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are limited both in extent and in niimber. The 

 proportion of demand of fruit to supply must in- 

 crease. Fruit-growing as an industry is as stable 

 as any branch of farming. Contrast it to fox- 

 raising as undertaken on Prince Edward's Island. 

 Will black fox always be in fashion? Will fruit 

 always be in fashion? May fashion change in 

 preference for silver fox skins? Will people drop 

 out fruit for meat and cereals? Or will they con- 

 simie fruit for health as well as because of the 

 cost of cereals and meat? 



Here are some of the fundamentals to be weighed 

 by the would-be fruit-grower. At present every 

 vocation that can be called old is crowded and 

 the rush for the new portends a speedy supply. 

 There is now a rush for the land — a "return to 

 the soil.'* The explanation lies in the ceaseless 

 struggle for existence. The land question is the 

 great question for all the world — ^the very great 

 question in every civilized country. Land-grab- 

 bing is the history of nations. The land means 

 a livelihood, therefore, get land. Old-fashioned 

 farming lingers somewhat in ill repute; new- 

 fashioned farming means millions of money in- 

 vested by syndicates and mere stock-holding, as 

 evidence of claims to participation in profits from 

 the land. ''A fruit-farm for me ; a neat sort of life ; 

 a bank account," is the dream of many a young 

 man now surveying his hopes. 



Farming, like many another large activity, is 

 breaking up into special activities: dairying, stock- 



