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Show PLOVVFOLLOWS Fanning Replaces Timber as British Columbia Industry , VANCOUVER, B.. C Aug. Th plow hu tMoom tha rival of tho busauw Id Britlali CotnmbiA. ( Tlm waa, a fw yara aao. whoa lum-barlnc lum-barlnc ovarataadowad all otir indiMtrlaa In tha prortnra. Tha proapaiitr of tha provinca depDlad Urr.r upon It-It It-It la atltl a haaie Industry. Tha aaw mill haa daciraatad tha onca ra&a-ni(1-cant foratU of tha United IStatea. Tha vast vtrria wooda of Br.Uah Columbia off ar tha Iiimberman tha moat pro ft l abla f1ld on tha American continent. Br wracking tha Industry In Ruaala, tha jraateat lumbarlnc nation of tha earn ara hamliphra. tha war vmva ranawad 1m porta no to tha Pacific alopa of Canada. Can-ada. Not In hUtorr haa tbara heeo aucta a demand for lumbar aa aroaa for homa bnlldinc In davaatated Europe after tha war. In tha yaara following tha arml-atlca, arml-atlca, tha axport lumbar trad a of tha provinca haa broken all racorda. But thia la alao a racord ara. for aat-tlemant. aat-tlemant. For tha flrat tlm. tha Influx of homaaaakara Into Biitlah Columbia haa rivaled that of tha prairie prov Inraa, Tha farmer haa followed tha lum barjack. Wbara forasta atood ara ffoidaa (rain fletda. H-w aarprtailtrrra haa rained on him-barinff him-barinff ta abown by recant atatlatlca of the Biitlah Columbia Manufacture re' aa-aoclaUotm. aa-aoclaUotm. Accord, nc to theaa ffrurea, tha volumd of bualneaa of baaic lBduatiiea In ths proving laat year waa: I.nmoer. M4.70.oo: sgrlcultura, IM06S.AO: ml. nlng. tl.M4.C41: fishing. t2i,12.oe; other Industrie. U,0.M. |