The farms of the Arrow Lakes are quite scattered and extend along the 

 Lakes from East Robson at the South to Nakusp at the North. This report 

 includes surveys of farms at East Robson, Edgewood, Needles, .Burton and 

 Nakusp. From Table No. 1 the farms of this district are shown to be small as 

 compared with those of the other districts. The farmers conduct a fruit-growing 

 business largely, and make a great proportion of their farm receipts from the 

 sale of apples and small fruits. Some farms, however, conduct a considerable 

 dairy business and dispose of this milk locally, to the Nelson or Salmon Arm 

 creameries, or to Revelstoke for city consumption. The yield of farm crops per 

 acre is found to be very low in the Arrow Lakes district during the year. 



The Courtenay district is distinctly a dairy district. The farms are of fair 

 size, but quite a large proportion of the acreage is untilled as yet, as is shown in 

 Table No. 1. Owing to their specialization in the dairy business, a very small 

 amount of their receipts come from the sale of crops. The Courtenay creamery 

 supplies a good market for the butter-fat produced. This district includes several 

 farms on Denman Island. 



The Salmon Arm area is quite distinctly divided into two parts: the bottom- 

 land farms, used for general dairy farming, and the bench farms, used largely 

 for growing apples, cherries and small fruits. Table No. 1 shows that quite a 

 large percentage of the receipts come from the sale of crops. These crops are 

 grain and hay from the bottom lands and fruit from the benches. 



Chilliwack farmers feature the production of butter-far, as is shown by their 

 high dairy diversity index. A small percentage of the receipts come from the 

 sale of crops. The yield of crops and the quality of the livestock are both high 

 as compared with other districts studied during the year. The butter-fat of this 

 district is handled by the Fraser Valley Milk Producers' Association, which pro- 

 vides a splendid outlet for this commodity. 



The Ladner farmers make the large percentage of their receipts from dairy 

 cows. The Fraser Valley Milk Producers' Association provide a market for milk 

 from this area. The farmers, however, sell a considerable quantity of grain and 

 hay. In size of farms, this district surpasses all other districts studied. 



AVERAGE YIELD OF CROPS IN TONS PER ACRE, ON FARMS INCLUDED 



IN THE INVESTIGATION, FOR THE CROP YEAR OF 1920. 



Table No. 2. 



During the year that this irrvestigational work was conducted, livestock 

 values dropped considerably. Between May 1st. 1920, and May 1st, 1921, the 

 inventories of livestock on the average farm indicated a drop of twelve dollars 

 per animal unit. 



Labour incomes for the year were found to be lower than those of the 

 previous year, owing largely to the same cause. 



Grainjprices also fell considerably. The price of oats during the year dropped 

 50%. This reduced the labour incomes on the grain farms very materially. 

 The drop in prices, along with the heavy loss of crop through fall rains, made 

 the grain farms appear at a disadvantage as compared with other types of farms 

 for the year. The Ladner district suffered a heavy loss on account of the drop 

 in grain prices and fall rains. The fruit farmers of Salmon Arm and Arrow 



