British Columbia and its agricultural capabilities . BRi;j^ISIl COLUMBIA. ITS AGRICULTURAL CAPABILITIES AND POSSIBILITIES, British Columbia, although not, strictly speaking, an agricultural couiitr}, has nevortholcsslarge areas of arable lainl of great fertilit}, and capable of i)roduciiig much more than isretjuired of its present or prospective population. The mining and other industries in theearlier history of the Province so completely occupied the attention of its inhabitants thatBritish Columbia came to be considered by them, and naturally by outsiders, as a countryquite unfit for agricu
British Columbia and its agricultural capabilities . BRi;j^ISIl COLUMBIA. ITS AGRICULTURAL CAPABILITIES AND POSSIBILITIES, British Columbia, although not, strictly speaking, an agricultural couiitr}, has nevortholcsslarge areas of arable lainl of great fertilit}, and capable of i)roduciiig much more than isretjuired of its present or prospective population. The mining and other industries in theearlier history of the Province so completely occupied the attention of its inhabitants thatBritish Columbia came to be considered by them, and naturally by outsiders, as a countryquite unfit for agricultural pursuits ; and so much was this the case, that when the subject ofConfederation was first mooted, not only was British Columbia designated by one of theleading statesmen of the East as A Sea of Mountains, but it was actually looked upon asutterly worthless, the derelict of Canada, by many people who should and perhaps didknow better; and even after tlie wonderful resources of the Western Province had developedto such an extent as to wring th
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