28 



178,000 



" All this was raised on a lO-acre clearing in heavy 

 bush in Okanagan Lake District the fourth year after 

 Mr. Gellatly located the land" ("Agriculture in 

 British Columbia," Official Bulletin No. 10, p. 16). 



I now turn to the consideration of the costs of 

 laying-out an orchard — that is to say, the price of 

 land, the expenses of clearing, fencing, planting, and 

 so forth. And I take, first, a little pamphlet which 

 was sent to me in England from Nelson, entitled 

 "Glorious Kootenay " : "The price of fruit land 



