The possibilities for raising strawberries, raspberries, 

 and blueberries in Nova Scotia are unsurpassed on the 

 continent east of the Rocky Mountains. These could find 

 an assured market in the event of factories being estab- 

 lished here having for object the utilization of the by- 

 products of the apple industry, and such other fruits as 

 plums, etc. 



An article that has considerable of a market in the 

 United States is "Fried Potato Chips." These are put 

 up in small cartons and are in large demand in towns and 

 cities. With cheaper help in our country districts this 

 article could no doubt be manufactured here much cheaper 

 than in the States, and the Canadian trade could be 

 supplied from Nova Scotia. 



In 1921 a new method of extracting by-product from 

 waste and otherwise useless apples, including the most 

 intensely acid and worthless apples, "Which heretofore 

 have been going to waste, was introduced in the Valley. 

 From a simple process it was claimed that a syrup, which 

 was pronounced eminently desirable as a basis for other 

 concoctions, was produced. Calcium Malite, the same as 

 is derived from maple syrup and known as Sugarsand, was 

 produced by this process. Before the war, Germany 

 bought this sugar sand extensively in Quebec at about six 

 shillings or more per pound, as a source of Malic Acid. 

 The process was tried in two evaporators and it was 

 thought that it would lead to the development of an 

 entirely new industry in the Annapolis Valley. If the 

 process needs further research, no time should be lost_ in 

 making the necessary investigations. The Dominion 

 Laboratory at Annapolis has done much research work in 

 this connection, and will spend all the time necessary to 

 produce the required results. 



An excellent line of high class confectionery has been 

 manufactured and found a wide market in the Western 

 Pacific apple districts of the U.S.A., made from apple 

 juice, of which large quantities could be obtained from 

 unmarketable apples in the Annapolis Valley. 



It is time that the prosperous and progressive fruit 

 farmers of this district took stock of the opportunities 

 that lie ready to their hands for increasing their business 

 and the productiveness of this beautiful valley and eliminat- 

 ing waste. 



Wool Combing Industry Established 



A move of great national importance, fraught 

 with great significance to the future prosperity 

 of the wool and textile industries of Canada, 

 of marked consideration not only to agricul- 

 turists but the Canadian people at large, is the 

 forging of what has long been a missing link in 

 the chain of Canada's wool industries. Private 

 enterprise has made it possible to erect a plant 

 for the combing of the Canadian wool crop, and 

 the Dominion Combing Mills, Ltd., at Trenton, 

 Ontario, are nearly ready to commence opera- 

 tions. The company is capitalized at $2,500,000, 

 and the construction of the plant was only 

 commenced after the architects had spent three 

 weeks in going over many long established 

 factories in Bradford.the English centre of the 

 industry. All the machinery has been intro- 

 duced from the same district. 



In the past the wool raising industry of 

 Canada has been largely handicapped through 

 the absence of this link in its chain. Millions of 

 dollars have been lost to Dominion farmers 



because the one process necessary to the satis- 

 factory marketing of their output has been 

 lacking and the raw material has had to be 

 exported at low rates instead of being prepared 

 for the finishing process at home. It was not 

 possible to sell the produce to the textile fac- 

 tories at home because it lacked treatment in an 

 important process and manufacturers could not 

 use it without being processed. The result has 

 been that home textile factories had to import 

 their finished raw material from abroad instead 

 of getting it from the Canadian farmers, or 

 those to whom they depute the task of handling 

 their output. 



Produced 22J Million Pounds in 1922 



Last year Canada produced over 22,500,000 

 pounds of raw wool. A large percentage of this 

 was such that it had to be combed before it 

 could be used in the worsted industry and there- 

 fore had to be exported. During the same period 

 Canada imported from Australia, England and 

 foreign countries over 7,000,000 pounds of tops, 

 noils, etc., for the use of Canadian spinning mills. 

 The new Canadian industry will produce the 

 tops that are now being imported and the 

 Dominion Combing Mills, Ltd., will have the 

 honor of operating the first plant to put the 

 wool through the highly necessary process for 

 manufacture. The necessity for the home 

 manufacture of their wool has been brought home 

 to Canadian farmers as never before when 

 through the new United States tariff they find 

 themselves deprived of a market that heretofore 

 bought combing wools because the United 

 States had the plants when Canada had not; 

 consequently, both farmers and manufacturers 

 highly endorse the enterprise. 



It is difficult to estimate the extent of the 

 stimulus of the new establishment upon the 

 woolen textile industry of Canada, which is 

 already an important one. There are in all 94 

 plants engaged in the manufacture of woolen 

 goods, woolen yarns and woolen felts in Canada, 

 66 being devoted to the first, 16 to the second 

 and 12 to the third. The capital invested in 

 woolen goods' establishments is $22,783,128; in 

 those of woolen yarns, $6,428,991; and in wool 

 felts, $3,573,100. A total of 500 persons receiv- 

 ing over a million dollars in wages and salaries 

 are engaged in the various branches. The 

 production of the woolen goods plants is in excess 

 of $28,000,000 a year; that of woolen yarns, 

 $9,000,000; and of wool felts, $3,500,000. 



Britain Will Assist In Financing 



The woolen trade in Great Britain is keenly 

 alive to the importance of the Canadian industry 

 as indicated by the fact that the Trades Facility 

 Commission, a branch of the British Treasury 

 formed for the purpose of assisting in financing 

 industries that will promote trade within the 



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