AGRICULTURE 
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Yamaska valley and from the counties of Montcalm and I'Assomption 
are not inferior to the binders of Wisconsin. 
MAPLE SUGAR MAKING 
The production of maple sugar in Quebec constitutes an industry 
of considerable size and in some localities proves a highly important source 
of revenue. It is made at a time of the year when the farmers are not 
otherwise busy and the maple bush frequently occupies rocky ground 
that could not be developed profitably. The extensive manufacture in 
recent years of substitutes for the genuine maple product has tended to 
A supar-bush in Quebec 
lower the price of the latter, and this fact together with the high price 
of maple wood for fuel and lumber, has, in some cases induced the farmer 
to ent down his sugar bush 
Eastern Townships Centre of the Industry.—The central area 
of the sugar industry ‘n Quebec is in the Eastern Townships. Sugar maples 
also grow in Ontario, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, but of half of the 
world’s supply of maple products furnished by Canada, Quebec supplies