were submitted for examination. The trees 

 were grown on the ranch from seed, and the 

 alderman is an enthusiastic advocate of the 

 permanent establishment of a walnut grow- 

 ing industry in the Pacific coast province. 



A valuable feature in walnut production 

 is that the trees thrive admirably and produce 

 abundantly on rough land. Trees are usually 

 planted about fifty feet apart, so that a sub- 

 stantial orchard can be established on a small 

 acreage. The Franquette and Mayette vari- 

 eties have been found the most suitable for 

 British Columbia growth, and that it is more 

 satisfactory to grow the American black walnut 

 and graft the chosen variety upon it. Hard- 

 shelled walnuts have disappeared from commerce 

 and what is known as the soft-shelled English 

 walnut dominates the market to-day. It has 

 been proved that these grow admirably on the 

 Canadian Pacific coast. 



Possibilities of the Industry 



Squirrels do not bother the growing crop 

 in settled communities, neither is it the ob- 

 ject of attack from caterpillars. The blue- 

 jay in British Columbia is responsible for a 

 certain amount of depredation, managing to 

 crack the nuts in some mysterious manner, 

 but this menace is remediable with a small 

 'rifle. 



There is a double advantage in growing 

 walnut trees in as much as they also make ex- 

 cellent shade trees, being considered in this 

 regard the equal of soft maples. As such it is 

 advocated that (hey be planted on smaller 

 areas in back yards and about houses. In 

 ten years, in addition to their sheltering and 

 beautifying effect, they will be producing a 

 healthy crop annually whilst the commercial 

 value of walnut wood is consistently high. 



In marketing walnuts the high grade is 

 selected for dessert purposes, the remainder 

 being divided into lesser grades for cooking, 

 candy-making, etc. Two hundred pounds per 

 tree is not a large yield, which, sold at the low- 

 est estimate of 25 cents per pound returns 

 $50 per tree. An orchard of one hundred trees 

 at this rate would give annually the very com- 

 fortable income of $5,000. This estimate is 

 low, as, at the time of writing, walnuts are selling 

 in Vancouver at 50 cents per pound. 



The possibilities of this industry, points 

 out Alderman Tisdall, to British Columbia, 

 standardized and with scientific methods in- 

 troduced, are excellent. Walnuts have taken 

 their place as a staple everyday food, used by 

 the housewife, on account of the nutritious 

 qualities, the year round. Canada imports 

 every year from the United States, the United 

 Kingdom, France and China, a million and a 

 half pounds of these nuts which she might be 

 producing herself. 



According to California growers, they can 

 be stored for a year or more awaiting disposal 

 without loss from depreciation. With en- 

 couragement this promising industry should 

 secure firm footing in British Columbia. 



Premier Potato Province 



As Saskatchewan suggests premier wheat, 

 so does New Brunswick prime potatoes, and 

 whatever else be said of agriculture in the Mari- 

 time province, it has created, and is main- 

 taining in a very gratifying manner, a reputation 

 as one of the richest potato-producing areas on 

 the American continent. Not only is the 

 province a heavy producer, but its product is of 

 such high quality and so generally recognized 

 that demands for it are received from many and 

 widely separated points. New Brunswick is 

 only on the rise in this regard, and may be looked 

 to for yet greater achievements in this regard 

 in future years. 



In the year 1921 New Brunswick had 74,- 

 875 acres sown to potatoes out of a total 

 Dominion acreage of 701,912, from which it 

 secured a yield of 16,192,000 bushels out of a 

 Dominion production of 110,895,000 bushels. 

 Its average production all over the province 

 was 2 16^ bushels, a yield greatly in excess of 

 that of any other of the Canadian provinces 

 and of the Dominion average of 158 bushels. 

 The real significance of this production may be 

 further realized by a comparison with the es- 

 timated average production of this crop in the 

 entire United States of 87. 1 bushels to the acre, 

 or that of 1920, 109. 6 bushels. 



It is not long since New Brunswick would 

 seem to have awakened to its possibilities in 

 potato raising and started out to take advan- 

 tage of its potentialities in this regard. Its rise 

 to prominence in potato production has been 

 rapid, and it is only within the last half decade 

 that this vegetable has come to account for such 

 a proportion of the provincial agricultural reve- 

 nue. In 1915 the annual production was 

 5,772,000 bushels worth $3,674,000, and by 

 1916 this had increased to 7,488,000 bushels 

 valued at $6,290,000. By 1918 the yearly 

 production was 9,077,600 bushels and the value 

 $9,077,600. The yield of the year 1920 was 

 15,510,300 and its value $10,857,200. Since 

 1915 the provincial potato crop has increased 

 by more than 170 per cent, and its value by more 

 than 180 per cent. 



Excellent Yield in 1921 



The excellence of the 1921 potato yield in 

 New Brunswick has already received wide atten- 

 tion from many quarters. The State of Maine 

 has built up a sound reputation for potato 

 growing, yet this year the famed Arostook 

 region has shipped in several carloads of the 

 Canadian product to ensure a supply of high- 



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