"bris, nearly all of animal or vegetable origin is also a considerable 

 part and by decay has provided a large store of Nitrogen and Humus. 

 These soils thus, are exceeding rich in plant food, they however also 

 liave the usual fault of delta soils; an inclination to be flat in char- 

 acter and close in texture. A general recognition of these two facts 

 and the application of the sovereign remedy, thorough underdrainage 

 will make these soils capable of surpassing productiveness and Inex- 

 "haustible fertility. The ligfliter soils are of somewhat different ori- 

 gin. Some of them are the fine loams of the southern ice-drift, after 

 the gravels and the coarser particles had been left behind in the 

 ■oounties to the north. The gravels usually mark the presence of an 

 aawient lake shore and are the washings of the lake. All of them 

 show marked ability to produce fruit trees and the finer vegetable 

 products. There are in the county sev^eral beds of deep black loam, 

 worthy of special mention as being of rare value for the productiooi 

 of vegetables, the beds of old Lakes Wauanoch and Burwell being 

 examples of such. The county contains about 500,000 acres of 

 ■clay and clay loam soils and 160,000 acres of various character and 

 <[uality much of which is of special value for the production of fruits 

 aai'd vegetables. 



In dealing with climates we must fii'st recognize that Lambton 

 lias two distinct climates: 1, a climate strongly influenced by the 

 near presence of large bodies of water; 2, an inland climate where 

 tihe effect of waters are omly flat in a general way and where more 

 sudden fluctuatioins of temperature are prevalent. The Lake climate 

 allows of the production of tender fruits to equal advantage with the 

 Nriagara district. Inland the climate fluctuates more but it is still so 

 mild that any kind of apple tree produced in Canada succeeds admir- 

 ably here. This same mildness gives a long season during which 

 cattle may feed in the open. It also allows of corn being made a 

 staple grain crop on the farms. These advau cages of long pasture 

 reason and the ripening of corn so that abundant feed is produced, 

 along with the character of the soil, places Lambton in the first 

 lain'k as a fat stock and dsiry disfr:ct Hogs and C3i"i the great 

 staples of the Corn States of the Union, may also be made great in- 

 tustries in La-abcon. 



For many years Lambton was badly handicapped for markets. 

 To-day she is in an ideal position. She is ait the centre of distribut- 

 ion; North South, East and West she can ship her products, amd 

 everywhere an expanding market awaits. Compared with many 

 counties, her position at the foot of Lake Huron and at the mouth 

 of Sarnia Tunnel, both of which give her direct access by boat and 

 rail to the Western and North shore markets, is indeed enviable. 



After all the 'natural advantages are cited the real determining 

 feature — tlhe people, must be considered. Lambton has suffered 



