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I ilo not need to tell you people who are interested in 

 the orchard business that when you get winter injury in the 

 orchard it is a serious matter; you never know where it is 

 ^oiiig to stop. It is a good deal more serious than some 

 diseases which can be treated. I talked with one grower in 

 Kelowna, British Columbia, where I saw the worst injuries 

 of this kind. lie gave me the following figures which I 

 think very interesting. 



Gross returns 



Faliwaters 



Ontario 



Jonathan 



Prunes . - . 



The next grower to him 



The second grower to him 

 That would be an illustration of the decline through prac- 

 tically this one difficulty alone. "When you got up to Ver- 

 non, British Columbia, you found much the same conditions 

 there. Personally I would rather have almost anything 

 trouble my orchard than a serious case of winter injury. 



The next question I want to say a few words on is the 

 labor question. I think it might be included under the 

 section I have just been discussing, their "troubles," be- 

 cause it seemed to me one of the serious problems that 

 faced them there. We all know it is serious enough with 

 us in New England, ])ut it seems there they are peculiarly 

 unfavorably situated. If you think the situation over, you 

 will see that they are bound to have more difficulty than we 

 do. 



In the case of Wenatchee, for instance, you travel 

 nearly all day, two thirds of a day, three-fourths of day, on 

 a good fast train to get to Wenatchee, from anywhere else, 

 that is, anywhere else of any size, coming in from Seattle on 

 the other end and from Spokane from this end, and in that 

 time you travel mostly through a sage brush country. AH 

 this country where it is taking up anything but ranching is 



