 ble rotation and occasional liming when 

 necessary will help you do this. They 

 furnish the available plant food for big 

 crops, and bring them along quickly 

 and improve their quality. 



Prices sliould be good. The Breeder's 



Gazette says : " If there ever was a time when 

 bumper yields were sought, it is this year". 

 For this reason, use Bradley's quickly avail- 

 able fertilizers and get your big money 

 crops in 1915. Crops won't have to wait 

 for their plant food to become available. 



Booklets and circulars mailed free 

 to any address. Drop a postal card to 



The American Agricultural Chemical Co., 



92 State Street, Boston 2 Rector Street, New York 

 Buffalo, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Etc. 



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returns. This year with the pruninsr and ; 

 sprayinjf, the orchard had returned ovei j 

 .$400 worth of fruit, sold on an opan mar- ■ 

 ket when prices were dull. Mr. Sadler ' 

 now counts his orchard the best payinsr ' 

 part of his farm, and firmly believes that 

 the returns can be increased one-half as 

 much ai^ain by fertilizing: the orchard and 

 by continued care." 



The War and Imported Nursery 

 Stock 



It was expected that there would be a 

 very serious diminution this season in the 

 quantity of nursery stock imported from 

 Europe. The decrease has been much less 

 than was anticipated. A lar>re amount of 

 the Belgian stock was shipped in the early 

 days of the war, and as it happens the 

 nursery section is not in that portion of 

 Beljrium that has been the scene of the 

 most active military operations. The Hol- 

 land shipments have suffered very little and 

 the Dutch nurserym<m who, with the Bel- 

 jfians, supply the wrreatest proportion of 

 the azaleas used for pottintr purposes, and 

 bay trees, etc., are actively solicitinjr trade 

 in these classes of nursery stock and in 

 bulbs. It is Binticipated that the withdrawal 

 in France of so many men for active ser- 

 vice will materially affect the French nur- 

 series which supply the bulk of the seedlinjir 

 stock used by our nurserymen for (craftinf;: 

 purposes. Nevertheless, every effort is be- 

 inii made to produce seedling- stock in as 

 larfi-e quantities as possible. 



It is almost certain that the effect of the 

 war will be seriously felt next season, both 

 on account of the reduced production and 

 the increased cost of sea transport. It would 

 be well for Canadian nurserymen and flor- 

 ists to be prepared to meet the shortage in 

 ornamental, fruit and other classes of nur- 

 sery stock now imported from European 

 countries. 



The Horticultural Publishing Co. 



The annual meeting of The Horticultural 

 Publishing Co., Ltd., publishers of The Can- 

 adian Horticulturist and of The Canadian 

 Florist, was held on March 31st. The re- 

 ports presented to the shareholders met 

 with their hearty approval. The following 

 ifficers were elected: President, W. H. 

 Bunting, St. Catharines ; 1st Vice-president. 

 J. H. Dunlop, Toronto ; Secretary-treasurer 

 and Managing Director, H. B. Cowan, Pet- 

 erboro ; Directors : A. W. Peart, Burling- 

 ton, Ont. ; Hermann Simmers, Toronto ; 

 Harold Jones, Prescott; P. W. Hodgetts, 

 Toronto. 



Last year revealed the lack that pre- 

 vails in the fruit districts of Canada of 

 adequate means of marketing the inferior 

 grades of apples in the form of by-products. 

 Evaporating plants should be located in all 

 the chief producing districts. Were such 

 plants established they would not only pro- 

 vide an outlet for much fruit which is now 

 wasted, especially in a season such as last 

 fall, but they would promote a better pack 

 of the higher grades of apples by reduc- 

 ing the temptation to include in them 

 apples better suited for lower grades or '• 

 evaporating purposes. Cooperative associ- ' 

 ations that have not already done so should 

 give this matter their attention, and be 

 better prepared in future to deal with simi- 

 lar situatioins when they arise. 



Several catalogues have been received by 

 The Canadian Horticulturist during the last 

 few weeks. These include a spraying cata- 

 logue from the Goulds Manufacturing Co., 

 Seneca Falls, N.Y. ; H. A. Dreer's Gar- 

 dening Catalogue for 1915, John Connom 

 Company's Wholesale Price List. 



