THE POTATO IN BRITISH COLUMBIA. 



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Table VI. 



* 6.1 tons. t 01,285.2 tons. $ 6 tons. 94,998 tons. 



During the past five years the acreage has increased by over 1,000 acres. 

 Unfortunately, however, the average yield per acre has decreased, and thus the 

 total production and total value of the crop is not proportionately as large as it 

 should have been. This would lead one to think that yield was being sacrificed 

 for acreage, rather than acreage for yield. The aim of every grower should be to 

 increase the average yield per acre. 



Table VII. will show the acreage, relative value, and annual market value of 

 the potato-crop in British Columbia in comparison with other crops : 



Table VII. 



* 1918 and 1919. f 1916, 1917, and 1918. * 1919. 



It will be observed from this data that, although the potato acreage in British 

 Columbia is smaller than that of any other Province in the Dominion, nevertheless 

 it ranks fourth in acreage in comparison with other crops within the Province; 

 second in relative value and in average annual market value per acre. 



The importance of the potato-crop in comparison with other crops, therefore, 

 cannot be overestimated in this Province. 



CHIEF POTATO-GROWING SECTIONS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. 



Much of the land in the Province of British Columbia is adapted for growing 

 large yields of good-quality potatoes. The general quality and character of our 

 product has been recognized for a long time. Some of the chief potato-growing 

 sections are the Delta and bottom lands of the Lower Mainland, the Ashcroft 



