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that these conditions were in evidence in one part of the country an 

 entirely different situation was being experienced elsewhere, it being almost 

 impossible, for weeks at a time, to secure a supply of fruit for dessert or culinary 

 purposes in many places not too remote from the source of supply. When closely 

 investigated, the difficulty would be found to be largely lack of proper distri- 

 bution, owing to failure to anticipate a large crop, and to provide for the 

 picking, packing and placing in the hands of consumers. If attention had 

 been given to securing quality, and suitable arrangements made for marketing, 

 it is quite safe to say that very little fruit in the past need have wasted in the 

 orchards or have lacked profitable sale. 



In the replies to the series of questions sent out to all parts of the country, 

 in which an opinion was requested, as to the likelihood of over-production in 

 fruit, almost without exception the answer was in the negative, qualified as above 

 outlined. Careful investigation has shown that not more than ten per cent of 

 the trees planted in the Eastern States become commercially profitable, and it 

 is estimated that not more than twenty per cent in Oregon and Washington, and 

 possibly a similar amount in British Columbia, are likely to reach this condition. 

 Moreover, a number of years must elapse before an orchard will produce in 

 quantity. The markets for fruit in city and country are increasing rapidly, the 

 taste of the people is being cultivated for a larger use of fruit in their daily diet, 

 and numerous large allied industries depend upon fruit for their raw material. 

 Taking all these factors into consideration, no immmediate fear need be experi- 

 enced as to disastrous results from over-production in the near future. 



Reference has been made to the rapid increase and development in connec- 

 tion with the preservation of fruits in glass and tin. There are at present a very 

 large number of factories engaged in this industry with an enormous annual 

 output of fruits and vegetables. This product is distributed from one end of 

 Canada to the other, and a considerable portion is exported annually. The 

 factories are widespread and located in close proximity to the supply of raw 

 material and from the fact that their contracts are made in advance and some- 

 times for several years ahead, the fruitgrower has a sure and definite market for 

 his product and can devote his energies to producing a crop with the full assurance 

 of a market already provided. 



The manufacture of unfermented wine and cider, is also being taken up on 

 a comparatively large scale in some sections, and bids fair to attain important 

 proportions in the near future. In view of the rapidly changing sentiment of the 

 Canadian people on the question of the use of intoxicating liquors, this industry 

 is likely to be well sustained and become quite profitable. 



A large number of evaporators have been established at strategic points 

 where quantities of apples, which for any reason may not be adapted for ship- 

 ment in their fresh state, may be put in a condition that will enable them to be 

 transported to any part of the world. 



Taking everything into consideration, the outlook for the extension and 

 development of the fruit areas of Canada is very bright and it only remains for 

 those whose inclination leads them in this direction, to go up and possess the land 

 and reap the rewards of well-directed effort. 



ADVANTAGE OF SMALL FRUIT FARMS. 



In addition to the many other advantages which are possessed by a section 

 of country devoted to the growing of fruits of various kinds, is the tendency to 

 sub-divide large farms into smaller holdings. Professor Warren of Cornell Uni- 

 versity, head of the Department of Farm Management, after a thorough survey 

 of two of the more important counties of New York State, devoted largely to 

 general farming, sums up the limit of profitable farm management as being in 

 inverse ratio from the smaller holdings to the farm of at least two hundred acres, 

 under which the greatest efficiency may be obtained with a minimum of expense. 



