Octobre 



LA REVUE AGROXOMIQUE CANADIENNE 



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C'est Tordre eteruel qui est inscrit dans 

 la nature humaine, qui se reproduit dans 

 les oeuvres de riioninie. et contre lequel 

 toutes les insurrec'tit>ns seiont eternelle- 

 raent vaines. 



FEU M. A.-J.-M. BEL ANGER 



AVIS 



La Societe des agronomes tiendra une as- 

 semblee au mois d "octobre, a roccasion du 

 eoncours de labour. On enverra aux 

 inerabres un avis de convocation. 



rx PROGRAMME 



Nous avons appris avec regret la mort 

 de M. A.-J.-M. Belanger, agronome officiel 

 du Lac St-Jean. Xous offrons a la famil- 

 le nos plus sinceres sympathies. X^e I'ou- 

 blions pas dans nos prieres. 



Les menibres de la 8ciete sont pries de 

 faire des suggestions au secretaire de leur 

 section respective en vue de preparer un 

 programme pour Lassemblee du mois d "oc- 

 tobre. 



XT'T CULTURE LX BRITISH 

 COLUMBIA. 



E.rperimoiis Being Conducted wiih Many 

 Va ieties. 



Is nut growing on a commercial scale 

 possible in Canada .' With a view to se- 

 curing aii ansAver to this question consider- 

 able experimental work is being under- 

 taken on the Experimental Farm at Agas- 

 siz, and at the Experimental Station on 

 Vancouver Island, British Columbia. What 

 has been done and what is being- done are 

 described in a bulletin by Lionel Steven- 

 son, superintendent of the Sidney station, 

 who says that the few nut trees in some 

 sections of the province that have sur- 

 vived neglect or destruction by animals de- 

 monstrate that there are possibilities foi- 

 systematic nut culture where fruit or- 

 charding has been a success. X'^umerous 

 fine specimens of the Persian walnut, com- 

 monly called the English walnut, are to be 

 seen in the older .sections of the Island and 

 in the lower Eraser valley. These, Mr. 

 Stevenson says, would indicate a promise of 

 commercial success. The Ameiican spe- 

 cies of chestnut, known as Castanea den- 

 tata, common enough in Ontario and Que- 

 bec, thrives on Vancouver Island, but a 

 cr.op is rarely seen. As a nut it excels 

 the Japanese and European species in fla- 

 vour, but is not large enough for the trade: 

 Both Japanese and European chestnuts are 

 not unknown on Vancouver Island but 

 lack somewhat in quality. Almond trees 

 have been secured from southern Europe. 



California, and China, and two trees have 

 produced a good grade of the hard shell 

 type of nut and one of the soft shell kind. 

 Pecans and hickories are being experiment- 

 ed with, British Columbia being outside 

 the range of the wild varieties, and hopes 

 are entertained of success from seedlings 

 procured from Tennessee. 



EUROPE AX CORX BORER. 



Extension of Area under Quarantine. 



As a result of the scouting work for the 

 European corn borer carried on by the 

 Dominion Department of Agriculture it 

 has been found that this insect has spread 

 into new territory this year. On account 

 of the danger of carrying the pest into 

 uninfested districts, a ministerial order 

 Avas passed on August, 26, 1921, prohibit- 

 ing the removal of corn, including sweet 

 corn and seed corn on the cob, corn stalks, 

 etc., from the following townships in the 

 province of Ontario : 



Charlotteville. Houghton. Middleton, 

 Townsend, Walsingham north, "Walsing- 

 ham south, Windham, Woodhouse in the 

 County of X'orfolk; Cayuga north, Dunn, 

 Rainham and Walpole in the county of 

 Haldimand: and Raleigh and Romney in 

 the county of Kent. 



This order is supplementary to the or- 

 der-in-council which was passed on May 

 18, 1921. All persons desiring detailed in- 

 formation concerning this quarantine 

 should apply to the Department of Agri- 

 culture, Ottawa. 



