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COMPARISON IX YIELDS

The following table gives the comparative yields
per acre in Ontario and a number of American
States in 1910:

Pota-
Corn Wheat Oats Barley toes.

New York 38.3 23.7 34.5 28.3 102

Michigan 32.4 18 34 26 105

Ohio 36.5 16.2 37.2 28.5 82

Wisconsin .32.5 19.2 29.8 25.9 95

Ontario 47 23 37 30.5 13

RURAL MAIL DELIVERY AND MUNICIPAL
TELEPHONES.

The farmers of Essex do not live in an isolated
region. They have all the advantages of city or
suburban residents. The county is gridironed with
steam or electric lines, affording quick transporta-
tion to any desired spot. Rural free mail delivery
has been inaugurated. No county is so well sup-
plied with municipal telephone systems, the farmers
being in constant touch with each other and the
outside world. The first municipal telephone line
in Ontario was established in Rochester township,
Essex County, in 1907 and since then other town-
ships have built lines, affording telephone conven-
iences at a minimum of cost and having long dis-
tance connections.

THEY WEIGH 12S. 111. AND 112 lOL'NDS.

THE ESSEX FREE PRESS,
ESSEX. ONTARIO.

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"The Sun Parlor of Canada"

INTRODUCTION

SSEX County, "The Sun Parlor of the Dominion of Canada," is a district

E redolent with historical romance, and amply blessed with fertility of soil,
aided and accentuated by a mild and favorable climate.

It is situate in the most southern part of Canada, and produces the
most delicate and most valuable farm products to be grown anywhere in
the temperate zone of North America.

The history of the County takes the reader back almost three centuries — to the
days of Samuel de Champlain, the great French explorer, who was the first white
man to trod the banks of the Detroit River. His expedition to this district in the year
1615 is an established fact of official record.

Following the arrival of Cadillac in 1701 settlers made their modest homes on
both banks of the Detroit River, now the international boundary line between Can-
ada and the Unted States.

The County of Essex passed through the hardships of the now distant past, gain-
ing gradually in population and attaining no small prominence as a strategic point.
After the War of Independence not a few United Empire Loyalists settled in this
region, crossing over from Pennsylvania and other states.

For some years the Hudson Bay Company maintained a factor and did a large
trading business at this end of what is now known as the southwestern peninsula of
the Province of Ontario.

Sandwich and Amherstburg were important military forts in the war of 1812.
The former was early chosen as the county town, remaining so until this day.

Situate in the most southern part of Canada, the County of Essex has, of recent
years, become famous as the corn and tobacco belt of the Dominion. This is also the
county that produces practically every known variety of peaches, grapes and small
fruits found in semi-tropical countries.

The area of the county is about 420,000 acres and the population exceeds 60,000.

The Chief Products

ALFALFA. — This is a more or less new feature
among the Essex County farm products. Ex-
perimental crops, with and without nursing,
have been grown with indications of gratifying
success. Three crops a year are produced.

APPLES. — By reason of advanced vegetation early
harvest apples are found in Essex about two
weeks ahead of any other part of the country.
Many excellent varieties of winter apples are
also grown.

CORN. — One of the basic industries of Essex County
is corn-growing. For some years it was the
chief product and has added thousands and
thousands of dollars to the income of Essex
farmers. Until the last few years, when tobac-
co attained prominence, there was nothing to
challenge the supremacy of corn. Essex has
become known far and wide as the corn belt of
the Dominion of Canada, a high reputation being
now established for seed corn. This profitable
cereal has been more successfully grown here
than in any other part of the country, the soil
and climate being peculiarly adapted for the
growing of all the different varieties in dent
and flint corn. The last Government returns
show a total corn acreage in Essex of over
80,000, with a yield of 5,000,000 bushels, and a
market value of over ?1,900,000 for the year.

CATTLE. — Essex has a high reputation for the qual-
ity of the cattle that are raised here. The farm-
ers have lately been going in more than ever
for thoroughbred stock, because they find it
pays to produce the best. At all the agricul-
tural fairs Essex cattle take high rank. Excel-
lent prices are realized by the growers.

FISHERIES. — With a county surrounded on three
sides by water — Lake St. Clair on the north,
Detroit River on the west, and Lake Erie on
the south — it can readily be understood that
fishing constitutes no small part of the profit-
able industries carried on in Essex. The Do-
minion Government maintains and operates a
large hatchery below Sandwich, millions of
whitefish fry being propagated here each sea-
son. Whitefish, perch, pickerel and herring are
caught principally. All the fish that can be se-
cured are sold at handsome prices, there being
an almost inexhaustible market.

GRAIN. — Wheat, oats, rye and barley are grown in
many parts of the county where farmers have
good-sized acreage.

GRAPES. — No better grapes are grown in Canada
than those produced on the fertile soil of Essex
County. Essex has long been famous for the
sweetness and excellent flavor of its grapes.
Vineyards abound in this district and are big
money-makers. Concord grapes are grown
mostly, although some Catawbas are produced
here, especially on Pelee Island, this being the
only district in the whole of Canada where Ca-
tawba grapes can be raised successfully. Wine,
high and dry, fermented and unfermented, is
manufactured in considerable quantities at
Sandwich and on Pelee Island.

H.\Y. — Where there is an abundance of live stock
there is also a market for hay. Experts unite
in a chorus of praise on the quality and the
quantity of Essex hay. High prices are paid for
timothy, which is a profitable part of seed farm-
ing in this district.

HOGS. — Essex hogs and Essex bacon enjoy a con-
tinental reputation. "You can't beat Essex for
corn and hogs," has been said so often that it is
now accepted as a proverbial truism. To date
no other county has even whispered a challenge.
Essex hogs command just a little bit better price
than paid to growers in any other locality. The
clerk of the Township of Rochester reports
17,000 live hogs shipped last year, with a value
of $189,000. And that is only one township of
the county. It does not require any occult powers
to understand the magnitude of the hog indus-
try in Essex.

HORSES. — The total value of the horses in Canada
is over $.300,000,000, or about t\vice as much as
the value of any other line of live stock. Last
year the horse bill of Western Canada was over
$7,000,000, and the great bulk of this money
came to Ontario, Essex County sharing in no
small degree in the receipts. Horses are com-
manding a higher price than at any previous
time. The industry in Essex County is a most
important one. There is a constant demand for
heavy draught, general purpose and drivers.
Horse buyers in the county are paying from

$200 to $300 per head. Shipments are frequent-
ly made in carload lots to Toronto and the west-
ern part of Canada.

MIXER.VLS— From the foregoing it will be
gathered that Essex is not a rock-ribbed and
barren county. There are valuable minerals
here, however, although not of the surface vari-
ety. They are natural gas and petroleum. Gas
was first discovered some twenty years ago and
is still supplying the county with cheap fuel, the
wells being considered practically inexhaustible.
Several oil wells have been in operation in vari-
ous parts of the county and have added thous-
ands of dollars to the income of the farmers,
the revenue being like so much found money.

PEACHES. — For firmness and flavor nothing in
North America can excel the Essex peaches.
This may sound like a sweeping statement, but
it is true, nevertheless. Fruit experts have pro-
nounced Essex peaches the acme of perfection.
Small fortunes are made yearly by the farmers,
who grow and ship peaches to all parts of Can-
ada and the United States, some being sent to
the old country.

POULTRY. — A fat living can be made in Essex
County by persons who desire to concentrate
their whole efforts in raising poultry. Many
farmers are deriving a considerable income
from poultry as a mere adjunct of their mani-
fold activities. There is no limit to the demand
— in fact, the market cannot be supplied, and
fancy prices prevail.

SMALL FRUITS.— Cherries, plums, strawberries,
raspberries, melons, pears, gooseberries, and so
on, are grown in liberal quantities and invari-
ably command the highest prices going. By
reason of the excellent railway facilities ship-
ments of surplus products, after supplying the
home market, are made to outside cities, the
supply not being equal to the demand.

SHEEP. — On nearly every farm may be seen a
number of sheep, that wander over pasture land
and help to increase the live stock income of the
fortunate owners. It is nothing for a township
to ship a thousand sheep, with a value of $5,500,
in a year.

SUGAR BEETS.— In some parts of the county
sugar beets are coming into prominence, and
may be said to be grown quite extensively now.
The beets are grown on the contract plan and
shipped with considerable profit.

TOBACCO. — Here we come to an industry that is
at once the pride and boast of Essex County.

Farmers have literally coined money by grow-
ing tobacco. The extent of the industry may be
judged from the fact that last year's crop in
this district yielded $1,750,000. Think of it!
Nearly two millions of dollars in one year in
tobacco alone. Here are the figures for the last
ten years:

Yield. Value.

1902 1,500,000 $142,500 00

1903 3,250,000 357,500 00

1904 5,500,000 605,000 00

1905 6,500,000 552,500 00

1906 7,500,000 562,500 00

1907 3,000,000 165,000 00

1908 510,000 45,000 OC

1909 3,200,000 460,000 00

1910 6,250,000 728,000 00

1911 15,500,000 1,750,000 00

The farmers usually devote about five acres of land
to tobacco, this being about all one man can
handle. The production runs from a thousand
to two thousand pounds an acre. The revenue
varies from $150 to $250 an acre.
TOMATOES. — Growers of tomatoes have an as-
sured income of ample dimensions. The early
hothouse tomatoes are sold by the pound in the
large cities at prices that yield a splendid profit.
Later in the season tomatoes are sold in large
quantities to the canning factories and pay the
grower exceedingly well. Between the hothouse
season and the canning factory season early
tomatoes are grown at profits most remunera-
tive to the producer. The cost of production is
very small with returns large. The sections in
the Dominion where tomatoes can be grown are
limited so that the County of Essex is greatly
favored.
TRUCK GARDENING.- All along the Detroit
River and on the shore of Lake Erie there are
truck gardeners who have grown moderately
wealthy within a few years by producing green
vegetables and early fruits. The famous Petite
Cote radish is grown a few miles below the
county town of Sandwich. The land is so rich
that five or ten acres are enough to keep a
truck gardener busy with cabbages, radishes,
onions, beets, sweet corn, rhubarb, carrots, cu-
cumbers, tomatoes, etc., which are grown in
abundance. There is a splendid market in the
City of Windsor, and quantities of this sort of
produce are sent across for sale in the City of
Detroit, Mich., with a population of about half
a million.

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Township Division- of the County

The county is divided into fourteen townships,
with one city, Windsor, which is separated from the
county, and the following towns: Amherstburg, Es-
sex, Kingsville, Leamington, Sandwich and Walker-
ville. There is also the thriving village of Belle
River. Pelee Island is a detached municipality from
the county.

ANDERDON.— The Township of Anderdon, adjoin-
ing the Town of Amherstburg on the north, and
bordering on the Detroit River, is one of the
most desirable townships for agricultural pur-
poses in the County of Essex. It comprises 23,-
154 acres of land and has a population of
1,850 persons. The soil being of a sandy, clay
and black loam makes it very adaptable for
the growing of all kinds of grain, fruit and
vegetables. Wheat, oats, barley and corn are
extensively grown, also vegetables of all kinds.
The northwestern part of the township being
of a sandy loam renders it very productive for
the growing of all kinds of garden produce, such
as the famous Petite Cote radishes, potatoes,
tomatoes, peas, corn, etc. Apples constitute
the staple fruit crop and orchards are to be
found on every farm throughout the township.
Associated with the fruit growing is the canning
industry, which enables the grower to find a
ready market for his surplus products at good
prices. Large quantities of tomatoes, peas and
corn are grown for canning purposes.

BELLE RIVER.— The village of Belle River is situ-
ated nineteen miles east of the City of Windsor
and is served by two lines of railway, viz., G.
T. R. and C. P. R. It is one of the finest sum-
mer resorts in the province; the banks of Lake
St. Clair at this point are just suitable for com-
fortable camping, etc. It has a good harbor for

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small boats. There are two grain elevators, one
canning factory, saw and planing mill, and grist
mill. It is surrounded by excellent farm land,
from which are produced all sorts of grain,
tobacco and tomatoes; good seed corn is grown
here. Pork-producing industry is carried on ex-
tensively by the surrounding farmers. The vil-
lage is heated and lighted, almost exclusively,
by natural gas.

COLCHESTER NORTH.— This township lies in the
western central part of Essex County. Its soil
is suitable for farming, fruit growing, tobacco
culture, stock raising or gardening, each of the
above industries being extensive. Shipping
facilities are excellent, the P. M. R. R. and M.
C. R. R. passing through the township, and the
electric line on the east side. It has a municipal
telephone system of 200 subscribers and mutual
interchange with surrounding townships. Rural
mail delivery is established. It is sufficiently
close to the summer resorts for a day's outing.

COLCHESTER SOUTH TOWNSHIP (The Banana
Belt) — The Township of Colchester South, con-
taining as it does the richest black loam and
sandy loam soil in Essex County, its climate in-
fluenced by Lake Erie, on which it borders, is
best known as "The Banana Belt." It is essen-
tially a tobacco, corn, fruit and vegetable grow-
ing township. In 1910 it produced 1,200,000 lbs.
of tobacco; in 1911, two and a quarter millions
lbs. Expert buyers say that leaf grown by
Colchester South cultivators comes nearer in
type and quality to Kentucky and Virginia leaf
than that produced in any other district in the
southwestern peninsula. Its central village is
Harrow, one of the liveliest places and most
active shipping points in Western Ontario, only

four miles from the farthest point in the town-
ship. Colchester South possesses good roads, a
splendid system of drainage, is well supplied
with post offices, rural mail routes, Bell tele-
phone and rural phone lines, public schools,
churches and fine homes. Oxley, on Lake Erie,
is known far and wide as a summer resort.
Colchester village has a large government
wharf. Within a short time it will have a
radial railway connection. The Pere Marquette
Railway runs throughout its length, stopping at
three stations in the municipality. It is the ideal
township in Essex County.

GOSFIELD SOUTH.— Situated on the shore of Lake
Erie, in the most southern part of the county.
It contains about 30,000 acres. The soil varies
from black loam or clay soil in some places to
a sandy soil in others. The former is suitable
for growing all kinds of small grains, such as
corn, wheat, oats, barley, rye, etc.; is also good
for growing timothy, clover and other grains,
and also is good land for dairying purposes.
The sandy or lighter soil is good for raising
fruit of all kinds, such as apples, peaches, pears,
plums, cherries, grapes and small fruits, and is
also suitable for raising early vegetables of all
kinds. Tobacco is growing largely on both kinds
of soils. Alfalfa is also grown successfully.
There are two good tile and brick manufacturing
plants in the township.

GOSFIELD NORTH.— Situated about five miles
from Lake Erie and lying in the most southern
part of Essex County. Its soil is principally
noted for its tobacco, corn, tomatoes, all kinds
of grain and fruit. Prices being paid for prop-
erty are far in advance of anything anticipated
or expected ten years ago. Changes are occur-
ring all over the township and property is
changing ownership very rapidly. The electric
railway running along Talbot Street, the full
length of the township, having Windsor and
Detroit as its terminus, affords every facility
possible for travelling or shipping. The village

of Cottam lying near the centre of the town-
ship and on Talbot Street would be a suitable
place for a canning factory and tobacco factory,
being a centre of good roads all times of the
year. Drainage is good and roads always in
excellent condition. Rural mail delivery and
municipal telephone -system connecting with
adjoining systems.

MAIDSTONE.— Situated on the southern shore of
Lake St. Clair. Its climate is comparatively
mild, owing to its low altitude and the ameliorat-
ing influence of the Great Lakes. The soil is
principally a clay loam, very fertile, and as it
is easily worked, it is adapted to gardening and
all kinds of agricultural purposes. Its chief
products are corn, hay, tobacco, wheat, oats,
barley, apples, peaches, plums, grapes, straw-
berries, raspberries, besides tomatoes, pumpkins,
peas and sweet corn, which are grown for the
canning factories, which are in easy access of
the township. Its drainage system, consisting
of many miles of large drains, which empty
into natural creeks and thence to the lake, af-
fords an easy and economical method of drain-
age for the farmer, and is unsurpassed by any
other township. Its shipping and transportation
facilities are equalled by few townships and
surpassed by none. It is crossed by three
steam railroads — the Grand Trunk and Canadian
Pacific in the northern portion, and the Michi-
gan Central in the southern portion of the town-
ship. It also has one electric line crossing the
township and affording the farmer good ac-
commodation in reaching the Windsor market,
where he can dispose of all his products at the
highest market prices. The township has a
complete telephone system, owned and operated
by the municipal council.

M.\LDEN. — A historic township, adjoining the town
of Amherstburg and lying on the shore of Lake
Erie. Land is excellently adapted for all kinds
of grain, tobacco and fruits. Rural mail de-
livery and telephones. Good drainage and ex-

eellent roads. Beautiful residential property
along the lake front. Rich silica deposits are
found in this township. There is no better corn
land in America that in Maiden Township.

MERSEA. — The most southerly and easterly in the
County of Essex, nine miles by ten in extent,
and enjoys over twenty-five miles of lake front-
age, having advantages for fishing, residential
and recreation purposes. The northern part of
the township is unequalled for general farming,
stock raising and corn production. The middle
portion, a lighter and more porous soil, is
especially adapted for vegetables, small fruits,
clovers, potatoes and tobacco husbandry. The
southeast portion is reclaimed land, under a
dyking system, with excellent results, five thous-
and acres in extent, a very rich, loamy soil. Its
possibilities cannot be over-estimated, a perfect
home for the production of hay, corn, potatoes,
onions, celery, vegetables and tobacco. The
southwest portion of the township is properly
called "The Florida of Canada," composed of a
solid table of large dimensions, of high, dry, very
warm soil; its value is known and appreciated
from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Excellent ship-
ping facilities for all parts of the township.
Adjoining the reclaimed lands are 2,000 acres
justly named the sportman's ideal home with
the luxury of camping or residing on picturesque
Point Pelee. Mersea is the home of the peach
and early tomato, so much relished by the Cana-
dian people, and is an ideal place for the small
area tiller of the soil, as well as an admirable
spot for the retiring and wealthy class. In the
township is the thriving town of Leamington,
the up-to-date village of Wheatley and the ham-
lets of Blytheswood and Staples, all excellent
trading and residential points. There is a large
dock in the natural harbour at Leamington with
boats plying daily between the mainland and
Pelee Island. There are two competing trunk
lines of railway crossing each other with inter-
changing devices and an electric railway all
very conveniently located, therefore supplying

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the entire township with excellent transporta-
tion facilities at close range. Mersea township
is inhabited chiefly with Canadian-born people
of British extraction noted for their geniality
and thrift. With a varied and productive soil,
good drainage, good roads, excellent water and
unequalled natural beauty there is no place
where nature has done so much and where peo-
ple get more out of real life for so little effort
and money. Come, see and be convinced.

ROCHESTER.— It borders along Lake St. Clair a
distance of nearly six and a half miles, and ex-
tends south eight miles, having the Belle River
for boundary line between it and the Township
of Maidstone, the Townships of Gosfield North
and Mersea on the south and the two Tilbury
townships on the east, the area being 52 square
miles, or about 32,600 acres. The population is
2,400, divided about equally in numbers of
French, English, Irish, Scotch and German de-
scendants. It has very desirable natural condi-
tions of drainage. The land is a black loam soil,
10 to 16 inches in depth, on a clay sub soil. It
is not many years since the greater portion of
the township was timbered with dense growths
of oak, hickory, elm, ash and maple, practically
all of which is cut down and the land cleared.
Substantial improvements in farm houses and
outbuildings replace the humble dwellings of the
first settlers. The township is traversed by three
trunk lines of railway, viz.: the Grand Trunk
Railway, the Canadian Pacific Railway, and the
Michigan Central Railway, on all of which lines
are located thriving villages having warehouses
and shipping facilities not found in much
larger centres. South Woodslee is a thriving
village on the Town Line, between this town-
ship and Maidstone.

SANDWICH WEST.— One of the best located town-
ships in the County of Essex, bordering on the
Detroit River from its limits at the Town of
Sandwich to the limit of the Township of An-
derdon, a distance of seven miles, and is noted

for its garden lands, which grow radishes, po-
tatoes, sweet corn, tomatoes, and all kinds of
vegetables. The central part of the township
is also noted for the quantities of melons mar-
keted every year, and the balance of the town-
ship for its fine corn land and other field grains.
Sandwich West has an e.xtensive telephone line,
with connections with the Bell Telephone Com-
pany. In this township are grown the famous
Petite Cote radishes.

SANDWICH E.\ST.— Eight miles along the beauti-
ful Detroit River and Lake St. Clair, affording
the most ideal places for summer residences.
The soil is the very best of black land — the very
best for corn growing. The soil can grow all
kinds of vegetables and is also the very best
for fruit growing. Peaches grow to perfection,
also apples, pears, plums, etc. The soil is also
the very best for strawberries, raspberries, and
all small fruits. For market facilities the
Township of Sandwich East cannot be excelled,
as no part of it is more than four miles from
the market of Windsor, Walkerville and Te-
cumseh. The distillery at Walkerville affords
one of the very best markets for corn, barley
and other grains. Excellent travelling and ship-
ping accommodation.

SANDWICH SOUTH.— This comprises an area of
23,471 acres of deep loam soil, is well drained
and the highways are mostly gravelled. It is
conveniently situated to the adjoining towns,
with all of which it is connected with both steam
and electric railways. Corn is the main crop,
but hay, oats, wheat, barley and tobacco are
grown in abundance, and the soil and climate
are well suited for the raising of vegetables and
fruits. Hog-raising and dairying are the two
chief industries. The Pere Marquette crosses
the township from north to south. The Michi-
gan Central crosses the township from east to
west. The Windsor, Essex and Lake Shore
Electric Railway crosses the township from east

to west. It has one of the most up-to-date
municipal telephone systems in the province,
with 235 subscribers and connections with the
adjoining municipal telephone systems, and also
long distance connections. This township is un-
surpassed by any in the province for its well
drained, rich soil, convenience to schools, post
offices and railways, and, besides having natural
gas for fuel and light and a modern telephone
system, shipping facilities are excellent and at
convenient points for all parts of the township.

TILBURY WEST— Situated thirty miles east of
Windsor; rich dark clay loam soil, unequalled in
the province for grain, hay and root crops.
Enormous crops of corn and sugar beets are
grown. Marked progress may be seen in farm
buildings and improvements; admirably situated
for markets, being close to the Pere Marquette
Railway, Michigan Central Railway, Canadian
Pacific Railway and Grand Trunk Railway, thus
insuring low freight rates and unexcelled travel-
ling facilities; enormous deposits of brick clay
are found all over the township, which produce
a beautiful cherry red brick that is in such de-
mand that the yards cannot supply the orders.

TILBURY NORTH.— Located at the northeast cor-
ner of the County of Essex; organized in 1892,
being a subdivision of the Township of Tilbury
West. It contains 28,000 acres of clay loam, the
best soil to raise corn, clover and timothy seed,
also sugar beet, tomatoes, onions, sweet com
and tobacco. There are two canning factories
(independent). This township has seven miles
of shore on Lake St. Clair and has three rail-
ways, the Grand Trunk Railway, with two sta-
tions— Stoney Point and St. Clair Siding; the
Canadian Pacific Railway, with two stations —
Tilbury and Haycroft, and the Michigan Central
Railway, with a station at Tilbury, affording
thereby great facilities for shipment of farm
products of all kinds, also horses, cattle, sheep
and hogs. It is an ideal location for typical
French-Canadian farmers.

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TYPICAL TOBACCO SCENE IN" ESSEX COUNTY

Wonderfully Productive
Soil

Nowhere in the whole Dominion of Canada is a
more fertile soil to be found than in Essex County,
which has attained a reputation as the corn and
tobacco belt of the Dominion. The farm products
range all the way from the most delicate fruits to
hardy cereals. Some farmers have been growing
peanuts "just for the fun of the thing," and to
show the possibilities of the soil. Broom corn is
grown more or less as a side line. Sweet potatoes
are frequently produced as evidence of the mild
climate and the productive soil properties.

James Newman, whose farm is near Cottam,
sold 5,367 pounds of tobacco from three acres, realiz-
ing at 12% cents a pound, about $670, or $225 an
acre. Crawford June and Arthur Billing grew
14,500 pounds on seven acres, selling it for
$1,812.50, or about $258 per acre.

AVhy and How Farming
Pays in Essex County

Farmers in Mersea township are able to make
over $200 an acre in growing tobacco.

Peach growers in the southern part of the county
have secured yields that ran up over $500 an acre.

In North Essex there are farmers who clear
$300 an acre profit in garden vegetables.

The pi-incipal reason of the success achieved
by those who till the soil in Essex County is that
mixed farming prevails extensively. There is no
possibility of a crop failure and the variety of pro-
duets afford the farmer wide opportunities for get-
ting the very best results out of his land.

Essex farmers make over $150 an acre in grow-
ing tomatoes.

The revenue from small fruits runs inio big
money. George June marketed 9,000 baskets of
strawberries from 1% acres, for which he received
$720.00.

An Essex corn-grower who exhibited at the
Ontario Corn Growers' Association, sold fifty bushels
of seed corn at $S.00 per bushel.

A CORN FIELD IN THE COUNTY

Essex Corn Unsurpassed

Two years ago the local branch of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture at Essex carried on a number
of experiments with several of the leadinjc varieties
of ensilage corn, including White Cap Yellow Dent,
Learning, Bailey and Wisconsin No. 7. Samples of
White Cap Yellow Dent were obtained from several
of the states in the American corn belt. These were
planted the same day beside the same variety
grown in Essex. The same was done with each of
the other varieties named above, and with every
variety the corn produced from Essex grown seed
matured from 10 to 14 days earlier than did the
same variety grown from American seed, and so
could be put in the silo that much earlier.

CH.XMI'ION EAR AT ONTARIO CORN SHOW. GROWN IN
ESSEX COUNTY

A WI.VNING COMBINATION

A County of Canneries

The canning industry of Essex County has at-
tained vast importance the last few years. It may
be said there is almost an unlimited market for the
growers of tomatoes, peaches, corn, apples, pump-
kins, and other garden dainties.

Canneries are located at Stoney Point, Tecum-
seh, Belle River, Sandwich, Essex, Amherstburg,
Kingsville, Tilbury, Leamington and Canard. There
are two canneries in the Village of Tecumseh. A
new one is being built at Canard River.

It is estimated that half a million dollars is in-
vested in the industry. The annual revenue for the
farmers is about $100,000.

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Easy to Get in and Out by

S. W. & A. R. R. (Hourly service

in summer.)
M. C. R. R.
D. B. & I. Ferry.

POPULATION, 2,500.

GOOD SCHOOLS.

NEW PUBLIC SCHOOL
NEW SEPARATE SCHOOL
CONTINUATION SCHOOL

GOOD CHURCHES

CHURCH OF ENGLAND
METHODIST
PRESBYTERIAN
ROMAN CATHOLIC

LODGES

MASONIC, I.O.O.F.,
A.O.U.W., C.M.B.A.

C.O.C.F.

AMHERSTBURG.

Situated at the head of Lake
Erie, on the Detroit River,
across from the D. B. I. & W.
Ferry Co.'s summer resort—
Bois Blanc. This is the oldest
town in this part of Canada.
Old Fort Maiden lies vi^ithin the
corporation and along with many
historic spots links together the
past and the present.

The town has up-to-date ser-
vice, good transportation, wa-
terworks, electric light, incand-
escent for houses and arc for
street lighting — Carnegie libra-
ry, sidewalks — all granolithic.
Fine surrounding farming com-
munity— Inducements to Indus-
tries.

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THE NATURAL HUB '^K^J^,^'" OF THE COUNTY

The Town of Essex has a population of about
1,400, is situated in exact centre (the hub) of the
county, and affords exceptionally favorable advant-
ages for establishment of manufacturing and other
industries, being on the main line of the Michigan
Central Railway, also on the main line of the Wind-
sor, Essex and Lake Shore Rapid Railway, which
connects with the C. P. R., G. T. R., Wabash and
Pere Marquette Railways. The town is prepared to
grant liberal concessions to manufacturers to locate.

The land surrounding the town is of a rich clay
loam, producing in large quantities all kinds of grain,
vegetables, fruits and tobacco, and is considered to
be the equal of any corn land in America.

The Essex Canning and Preserving Factory,
situated in the town, is one of the largest in the
province, putting up all kinds of canned goods, corn,
peas, beans, tomatoes, peaches, apples, and small
fruits of all kinds, paying good prices and being
ready to take all products in season.

There are two up-to-date brick and tile yards,
(one operated all the year round, summer and
winter), operating to full capacity within the town
limits.

The town offers excellent advantages in educa-
tional matters, having an eight-room public school
and a five-room high school, with an agricultural
department in connection; no tuition fees are
charged; also has a free public library.

The different denominations have excellent
places of worship.

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The town has a first-class system of water
works, splendid water for domestic use, and good
fire protection; streets are well lighted with electric
lights, also has natural gas for domestic and manu-
facturing purposes, with reduced rates for latter
purpose.

Has a continuous telephone service with sur-
rounding townships, connections with five different
systems.

The town has flour mill, grain elevators, two
lumber yards and planing mills; cement block works;
several first-class, up-to-date stores; chartered
bank, good hotel accommodations, and is acknowl-
edged to be one of the best market and commercial
towns in Western Ontario.

On account of its favorable location and good
railway facilities, having a two-hour service, and
only 45-minute run from the cities of Windsor and
Detroit, makes it a very desirable residential town.

ESSEX CANNING FACTORY

ESSEX HIGH SCHOOL

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Kingsville is a lakeport town that prides itself
on being the most southerly town in the Dominion
of Canada, and is consequently particularly adapted
for the growing of the almost tropical products for
which Essex County is famous.

The population in 1912 is 1,745, mostly settled
by British families or their descendants, or descend-
ants of the U. E. Loyalists.

It has excellent transportation by the Pere
Marquette, the Windsor, Essex & Lake Shore Elec-
tric Radial Railway, and by water, giving shipping
connection with all the trunk lines entering Fssex
County.

Industries:

Woollen factory (specialty in high-grade blan-
kets), tobacco factory (plug chewing and smoking),
tobacco warehouse (deal in raw ieaf, a good deal
being processed and pressed into packages), plan-
ing mills and sash and door factory (purchases large
quantities of lumber and posts from Georgian Bay
district), canning factory for tomatoes, peaches,
pears, apples and other fruits, for which this district
is especially adapted. Fisheries, gill and pound
nets, becoming quite extensive industries. Excellent
public school with splendid equipment, highest re-
sults in inspectorate. Good churches, Methodist,

Baptist, Anglican. Beautiful streets, concrete walks
on main thoroughfares, fine avenues of shade trees.
Splendid municipal waterworks system and adequate
fire protection. Excellent drainage. Pure supply
of water for all purposes from Lake Erie. Natural
gas for fuel, manufacturing and domestic purposes
at low cost. Electric lighting. Beautiful parks on
lake shore, with unsurpassed boating and bathing
facilities. The most popular summer resort town in
Western Ontario. Surrounding country unsurpassed
for farming purposes. Very desirable class of resi-
dents, both in town and in adjacent country.

Kingsville has a fine harbor, accommodating
vessels of the larger class, both passenger and
freight. Has direct connection with Pelee Island,
with a population of 1,500, to the south of it, San-
dusky and Cleveland, Ohio.

Low Taxation and Special
Inducements by way of
Bonus for Manufacturing
Industries

Communications may be addressed to the Town
Clerk, Kingsville.

I'ERE MARQUETTE ST.^TION. KINGSVILLE
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MOST SOUTHERN TOWN IN CANADA

Centre of Fruit and Tobacco Industry Natural Gas and Oil

Leaminfrton, the most southern town in Canada
and the largest in Essex, is beautifully situated on
Lake Erie. A fine government dock, the M. C. R.,
the Pare Marquette and the W. E. & L. S. R. Rail-
way afford shipping facilities that are unexcelled.
An hourly electric railway service connects Leam-
ington with Windsor, Detroit, the G. T. R. and the
C. P. R. The country surrounding is exceedingly
rich agriculturally, and has long been devoted to the
culture of fruits of all kinds, chiefly peaches, which
grow to perfection here, tobacco, tomatoes, onions
and all sorts of vegetables, which ripen and tome to
maturity a month earlier than anywhere else in
Canada. The town is supplied with natural gas for
fuel, light and manufacturing purposes, has an
abundant supply of the purest water and is lighted
by electricity. It is noted for its pavements, shady
avenues, beautiful lawns and handsome residences,
and Sea Cliff Park — a park owned by the town — •
makes a delightful outing place. The commercial,
banking and educational facilities are not excelled
anywhere, and everything points out to a steady
and prosperous future.

The manufacturing industries are numerous
and their number is increasing. The H. J. Heinz
Co. of Pittsburg have located large premises here
and have made Leamington the Canadian head-
quarters of the Heinz Pure Food Products. The
Imperial Tobacco Co. have made this the headquar-
ters for the growing and warehousing of the famous

Burley tobacco. The McAlpins also have their to-
bacco purchasing and curing establishment here.
There is a fine canning factory, a basket factory
employing 75 men, a handle factory, a cement works,
a lumber and planing mill, foundries and machine
shops, marble works, pork packing establishment,
and is headquarters for the Erie Fruit Co.

Communications may be addressed to the Town
Clerk, Leamington.

W. B. Clifford, a young farmer in Gosfield South,
in the season of 1911, off 4 acres of land sold to the
Canning Factory over S730 worth of tomatoes, rea-
lizing better than $180 per acre.

H. J. HEINZ CO.. rL.A.NT AT LEAMINGTON".

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County Town of
Essex

Population 2,300

Area 2,000 Acres

Assessment

$1,500,000.00

Will be a City in a
few^ years

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—is MODERN. 15 miles Silex walks, 12 miles
water mains, first-class sewers, natural gas,
electricity, electric cars running 16 miles
south and 45 miles east.

—is A SUMMER RESORT on the Detroit
River, with 3 miles of river front, is clean,
sanitary, close to Windsor and Detroit, con-
venient to boats going up and down the
river, has golf ground, bowling green, etc.

—has a MARKET OF 500,000 within 4 miles;
soil fertile — grapes, tobacco, small fruits,
garden produce grow to perfection and
bring highest prices.

—has GREAT SHIPPING FACILITIES either
by the Detroit River or the Essex Terminal
Railway which connects with five trunk
lines, viz. :— C. P. R., G. T. R., M. C. R., P. M.
and Wabash.

— is BOOMING. Real estate is advancing,
buildings being erected in all directions,
over $150,000.00 worth of buildings erected
in 1911, with a better prospect for 1912.

—has FINE LOCATIONS FOR FACTORIES,
either on the shores of the Detroit River, or
along the Essex Terminal Railway.

INDUCEMENTS OFFERED FOR FAC-
TORIES. Present industries: Canning fac-
tory, fur factory, two coal docks, two coal
yards. Dominion Fish Hatchery, greatest
salt and soda-ash plant in Canada, brick
yards, etc.

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The Ideal Manufacturing Town — Located on the Detroit River.

The splendid shipping facilities, both by boat
and rail, have been largely responsible for Walker-
ville's rapid growth in manufacturing. During navi-
gation season an average of twelve boats a week
call at its docks, giving shipments to Cleveland and
Buffalo and all the Canadian lakeports east and west.
The docks are large, and in connection therewith
is a storage warehouse for freight, also a large
grain elevator.

The Canadian Fire Underwriters' Association
give Walkerville "rating A," which is the highest.

Natural gas from the Tilbury field is extensive-
ly used for cooking, lighting and manufacturing.

Electricity is available at reasonable rates for
lighting and power purposes.

The tax rate, including Public School tax, is
only about 11 mills on the dollar.

WALKERVILLE BOAT HOUSE

Walkerville is traversed by the Pere Marquette,
Grand Trunk and Wabash Railways, and is closely
connected with the Canadian Pacific and Michigan
Central by the Essex Terminal Railroad and Pere
Marquette. A ferry operates regularly to and from
the City of Detroit, and street car service connects
Walkerville directly with Windsor and other towns.

The town has a thoroughly efficient water system
with a normal pressure sufficient for automatic fire
sprinklers. The water is clear and pure, taken
direct from the Detroit River above the sewer out-
lets.

The fire department is up to date. Fire alarm
boxes are well distributed about the town.

The I'rincipal Industries:

DISTILLERY,

BRIDGE MANUFACTURING,

AUTOMOBILES,

WIRE FENCE,

PAINTS AND VARNISHES,

MEDICAL LABORATORY,

CLOTHING,

FIRE APPLIANCES,

Address Town Clerk or Secretary Board of
Trade, Walkerville, Ont.

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The most rapidly growing City of Ontario and the most favored location for

manufacturing

OFFERS:

Easiest access from United States points.

One of the most central locations in Canada.

Absolutely the best shipping facilities in Canada over
five railways and by the great lakes.

Natural gas, the cheapest fuel, and the certainty of
Niagara power at a very low rate.

Practically same labor market as Detroit, with which
Windsor is connected by a five-minute ferry ride.

Every advantage of a city of half a million population,
coupled with every advantage location in Canada can afford.

Special inducements to manufacturers under more fav-
orable conditions than elsewhere.

Windsor's Average for More than Two Years has been One New Industry a
month. There MUST be Reasons.

Write to A. W. Jackson, Secretary Windsor Board of Trade.

STOCK JUDGING AT ESSEX HIGH SCHOOL

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COUNTY HOUSE OF REFUGE AT LEAMINGTON.

Come to Essex County and be Convinced

Copyrighted and
issued by the Authority of the
Publicity Committee of the
ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL,
JUNE. 1912.
Further information may be obtain-
ed by writinft the County Clerli.
SANDWICH ONT.

ed in accordance with the
visions of the Copyright Act
Canada. 1912.

ON THI-; r.liW l.l.Ni, ^,1.

.Auproved by the Honorable the
Minister of Agriculture for the
Province of Ontario.