This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 Excerpt: ...voyage. Single vessels have been known to bring back 30,000 skins. Agriculture of East Canada.--The agriculture of East Canada like that of New England has been handicapped by the glacial topography and soil and almost wrecked by the competition of cheap products from the rich and level West. Where it has survived, it ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 Excerpt: ...voyage. Single vessels have been known to bring back 30,000 skins. Agriculture of East Canada.--The agriculture of East Canada like that of New England has been handicapped by the glacial topography and soil and almost wrecked by the competition of cheap products from the rich and level West. Where it has survived, it has been by intensification through dairying and the development of specialties. Thus Prince Edward Island is famous for its potatoes. In this province also a suggestive new industry is arising. The enormous prices paid for the furs of the black fox have caused 10 million dollars to be invested in fox farming, several thousand dollars being paid for a single fine breeding fox. This is an industry to which the nearby fisheries contribute an important food supply. Again, in that part of Canada lying between Lake Huron, the city of Quebec and the American boundary, comprising the populous parts of the provinces of Ontario and Quebec, the people have reached a high degree of success in dairying. The provinces of Ontario and Quebec have more than 4,000 factories where butter and especially cheese are manufactured. Great care is taken to maintain the high quality of the product, and it is consequently much esteemed in Great Britain, whither four-fifths of the cheese go, making up half of the British import of that article. Canadian competition, aided by the inferior quality and bad repute of American cheese, has greatly lessened the export of the American product. Canadian apple growing.--Canada is also an apple exporter of nearly as great importance as the United States. The apple does well from Lake Huron to the mouth of the St. Lawrence and two localities have utilized their especial advantages for developing the apple as a money crop for the for...
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Very Good- Some bumping to cover. (No dustjacket at issue. ) Fading on spine. Marker on top edge.; Binding great. Pages clean and bright. Support an independent used bookstore in Minneapolis! ; 8 x 5.25 x 1.25; 645 pages.