FIU'IT-<i rowing IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, 



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to the beginner in the profession by the imposition of the Canadian duty ; 

 whereas now the vast regions of the province that are suitable are being 

 speedily brought into cultivation (during last autumn at least half a 



million more fruit trees were planted), and there is no question but that 

 British Columbia will in the future be one of the most important centres 

 of horticulture and of the accompanying industries of dairying and 

 poultry farming in the Dominion of Canada. 



