O. A. C. Review Volume 23 Issue 6, March 1911
Publisher: Ontario Agricultural College
Published: 1911-03-01
Language: eng
Number of pages: 90
Subjects: OAC Review; College news; editorial; agriculture; apples; New Brunswick; commercial production; fruit production; British Columbia; Ontario beekeeping; poetry; farm gardens; Women's Institutes; school gardens; fall fairs; Ontario greenhouses; greenhouse cucumbers; plant breeding; rearing chicks; chicken brooding; chicken housing; Short Courses; O. A. C. Review staff elections; Conversazione; Conversazione Committee photograph; Union Literary Society; skating party; O. A. C. alumni Ottawa; athletics; basketball; hockey; domestic science; technical training; Conversat; Schools' and Teachers' Department; Ontario Corn Growers Association; Winnipeg; school gardening; alumnae; local news; personals; alumni; advertising; Guelph
Description: This thematic issue highlights fruits, flowers and honey. Articles address the profitability of apple production in New Brunswick, fruit growing in British Columbia, the profitability of beekeeping, how farm gardens improve the surroundings of farms, and greenhouse cucumber production. The Experimental Union article pertains to improving plant breeding. The Poultry column builds upon the previous issue's column and addresses the rearing of chicks. The featured campus news is regarding the Conversazione, as well as, the election of the O. A. C. Review staff, the skating party, the Union Literary Society meeting, and the athletic results in basketball and hockey. The Schools' and Teachers' Department column features elementary agriculture and the junior department of the Ontario Corn Growers' Association. The Macdonald column features the practical value of technical training in domestic science. Alumni news covers the banquet of the O. A. C. alumni in Ottawa.