



grim mi; asst . and co-operative organuouion* all trnd to 



Kuidc and safeguard the interests of the investor from the fir*t 



ughout. II ; <-i <::: :.<. uith ftucce**. And labour-saving 

 nlifies or remove udgcry of a life at once help- 



ful and independc 



VEGETABLE <.I\MN<. 



Ontario is well MI the production of every variety of 



garden vegetables, Mich a* cabbage . cucumber*, onion*, 



tomatoes, carrots, beets, can: asparagus, radishes, lettuce, 



pea* and rhubarb. tgs crops per acre: 



cabbages. nnbers (small), 5 ton*; tomatoes, 25 



SiishcK; potatoes, 200 busheN ; oni-ms, 31x1 buthels. Onion* have 



i(h as i, 200 bushels. 



Owing to the rapid expansion of our cities, large tract* of mar- 

 ket gardens have been taken up and uti! lot*, and at 

 the present time our vegetable grower* are unable to supply the 

 demand of the rapidly in ;*.pulation. 



Excellent market garden land can be procured at 

 rates, and th<c who -ed in the business find a ready 



"t nahle prices. There is a splendid opening in Ontario 

 in.Ix of men who in I the business of raising 



I'i.r urea: difficulty is the lack of efficient men to raise the 

 produce required. 



TOBACCO. 



The rich soil and \\ann din the southern border 



favourable to the production <>f excellent grades 

 of tobacco. Essex and Kent are the two mties engaged in 



this induct r>. In i<)ii about 15.000 acres were under cultivation, 

 with a yield of 20,000,000 pound* and a \aluc of a/xxvooo 

 dollars In I-MJ tlu acreage was 10,741). Mam kind* of tobacco 

 are grown, but the V. ;rc< Imninates. The complete cost 



50 per acre, the avenge crop i* 1.250 



pounds per acre, amhthc avera- rr pound, which 



varies with ti as hijh as i;c The induMr>- i one 



of the most pr..fitable in south western Ontario. 



