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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



June, 1908 



vided, $42.53 per acre, and the average 

 value of the products raised was $14.87. 

 These returns deal with ordinary farm 

 products. In Arizona and California, 

 where vakiable citrus crops are grown, 

 the land values increase after irrigation 

 has been provided from $20 to $400 and 

 $500 an acre, and the crop returns aver- 

 age $250 an acre. 



In the interior of British Columbia, 

 in the Thompson valley and in the Okan- 

 agon valley, the increase in land values 

 due to irrigation is from $io to from 

 $100 to $250 an acre, the value of crops 

 $150 an acre, while the orchards in full 

 bearing are considered worth $1,500 an 

 acre. 



EARLY METHODS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA 



Irrigation was first practiced in Brit- 

 ish Columbia in the early 6o's. There 

 are water records in the government of- 



ing water nor of the amount that would 

 be required to irrigate their land. They 

 were usually very liberal to themselves, 

 however, with the_ result that they al- 

 most invariably filed on more water than 

 they could put to beneficial use, and, 

 in many cases, their filings constituted 

 more water than the entire flow of the 

 creek during the irrigation period. 



TROUBLE BETWEEN SETTLERS 



New settlers came in and settled high- 

 dr up the creeks. They also filed on 

 water for their lands, built ditches and 

 diverted water. In nearly every case 

 there has arisen trouble between the old 

 and new appropriator. As soon as the 

 flow of the creek began to get low, and 

 the old claimant near the mouth was not 

 getting all the water he wanted by reas- 

 on of the new settler diverting a part 

 higher up trouble began. In some cases 



Water Passing Over Weir on 



At Canadian Real Properties 



fices dating back that far. Pioneers 

 coming to the interior took up land near 

 the mouths of the creeks and filed on 

 the waters of the creeks to irrigate their 

 lands. Fodder crops were the only 

 crops raised. These pioneers almost 

 without exception took up stock raising. 

 Their herds grazed over the public range 

 during the spring, summer and late fall, 

 and, in fact, in many years, during the 

 entire twelve months, and hay was 

 grown to supplement the feed on the 

 range in the hard winters. 



Many of these old settlers had no idea 

 of the standards of measurement of flow- 



Jamieson Creek, British Columbia 



Go's headgatos— 52S second feet. 



he took the law into his own hands and 

 tore out his neighbor's dam and destroy- 

 ed his headgates. To-day, all over the 

 interior, there are water cases before the 

 courts arising out of the confusion due 

 to lack of proper government supervi- 

 sion over the appropriations of water 

 from the creeks. 



It is expected, however, that irriga- 

 tion will soon be put on a sounder basis 

 in British Columbia. The provincial 

 government is holding a searching in- 

 vestigation into the subject with a view 

 to amending the water clauses act to 

 meet present conditions. 



Fall Bearing Stra^vbcrrics 



E. B. Stevenson, Gnelph 



For some time there has been a goodj 

 deal said about certain varieties thati 

 were claimed to bear a good crop in thej 

 fall season, and it was said they werel 

 as good as the spring varieties and were! 

 more profitable. The most lauded of j 

 these fall bearers is one called "Pan-J 

 American," a sport of the Bismark. 

 Three years ago I sent for plants of thel 

 Pan-American. I have been growing] 

 it since. As the result of my experience,! 

 I would not advise anyone to go into the! 

 growing of the so-called fall-bearinj 

 strawberries for profit. 



I have found that any of the old sorts! 

 will bear berries in the fall under certain 

 conditions, which are : First, if the spring 

 is cold and wet, and followed by a sea- 

 son of drought, then in the latter part 

 of August or early September, if we havei 

 a good deal of rain and heat, you can ' 

 look out for fall strawberries. But, 

 what kind are they? Just like any berry 1 

 or fruit out of its season. They have not J 

 the aroma or flavor of the spring grown! 

 strawberry. Sometimes they are of fairi 

 size, but they are sour or insipid, and] 

 you do not want to eat more than two or] 

 three. 



Cultivating Currants 



Wm. Fleming, Owen Sound, Ont. 



For success with currants have thej 

 ground perfectly free from grass and| 

 weeds, and keep it clean. This will re- 

 quire cultivating about once every weekl 

 or ten days according to the weather. 

 The ground should never be cultivated] 

 when too wet or too damp. 



This cultivation must be kept up, if aj 

 perfect state of good results are to be] 

 obtained ; for once let the grass and the! 

 weeds get the control, the chances! 

 are ten to one that the plantation isl 

 ruined. When the grass and weeds] 

 become masters, there is no probabilityl 

 that the plantation can be properly re-j 

 stored to a first-class condition. The] 

 aim should be to destroy the weeds] 

 before they come above ground. 



Larvae which live or feed in webs, likd 

 the tent-caterpillar and fall web-worm, | 

 may be burned with a torch. 



Small fruit growers, who have tested 

 the Loganberry, in Canada, are request- 

 ed to tell their experience with it in al 

 letter for publication in The CANADIA^ 

 Horticulturist. 



If you have fillers that you plan tol 

 move next year, girdle the trees this' 

 month. This will cause them to bear 

 extra heavy crops, and it will not mat- 

 er whether the girdling injures the trees 

 or not. 



