86 INDEX 
Insect pests and measures against, 
57, 60 
Inspection, Government, 79, 81 
Instruction by experts, 77 
Irrigation, 64 
charges, 20, 67 
Jam factories, 34 
_Kamloops, 77 
Kelowna, 31 
Kootenay, East, 29 
Kootenay, West, 29 
Land, prices of fruit, 17 
relative advantages of im- 
proved and unimproved, 14 
relative advantages of irri- 
gated and non-irrigated, 64 
terms of payment, 18 
Levelling, 27 
Machinery, 22, 24 
Mangolds, 31 
Manure, use of, 43, 47 
Markets, 15, 71 
Moisture conservation, 45 
Mulching, 46 
Nelson, 77 
Okanagan Lake, 9 
Valley, 12, 18, 28, 33, 39, 71, 
72 
Onions, 31 
Oyster-shell scale, 60 
Packing, 74 
schools, 80 
Peaches, 39 
Pears, 39 
Pests, and measures against, 57, 
60 
Piling, 23 
Planting, 40 
Ploughing, 27, 46 
Plums, 39 
Potatoes, 30 
Poultry, 34 
Pruning, time for, 54 
tools, 50 
Publications, useful, 81 
Quinces, 39 
Rainfall, 82 
Rape seed, 48 
Raspberries, 33 
Red currants, 34 
Rocks, 10 
Rossland Valley, 6 
Scott, Mr. W. E., 76 
Shaping the tree, 50 
Slashing, 23 
Small fruits, 33 
Soil drainage, 4 
Soils, 1, 8, 27, 49 
Spraying, 56, 61 
Strawberries, 33 
Stump burning, 26 
pullers, 22, 24, 29 
Summerland, 9 
Sun-scald, 51, 62 
Taxation, 20 
Tent caterpillars, 60 
Thinning, 59 
Timber, 13 
Trees, when to buy, 42 
Turnips, 31 
Upper Fraser River Valley, 79 
Vancouver Island, 71, 77 
Vegetables, when to grow, 32 
Vernon, 77 
Vetches, 28, 31, 48 
Victoria, 77 
Water, 5, 12 
core, 62 
White currants, 34 
Wind-breaks, 5 
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