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Are Peach Trees Canadian Grown Scarce ht is a pleasure in moving through vural Ontario to come across a farm er who ‘has advanced himself to an anlependencs of «:o iddiowan. Preâ€" ®:~.at Johnson of the Ontario Fruit Growers‘ _ Association intimately known as "Dan" J.nson, is such a farmer, . His holding «onr Forest in Lambton county, especicsly "ich and productive, means little or nothing to the profession that thrives on farm era‘ profits, . lidividuaily, _ he has solved the marketing problem _ and with mieâ€"standing of how to dis pos* o. «is priducts, is now retaining the ull profit to which the rzowar is ent ed. Fruit growing is his main pursult. Je has beon ~~gaged in this branch of farming & .. enoug‘ is know that the greateer sucuoss can only be atâ€" tained whea the trult grower underâ€" takes not â€"~Iy to sell his own fruit but to contrul the business which con verts the byâ€"products into proft. On Mr, Johnson‘s farm is a swall buildâ€" ing with the faclHities for manufacâ€" turing the barrels required for pack ing the fruit of the orchard. Under the shade of 1e very trecs that proâ€" due« them is a plant where all the clls and windfalls are . evaborated and packed for . shipment _ to the trade. The average farmer _ would probwbly have stopped here. But "Dan"* Johnson, as a . wideâ€"awake business man, knows that _ even his cull apples may produce . a byâ€"proâ€" duct. At t!.. evaporatin~ plant care is taken to preserve the win, core and seeds of all the apples ~andled. ‘These e evaporated an‘d shipped in batrels « tecu w wermany where they are employed in the manufacture of ‘The trees in the Johnson orchard produce nothing that cannot be turnâ€" «d into money. _ Everything . from No, 1 gride apples to the most scrubâ€" by fruit, even the skin and cores are offered for sale on the market. There is absolut«ly no waste. ‘The profit arising from this exhaustive utilizaâ€" tion of th» trees‘ products might not be worth the while,. were Mr. Johnâ€" son to receive only what middiemen acting _ between farmers and customers offer to him. . That he is becoming independent from his com Dan. J¢hnson, of Forest A Sketch of Lambton‘s Fruit King ‘«ils Every App) Grown "Dan" Johnson at Work bined intereste is due largely to his whility to sell at right prices. He has reached the stage of success in busiâ€" ness farming to which _ all Ontario farmers, the majority of whoin labor urder the same _ conditions, . might well aspire. Mr, Johnson‘s Abllity to Sell An instance of his advance salesâ€" manship is found in the story of how he dispoed of his 6,000â€"barrel apple «op this fail. ‘The production was t« crop of a number . of orcharls within a close radius of Mr. . Jo‘inâ€" won‘s home which are _ owned and operated by the Johnson _ Brothers. Here it should be stated that the aver age price for a barrel of anples Teâ€" celved in Ontaric this autmmn is . not more than $1.50. The coâ€"operative fruit growers‘ associations have 10â€" celved an average price _ of about $2.50 per barral, . the difference beâ€" tween what the coâ€"operative _ fruit grower and the nonâ€"member receiv» «4 be‘ag accounted for by t o latter‘s inablhty to place bis _ fruit on the proper market, worki>g single handâ€" For the best of the a number of carloads Spys and Kings, $3.75 Mr. Johnson farms 200 acros, 41-‘ vided in two holdings. _ He has 40 mcres in orchard on the home place, and in addition, almost . as . much again in rented orchards. . The plan of Johnson Bros. has been . to rent neglected fruit lands, of which there are unfortunatoly too many . in the neighborhood, and . increase _ their production by the application of moâ€" dern mothods of culture. In a year or two, after pruning and . apraying, the trees have been known in a number of cases to _ have _ doubled their best ylelds. _ The remaining 60 acres of the farm is devoted to pasâ€" ture. Mr. Johnson _ has . nineteen acres of peaches, with fifteen acres of young apple trees set . out among E-';.â€"'.WW' My all _ the orchard land on the Johnnsn homestead . has been combined peach and apple orâ€" "Drumming" for Buyers You want CANADIAN GROWN trees for your orchard. You want them true to name, free from disease, and up to quality. We can furnish them. Our assortment is still complete and is about the only large stock of CANADIAN GROWN PEACH TREES on the market. When these are gone, We will stop selling. No imported trees for us We know our trees B0 n noma. aÂ¥ttrse nnalitvy snd Witth a magnificent ;ellingv.â€" No i]iiborted trees for us We know Our are true to name, extra quality and with a magnif root systeim. All grown from southern pits. Don‘t delay if you want your pick in varieties. See local agent at once or send list of your WaRtS, direct. cacth 1 9n aac We Can 1 10CHM agent at UuuLe L ovuu ul V JOUOES ar, it NOW. You will be surprised at the prices we can make on extra fine 4 to 6 ft. or 3 to 4 ft peaches. THOS. W. BOWMAN & SON CO., Ltd. ¢ RIDGEVILLE, ONTARIO Johnson crop, of _ straight per _ barrol recelved. The Prices chards, followisg out a well plar of "Ailling." The Advance of Sclence ‘The present ewnor‘s father, late James Johnson, in his «Ume, one of the first peach growers . Lambton. _ He had _ a consider. acreage in healthy producing tr when about 20 years ago the orch was stricken with leaf ourl ~1 Johnson, Sr., was driven out of . business. _ He became so disco aged in the face of what he . Joo} upon as an unromedial pest that let the trees go. . Bole im . "Had he only krown," Mrâ€" John says, "that one application of 1 sulphur before the buds broke in spring would have setued . it, would never have grown Leaf our}, as it is now known, is caslest thing to overcome . in peach business,‘ Some Patriarehal Trees In the old portion of Mr. producing orchard is about five, cn which the apple trees are past years old and _ producing There is also about 35 acrtes npproa ing 40 years. According to Mr. Jo! son, _ the patriarchal _ trees . a among his best and he does nit lo for the termination of their usofi nees in his lifetime, Some of the ¢ trees were winterâ€"klled on the lo «s branches last winter and for th reason very little cultivation is bei wiven the land this year. Mr, Johnson‘s plan is to _ let weeds grow up naturally among apple trees. _ In the peach orcha he sows a cover crop of onts August 1. Pruning of the apple is generally done in March. year some were done in January ; an experiment and the result has led him to beleive that prun! in such severe weather leaves 1 ger of tha wounds not being heal up normally, Peach trees are pru in April after the buds show, : Johnson plan of pruning is to mence the operatiin on the of the trees first in order to let sun down into the inner part. Johnson said that in his opinion, does more harm‘than good to prui from the inside. out. Mocern Spraying Methods The apple and plum _ trees sprayed at least three times . ove spring and the peach _ trees tw These latter should se sprayed . f on the bare wood _ and aga‘y wh the fruit is about the size of bean On the bare wood Mr. Johnson lime sulphur in a solution of to one. In the second appMcation vées arsenate of lead as an 1 cide, mixing two gallons in forty water. The same application is preseri! for apple trees before the buds br« as is recommended for the peao! at that stage. Just before the bl soms burst a thorough application limeâ€"sulpbur in 1.35 strength = ‘be used. _ Mr. Johnson uses a made concentrated solution and . employs a hbydroâ€"meter to . test / strength. _ When . it f specific gravity, the sol $ He advises fruit growers . to nc apply lmeâ€"sulphur on peach foliage as it burns and causes damage. He bas tried it a score of times ‘ind al ways regrotted it. The third applict tion in spraying apple trees s:oul come just as the blossoms fail, / th 240 solution of arsenate of leal ant 35.1 lime ulphur solution being . th prescription. _ The â€" application _ 1 given to the plum trees as well, on‘ in a slightly weaker form. The Crops Between years. He gencrally plants potatoes, reots, corn or beans, which have the wdvantage of affording cultivation to the land in the fall when the surface is stirred up. When hoed crops a:4 grown extensively, he believes . it might be well to put in a cover crop 4 oats or rye at intervals, to check the growth of the trees. Big Money From Peaches The peach crop on Mr, Johnson‘s farm is perhaps _ his best moneyâ€" THE INDEPEN TNSBY _If you have the slightest doubt that Lydia E. Pinkham‘s Vegetaâ€" bleCo-poun"lll write to Lydia E. Pinkham .ml‘(:o. (confidential) Lynn, Mass., for adâ€" vice. Your letter will be opened, read and answered by a woman, lets, for which 90¢ was received for the Crawfords and 750 for the white ‘cshod varietles. _ The latter, while very luscious, are not good as traveiâ€" lers or for preserves. . Mr. Johnson tiposed of his peach crop last year to a firm in London, _ Ont., _ at the labove prices, {. 0. b. Forest. ‘The orchard averaged more than 14 basâ€" kets per tree, or 1400 an acre. At this eatimate, an acre of the 75¢ var leties would retdrn more than $900. Last winter injured the entire bearâ€" ing orchard and has meant . a loss on the 12 acres of nearly . $10,000, only paying for the expensc Mr. Johnson has estimatâ€" s "picking peaches at 1% m basket, and that . of packing and held in strict confidence. Ing. â€" iker, â€" Last year his . fourâ€"yearâ€"old es returned a crop of 5,000 basâ€" Jay, 8 p. m.â€"B. Y. P. U. , 8 p. m.â€"Prayer Meotâ€" ONTARE BAPTIST CHURCH Ratcliffe, pastor. ry, Jan, 26. m.â€""Certainly J Will be With R. R. McKay _ will | I will also pay a suitable reward for priâ€" \vate information with regard to any one |selling or offering to sell Ancona Pullets or |\of any ore buying the same in this district, \during the past week or at any future time “this season, or for any information of any \party shippinf Ancona Pullets to Hamilton ,lor other outside points or of delivering the \same to Hamilton or other outside points. I will gay a reward of $20.00 for informaâ€" tion that will lead to the discovery and conâ€" viction of the party or gaxties who stole eight Purebred Ancona Pullets from my Cornuco;iia Farm in North Grimsby on the night of Thursday, Jan‘y 16th, 1913. Evidently the party who stole these Pullets would not risk keeping them on his own premises, and I will therefore amply reward any one who will advise me in "strictest confidence" of any one shipping, offering, or selling Ancona Pullets at any time after January 16th, 1913. as, you can get some ready money by postâ€" in’g me and fwill holid your information in "strictest confidence." If you know of anything or hear anyâ€" thing about any party trucking with Anconâ€" NEW BASKET FIRM! THE LARGEST AND FASTEST GROWING TOWN IN LINCOLN COUNTY Two Banks High School Carnegic Library Boautifol Scenery Basket Factory Hea:..."al Climate Two Planing Mills Two Barrel Factories Two Carringe Works Radiant Electrical Co. H. G. & B. Electric Line Grand Trunk Main Line Proposed line of C. N. R. Specialty Manufacturing Co. 22 miles of Cement Sidewalk hest Waterworks System in Canâ€" Maurble Works â€"â€" ada 1 The 44th Regiment Band of 40 ‘Two largest Canni Factories i o ing es in Canada Four Greenhouse Plants, one of Canada‘s Premier Summer Resort, within two miles of its doors, ADVERTISE IN THE INDPENDETN Fruit growers would do well to see this new firm before placing their orders for baskets. A. Hewson has been foreman and for the Grimeby Fagtory, under |. H. nrour & Co., "Experience is a wise teacher." The fruit growâ€" mkmwwhnkindofnhohtA.Hewloonhu turned out when given a free hand. The new firm intends to make the best hand nailed basket on the market at a fair pricze. They solicit their shars of the trade of the growers wanting this kind of a basket. Orders may be placed at once and mnuf‘cturinc will be commenced as soon as a building can be erected and machinery installed. JAS. A. LIVINGSTON Grimsby. Ontario HEWSON & FARRELL them covering two acres, $20.00 REW ARD ramely "Grimsby Beach" Grimsby Mig. Co., Jas. Doran and Chas. Vanâ€" HEWSON & FARRELL COME TO GRIMSBY "III€E GARDEN OF CANADA" GRIMSBY, .ONTARIO WHAT GRIMSBY HAS Five Churches Three Newspapers Cheap Electric Power The finest Fruit Land in tae World ‘The finest Residences in the country ‘The two best kept Hotels in Onâ€" \ tario ‘A new Government Post Office (to be built) The fnest stocked Stores in Linâ€" coln County Unlimited supply of Natural Gas (being piped) Lake Ontario on the North and the Mountain on the South. A population of 1,800, and a tribuâ€" ___ tary population of 5,000 withâ€" Mih of the town The Stables of the World‘s Chamâ€" Standing Racing combination. ‘The tinest Fruit grown on the conâ€" tinent. Itis {':own the World The finest laid out Driving Park in Ontario with one of the fastest half mile tracks to: be WED c;;;fâ€"iw_ii fine quality and found anywhere AY, JAN. 99