GOOD HANDBOOKS FOR EMIGRANTS 
FRUIT-RANCHING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA 
By J. T. BEALBY, B.A. 
Containing 32 full-page Illustrations from Photographs. 
Second Edition. Large Crown 8vo., cloth. 
Price 3s. 6d. net (post free 3s. 10d.) 
“There is no form of Colonial enterprise more promising to the right man than 
fruit-farming in British Columbia, and the present reviewer, who happened to 
meet Mr. Bealby in the theatre of his labours two or three years since, felt a 
peculiarly keen interest in perusing this record of his results. . . . He does not 
exaggerate the marvellous productiveness of the Kootenay orchards, and he gives 
abundance of figures from his own experience and that of other cultivators for the 
satisfaction of the practical inquirer. An interesting book in itself, Mr. Bealby’s 
narrative should be of the most solid usefulness to a considerable number of those 
who think of trying their fortunes in the Dominion.”’—Pall Mall Gazette. 
WHEAT-GROWING IN CANADA, THE UNITED 
STATES, AND THE ARGENTINE 
By WILLIAM P. RUTTER, M.Com. 
Containing 15 Diagrammatic Maps and 35 Charts. Large Crown Svo., cloth. 
Price 3s. 6d. net (post free 3s. 10d.) 
The writer’s aim in this work is to give the geographical, economic, and political 
factors governing the growth of wheat in the New World, and to deduce from 
these conditions the possibilities and probabilities of the future growing of wheat 
in America. 
Commencing with a brief account of the history of wheat in the Americas and 
the latitudinal and altitudinal range of this cereal, the author discusses next the 
climatic and soil factors, and shows their prime importance in the determination 
of the yield and quality of wheat. An attempt has been made to divide the 
Americas into natural wheat regions on the basis of soil and climate. The various 
farming operations, including the methods of ‘‘ dry farming ”’ in arid regions, are 
dealt with in considerable detail. The economic factors of yield, cost of pro- 
duction, price, storage, transportation and marketing of wheat, together with the 
rent of wheat-land, and the quality and quantity of the labour employed on 
the wheatfields, are all discussed. Political factors, such as governmental action, 
the tenure of wheat-lands, and the standards of comfort ot the wheat-growers, 
receive due attention. America’s importance in the world’s wheat-supply is shown 
by a consideration of her production and exportation of wheat for many years past. 
The volume concludes with an endeavour to show the future of wheat-growing in 
the Americas given certain conditions. 
PusLisHep By A. & C. BLACK, 4, 5 & 6 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W. 
