. The visit of the tenant-farmer delegates to Canada in 1890 [microform] : the reports of Mr. George Brown ... on the agricultural resources of Canada, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, the North-West Territories, and British Columbia. Agriculture; Agricultural resources; Agriculture; Ressources agricoles. .Vj\ J. T. WooiVs Jfrporf. 257 instances of the grandeur of the specimens of conifers to be found, I may state tliat trees of reinarkiible straightness and qualitv were measured 54 feet, 'A') feet, .'56 feet, and .'59 feet in circumference at 4 feet
. The visit of the tenant-farmer delegates to Canada in 1890 [microform] : the reports of Mr. George Brown ... on the agricultural resources of Canada, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, the North-West Territories, and British Columbia. Agriculture; Agricultural resources; Agriculture; Ressources agricoles. .Vj\ J. T. WooiVs Jfrporf. 257 instances of the grandeur of the specimens of conifers to be found, I may state tliat trees of reinarkiible straightness and qualitv were measured 54 feet, 'A') feet, .'56 feet, and .'59 feet in circumference at 4 feet aboA'e tlif ground VANCOLVKli. New Westminster is a rising town of pro1)ably 8,000 inliabitants, and o\viu<; to its situation on the bank of the i'raser Biver (about 16 miles from its mouth), it is within easv' communication by steam- boat and road with the best agricultural lands in th'; coast districts of the Province. 1 jnay at once say that in my judgiiient I have never seen bett'n* land for all-round farming and gardening purposes than the rich black soils of Lulu Ishmd and other delta lands of the Fraser. There are ])robably ')0,0{H) acres of these strong and rich alluvial deposits, Mhich five or six years ago could have been purchased for 4s. or 5s. an acre. !Such, however, is the opinion of the present owners, that £15 to £20 an aero now is asked ; and, when its compara- tive proximity to the I'apidly increasing cities is considered, in con- junction with its capability to produce the heaviest crops obtainable in any co\ni1ry, its present price must still be reasonable. There is nothing this land and climate will not jiroduce which now goes to make up the £250,000 worth of farm and garden produce annually imported into British Columbia. The lands of the Chilliwhack district are also very fertile, but further removed from the town populations; they are, however, desirable localities for fruit and dairy industries. The Okanagan and other valleys possess 300
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