. Canada : a descriptive text book . where else insize. They often reach a height of three hundred feet with a girth offifty or sixty. The forests of British Columbia lie along the coast andare very extensive. The Douglas fir and the cedar are the most import-ant trees for lumber but there are several other varieties as well. 40 CANADA. 41 CHAPTER VII. FARMING. Fruit Growing, Dairy Farming, Poultry, Wheat, Ranching. BUT after all has been said, the farmer remains the great man inCanada, and farming in its different branches, the leading Nova Scotia to British Columbia, i
. Canada : a descriptive text book . where else insize. They often reach a height of three hundred feet with a girth offifty or sixty. The forests of British Columbia lie along the coast andare very extensive. The Douglas fir and the cedar are the most import-ant trees for lumber but there are several other varieties as well. 40 CANADA. 41 CHAPTER VII. FARMING. Fruit Growing, Dairy Farming, Poultry, Wheat, Ranching. BUT after all has been said, the farmer remains the great man inCanada, and farming in its different branches, the leading Nova Scotia to British Columbia, in almost every part of thecountry the farmers form the chief class of citizens, and a most intelli-gent class they are, well read and deeply interested in all public ques-tions. Most of them are always anxious to improve their business bynew and better methods and in this effort the Dominion and ProvincialGovernments give great assistance. The Dominion Government hasestablished in the different parts of the country, experimental farmswhere scientific men are continually at work making practical tests asto the value of different kinds of seeds and roots, the effects of variousfertilizers, the best breeds of stock for different purposes and how bestto feed them. Reports of all experiments are furnished free to thefarmers and from t
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