The number of Jewish farming families in Canada has increased 20 percent since 1931 although that period included the years of drought, depression and the lowest prices for farming products in Canadian history, it was reported here today by the United Jewish Refugee and War Relief Agencies, which has just completed a study of Jewish refugee settlement in Canada.
The study shows that there has been a slight decrease of Jewish farm settlement in Western Canada where there are long established Jewish farming communities. However, a considerable number of refugees from overseas has been successfully settled on farms in eastern Canada. The study points out that the produce of the Jewish farmers in Canada is more than sufficient to feed the Jewish population of Canada, which is only 1.4 percent of the entire population of the Dominion.
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