or capitalist who contributes to her development 

 in manufacture or agriculture. 



Here, within an area of 27,985 square miles 

 fringed by a coastline of 600 miles, are 1,500 

 miles of main trunk roads, 1,600 miles of 

 secondary trunk roads, 10,500 miles of ordinary 

 by-roads, upwards of 4,000 bridges under the 

 care of provincial engineers, and 2,000 miles of 

 standard gauge railways. 



These avenues of internal communication 

 make the haunts of the deer, the moose and the 

 speckled trout only a few hours' journey from 

 any of the towns. Or the most remote forest 

 area may be reached by tote team and canoe on 

 the Tobique, Nepisiquit or Upsalquitch. A 

 portage of two miles between Lakes Nictor and 

 Nepisiquit allows the canoeist, outfitting at 

 Andover or Plaster Rock for a fishing trip to 

 the Tobique, to make a cast on the Upper 

 Nepisiquit. 



It is claimed that New Brunswick has more 

 big game than any other province in Canada. 

 The Chief Game Warden says in his report for 

 1920: "About twenty more American sportsmen 

 hunted in our province this year than last, and 

 from information at hand as in the past, these 

 people returned home well satisfied and con- 

 vinced that we have one of the best countries in 

 America for big game. Of game killed, two of 

 the moose heads had horns of 64 inches spread. 

 The total number of moose killed in 1920 was 

 1,596 and the total number of deer killed, 2,844." 

 The record spread taken in New Brunswick is 

 71% inches. This moose was taken on October 

 10th, 1917, on the Nepisiquit River 



Forestry and Mining 



The forests of the province constitute the 

 source of one of the chief industries, and from 

 the government lands under timber license are 

 derived the main source of revenue. The game 

 also is under the purview of the government as 

 well as the mines of coal, iron, gypsum, natural 

 gas and oil. The amount of the revenue derived 

 from the lumber cut of 1920, three hundred and 

 sixty-five million feet, was $1,257,967.17. The 

 timber harvest comprises mainly the following- 

 species: spruce, fir, cedar, white pine, red pine, 

 hemlock and hardwoods. 



There are three branches of mining industry 

 in active operation: coal mining in the Grand 

 Lake region; the production of natural gas and 

 oil near Moncton, and the quarrying and manu- 

 facture of gypsum at Hillsboro. The quantity of 

 coal mined last year was 135,297 gross tons. The 

 number of producing wells of gas or oil was 

 eighteen. All gas at present used comes from the 

 Stoney Creek field on Albert County side of the 

 Petitcodjiac River, eight miles below Moncton. 

 One of the wells driven last year gushed 67 

 bbls. in one day. The total output of the gypsum 



quarries was 37,796 tons, shipped mainly to the 

 United States. 



The province holds third rank among the 

 provinces of Canada in the value of its fisheries. 

 The smelt catch annually constitutes approxi- 

 mately two-thirds of the catch in all Canada, 

 and its oyster fishery is famed in all American 

 cities. 



The port of St. John, the eastern water-gate 

 and winter port of Canada and terminus of the 

 Canadian Pacific and Canadian National Rail- 

 ways, is the distributing point for Eastern 

 Canada, with rail connection to the entire con- 

 tinent. No other ocean port in Canada except 

 Montreal has so good a record of industrial 

 progress. Here are situated three grain elevators, 

 three flour and feed mills, eight foundries and 

 machine shops, four fish plants and fertilizer 

 factories, a pulp mill and many other in- 

 dustries. 



Growing Agricultural Output 



The agricultural status of the province is 

 most favorably known through the excellent 

 quality and immense quantities of potatoes and 

 hay which are shipped to United States cities. 

 The area devoted to the production of these 

 staples and grain approximates one and one- 

 quarter million acres. At least five million 

 bushels of potatoes, representing the average 

 exportable surplus, are annually shipped to other 

 provinces, United States and West Indian 

 markets. 



No country on the Atlantic coast possesses 

 greater advantages in its adaptation for dairying 

 rich pastures, abundant supplies of water, cool 

 nights and a large home-market that has never 

 known an over supply, invites the farmer to take 

 pride and a commensurate profit in high-pro- 

 ducing dairies. Cheese and butter production, 

 ice-cream and city milk supply absorb a large 

 part of the dairyman's product. Centralized 

 butter factories, of which there are now three 

 established, exert a stabilizing effect on the 

 industry and are favored alike by milk producers 

 and consumers. 



The total amount of cheese, butter and ice 

 cream manufactured in 1920 in factories and 

 creameries under government inspection was 

 1,107,900 Ibs. of cheese, 1,064,563 Ibs. of butter 

 and 69,567 gallons of ice cream. Total value, 

 $1,065,685.52. 



The province extends to the newcomer, 

 whether he be tourist, worker or capitalist, the 

 welcome and hospitality that is found "down 

 east," and the advantages of her democratic 

 institutions, excellent educational system, reli- 

 gious tolerance and every aid that can be secured 

 through officials of the different departments of 

 a settled and well-organized government. 



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