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Les diagrammas suivants illustrant la mAthoda. 1 2 3 32 X 1 2 3 4 5 6 M MANITOBA Ai W CANADIAN NORTH-WEST, LETTERS PROM ACTUAL SETTLERS. iTOi.i f r Cf^) Alcxaniler Hfgt;, KiK]., (Jentrul Kiiiijjra- lioD A);<>ijt of the CunadjBii i'licilic liuil- way Cotu|iBny, Iiuh Ik'hi the reoipient of a luge miiiibcr of letter" from (irac'tical faruiefH in the Canaiiiuii North-Went which contain u creal ainoiiiit of ini|Kirt- SDt anil iiilere«tin({ inloiination witli re- gard to the agricultural cupahililies of the country. Um correH])onileulH are ncalter- «d all over Manitoba ami the Car.a<tiuii Territories. A i)eruHal of lhene letters will satisfy inoi-l pernoiiH thai the Cana- dian North-WeHt is one of the bent coun- trieN in ilie worM for farinerH to eniijirale to. Appeuded are HuniniarieH of the etatenieiitM of a ntimlier of Mr. liefrg'M cor- reRpondentH, nelected at random fronj «tn6nu«t about live hundred letterH. 'J'iie factH are conclu.xionn of these correspond- «ntH are given in their own lajijiiiafre and present a reinarkahle body of ununimous tegtiiuony on this interi'slin,! subject ;^ K. McKNIGUT, ESQ., | CariiiBii, Manitoba, states hin experience as follows :— He went from U.\ford Coun- ty, Ontario, into the Canadian North-Wesl ID April, 1871), having purchased a, lioine- stead and pre-empted (140 acres of Govern- nienl land. His capital amounted to $5,- 000. He has now ICO acres under cultiva- tion. His lirst house was of lutfs, built at | a cost of $200, and he now values liis pro- 1 perty at $10,000. His crop for the present year is 55 acres of wheat yielding 20 bush- els to the acre, 20 acres of oata yn-'lding 55 buehels per acre, 17 acres of barley at 43 Ijushels per acre, besides roots and vegeta- bles. His potatoes yield from 200 to 400 bushels per aci'e, his turnips from 400 to i 600 bushels |.er acre. He slates that "jegetables grow with very I, die trouble and he can raise almost all kinds, includ- ing rhubarb, beets, corn, onions, parsnips, caubage, tomatoes, carrots, pens, beans, caulillower, asparagus, cucumbers. melons, citrous, pumpkins, and otiiei varieties. The wild auii cultivated fruits .igrowu are strawberries, raspberries, cur- ra«ts, cranberries, plums, blueberries and wild cherries. Oftlax, he remarks that ■it growe splendidly The soil is a clay loam from one to three feet deep. Manure , ia not required for the first few years, tut It will be necessary after a while.] He has any amount of liay ami his cattle i itlirive well on llu' wild gr:isses of the prai- rie iu summer, and he has no troulile in keeping them fut in winter when they ■ run out in the uiiy lime and are stabled al ; night. His stock consists of four horses «nd iweuty-nine head of cattle, In'sides eheep and'hogs. He has sutlered no hard- «Uiporlossin winter from the climale,' which he considers very healthy. The winter extends from the tirsl or the tenth of Noveinlwr to the lir-t of April. Plow- ing ooiliii.cnces at the earliest about ihe 11th April and harvesting about the 12th August. The fencing he uses is mostly Irarbed wire of three wires, costing flO'* (ler mile for [.Kists and wire, lie uses' mo.'.lly w(««i for fuel, which is easily got. as he has 50 acres of timber. He h*s plenty <'f water, namely, the Huyiie river' and u well 12 feet deep. The cost of' breaking land he places at $2.30 per acre,, when lalsjr is hired, and $2 for backsetting. He lias Millered no serioii" loss from I storms in winter or summer, he linds that ! the sheep do well anil are paying slock, aiiil III' linds stock raising, combined with | grain fanning decidedly prolilable, even wherecatlle have to be housed <luring' winter. The necessaries of lite area little j higher in some things than in Untario. i Siiinmer fronts are entirely exceptional. The bes; t me for breaking the virgin soil is from Ihe Isl of June to the Isi of July, Imckselting in the fall. He estimntes that I a man with oxen will break an acre a dayi with hor.-es one bikI a half to two acres. In harvest, cutting and bulling co-t one dollar and a halt an acre. He is per- ' lectly satislied with the country and the ' climate, and his prospects are as good as ' can be. Mr. Mcknight tays : "1 would i advise anyone with a small capital { to come to this counlry. I have made more capital ii, five years in this country than in twenty years in Ontario, and have not to work so hard. Here all the work is j done with machinery. It is a great deal easier to sit 1)11 a binder than to swing a cradle." He advises settlers coming from (ire.it Hritain to bring good warm clothing and bedding in the case of families, atA if ^ single men, as little as jiossible. S. HANNA, KSQ., Reeve of Whitehead, resident in Griswold, Manitoba, gives the following as his ex- perience : He went inio tlie Canadian Norlh-West from Oil City, Pennsylvania,: in the summer of 1881. He homesteadiii the eastern half of section 12 of township 10 of K 2:), and purchaKsd section 7, T. 10, ; range 22 and 4(J acres of wood lot. He i owns 1,00G acres, of which 450 aie tinder cultivation. He values his property at $10 ' per acre. His tirst house is a frame • liuilding costing f.l'iO. Tills i ear's crip includes 170 acres of wheat, yielding 25 bushels ])er acre, 70 acres of oats at 45 i ipusnels per acre, and 15 acres of barley al 30 bushels pe ■ acre. Flax grows well, vielding 16 I hels of seed lo Ihe acre. The .soil is blacK loam, two feet deep, willi I a yellow clay subsoil. Tlie cattle do well on the wild grasses, and they are stabled in the winter. He has plenty of wood and \ water, havi"g two wells on his properly, one 21 feet iid the elher 62 feet deep. He expresses himself satiafled witii the coun- lry and climate and ihe prospects ahead of him. 1 PHILIP DICKSON, ESQ., \ lives in dialer, Manitoba, and has Wen iliere since 1879. He hail previously re-, sided in Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, and Ontario. He owns H20 acres of land,| , which he values at$4,U00. His wheat this sett-on yielded 25 bushels to the acre, his barley 40, and his potatoes 400 bushels. ; He is thorougiily Stili'-iied with his new i home and its surroundings, and considers I the climate of the Canadian North-Went : the iiiost healthy of any counlry he has been iu. MK. JOHN B. DAVIS lives at McLean, Assiniboine. He went to theCanailan North-West in April, 1H«2, from Ontario. All the money he hiul was |I5. lielween homesleading anil purchase he has ttcipiired 480 acres of land, which he vttliiej at $5,000. He lias Imilt a frame houne which cost him $400. He has raised this vear 000 bushels of wheal, be- sides oats, Larley a. id a great variety of routs and vegetables. He has nol hud to do any fencing so far, lu^r lias he any use for manure. He liii'ls plenty of gixid water in a well ^ix (eel deep. He estimates the cost per acre, of prejiaring Ihe land and sowing, including the price of seed grain and har- vesting, III $10 per acre at lirst. Mr. l)avin says, " 1 would sooner be here now with- out one dollnr than have $2,000 iu Ontario and have . .--lay Uiere." Here is what an Englishman Ihinks about the cou'itry ; — W. C. KNIGHT, ESQ., is from Eiisilanij. He settled at Oak Lake, Manitoba, in 1870. He commenced with a capital of $2,000. He homesleoiJed and purchased 800 acre.s of land, and devoted his allention chiefly to stock raising. His tirst house was of logs, built complete by liilf-breeds fiir$25 — certainly nota palatial residence. Wheal yielded with liim forty bushels to the acre and potatoes 100 biuhels. His garden supplied him with an abundance of vegetables of all kinds, and without manure. His cattle tiirive well on llie wild gras.ses. This is what he says oil ihat subject: — "My thoroughbred shorthorns have nuthiny but the wild grasses of the country, and they are in "pi iidil condition — iu fact, ipiite tat. I should lake a prize for Christmas beef ia England. The beef cannot be beaten." The cattle thrive well m winter on hay only. He considers the climate wonder- fully healthy, the exceeding drynes.s of the air in winter being very favorable to the healthy and vigorous sclion of the lungs. He has nol sutlered loss from early frosts, which he regards as altogether ex- ceptional. He has enough lo do in the winier atlending lo his cattle, hauling wood, hay, logs, fence poles and visiting his neighbors. He, iu tact, regards the winier as a very enjoyable season. He is satislied with the counlry, as it comes quite up lo his exuectalions. He ailvises any one who is able and willing to work, and has a capital of some i.'200 to slarv with, lo settle in the Canadian North-West. He says : " There is no doubt the counlry has a brilliant future before it, and there is room for uiillions of independent happy homes lo he eelablished. I would strongly recommend," he continued, "a mw settler to lake up land immediately on his arrival, and get on it without delay j it will save no end ot trouble and expense." THE HIND BROTHERS, are Englishmen, and Cockneys at that. I'liey settled in Assiniboine in April, 1883, and give their lirsi impressions of the coun- try. Tliey h.ivp taktm up a large quaati- ty of land, 1,040 acres, and have evideully gone to the Canadian North-West to stay Qcdf) 901074 -■ I may »«v llicrr ih a living' here fork iiiuii if he will Keek it. I i.HM' « wile ttiiil i.iii.' cliiMreii, lli,. ,.l,'i,.,t intlvo yenrn olil,ari,| I hid (..•iI.t nil to .Uv llmii wli»ii I oaiii. Jierc, iIm.iikIi I ImvV iiiiilf <mr livitiK l.y ^l•anMll^^ (,r wliuieviT iflwl coil 1,1 «el 1(1, i„. Th.i.. IS III* .Hii,e ' cli.ince for nnv inun if hr nri|| b,,|j ,, ■• Wliili- liKikiiiK "»<'r the IfittTf ffueiveil _-J urow tip Willi tlie country." Tlif vir. iweutytiv* cfnt« .. ■gin «oii yifMiMl them irood croiiH of iiulit- luimii NortliWem m IM/O Il^ti....^ ...i "i v " .TVi- -"""■ lor mr vnnaiinn toe- ,....„ol,N »n,i ..%,.. ll/eir ,Uu i. "l' a ."n.,!::"' lot . ' „ ^p e . ^ U^ av '"" Therrar'r.7, ""' TV'' tooliasilone well will, ilie ino«l pninilive iii..re, an,l alt^r. ar.ln he UiUi/liL. ,, Iri^I ...!..! "I i "«'">"«• UMlnce,! to kin,l of ri.ltivat.o... They i.a.1 ,.11 the K.r- of a .ct, n? fru.u the Ca^i^ ,a„ * ,fl f ' ."''V,"^ "" "'^"'> '" ""• '•'""'• denluxuneHin KSundanoe-lettuce. pja,, luLav He Tow owih a "?,» r ]S ' ? ' « ""'" 'K""™'"^" "f •«noi.|. cuci.inl*r., uielon., oitronn. v.«e^l,i; acre, ./r «,k" Li^ U itk. te ..her ■ 1. ^-ullnr:;! iT'/T' ""'" •'"• <='»"• "^ niarrow-, onionn, oahba«ee, cunlitK.werH, .etilerM, l,a.i lo rouU , f ,r a ii e ml ' '^W,, v 1 l-l'^Trrn «„u M.mll h.rn.er-.. Ac 4c. The^e sentlenien Kave l.en lir.t plu'ee of HU^na;; a |40 ri-- • " IT: to w. "k m' ' -" "' """"" '-'^ eighteen month- m the i;«„a,|ian North- K,.t he p.t al„„«. Thi- vear he h», "jli Went ami are nillv »ati«lie,| wilh their .icre« u.i.l.r cro.V. hut he.*! lear he exmrt- |.r««|*ct-ari,l witU the country. Ihey ^ay : to have 150. i/e ownn a pair of luul,., a Welia-Mio ie«ilalion in ntatiiiK that a learn of oxen, t»o cowe ai„l four l,e.,l ot man who m willing! Ui work aii.l lo put up youiJK cattle. Altogether Mi' lUi.l hv his with a few lucoi.venienceH at lir«t, cannot , imliiHtrv ami thrill .lunn,< the lu«t live help hii Huccee, We have foun,i the cli- vearH ha< .i,a.ie himself mil family very ' mateall we could wi,h. 1 he summer very comfoitahle. The account that he uive' Wtiiie looking. „..., j^m wit,, cold m^hU,, the winter -M , of iiimjelf . . inter.tu. U.^ «,lhonlyt2.2o I had neither turniture ac,|uire,l wluU, , n.hr the .■ir in, Z'- ..--.- - .„., .„,„ „^„, ''»""v>-.l'Ulll.et,meHwerego(xl liien. I mun I* considered very lU'Z^^^^^^ uaHtin«, couiiiy, Un.ario. lie ^ui 3 :;;i;'i'','; i^'^'^rj^r'-vr^'"'^ '""-i ^ re,„i:i,:r;r;.r;'i:a!':' :,•; butpluckv. lie Mivslhat afier ei.ierinir ■ T, h <-«l'ilttl K" times are hard they were improving th.ir farms, er.rtin^ for his homes.eud he ha,l »ol one ,ffi ^^ririmmTto" ?:i;i^ '"''T' '""'''■■■»?".'•"' '"K ."uchinerV ll nu-r « ■" • ■ ■» '' ■ -- I wuM iiittii, vniiiiin lu roiiKli It, tttii (;t't n niir their iv»» ki<.<-^ il.<.., t .. i . start here heller Ihan uf the' ol,ier' pro Iht^.r h.mi! . Wit'n tfis , "CT'' vmce- 1 never ,ii.l any farm work unlil I mmd, the ri.pidity w, h wl ic p , , ^ ,v He iiadr.his'\ear;-ei;^;r";;;ver;;:;:r wi^^^*^^"" "h^",''"" » ca„a,.,an ...i,:.:^!:;;; ''r:.i'frr"- Kl^r:,,;::;';;,:: wheat, twenty ajren 'nn,ler oat^, aii^ ie : k 'TlTT "'"' h'"'""' ""-' ''■'''^''""' i """ ^"""^ "^^ *'^- H-*!*!'^ co res i .^.S acres under barley, lie had alio a con- ' 7^" '"''«•• "[ "tjr'culti.re or any txperienee o-. erestimate the value of iheir "am s ami Bideruhle biea,llh of lan,l under p^tat^l f ""'" """^ """'a>!i'J, rom a very small '■ mak.n^; every allowance nexio-Lera'lion and turnips, and a l'.h^I kite lei Ci^ S^Tw'^' ,'" ^'''i,"" '" "','' l-'"""'!'""! U will t seen that theVeai.™ "f Z His wife, he sav.., values his farnf a ten f^Y'.'-^^"' i «"■ will now .see how an Kng- Uettlers have ,h,ne U'lter in I he C» im,! an thousand dollars. Whether he re';a:r^ '^ ^rau^wh" he U.iXof '^u';''"'^ pros- ! Nor.h-West t , they couM'hirveZ e •ow he, aH I ^ ' '■ ''^ "'°'"' "' "'* country. | the same time, and engaged in the same Mil. QEORGK VANDKHVOOUT. of AlexBiiilria, MuniUiha, went lo the Ca- nailian North- West in June, 18711, from lelttotake liiin to the Cana,lian North- West. Thi.s was in Is,s2. He liai4 now a farm of ;t20 acr.-, with a hniig house ujHjn it built by his l»b,jr, ami worm, according lo Iiih calculation, flUO. that esliniale as t,x) high or too low he, as a ilutilul husbaii.l, does not say, but m'ost people will conc;u,le that the country in which a man who commenced worth fortv dollars le^s than nothing two Years ami a half ago, can ac(|uire such a snug little property as M . Trover possesses, cannot be a very bad one. Naturally this settler MR. OEOUOE DICKSON settled in the Canadian North-West in A|_ril, I8H2. lie wa.s not bv any means rich. After he got his family Irom lui-onto he had $000 to commence life with in the Caiiiulian North West. Jt ,;,,hi him ,«200 to gii a house to live in. He , . ' - *"fe">;",* 1,1 iiie same (JCCiipation, many of the eastern proviiue., «• '?! *"i* "' """' '^"1"""'''' "f the Old World. ).ct u.s take a few examples at random. MH. WM. M'KEaiyiICK, l>e a v.Tv bad one. Naturally this settler , ' ^m U>7 tliinks a great deal of the couutrv in which i . i^ ,.m - he ha« done so well in so short a lii e He s^l i '^l ,'" I,", ' •'^^ "",""' "^ ''""^- '^'1"- However, a,lv.»e« settlors to be cautious , ^'"'i'' ""'" 'Ti''' " ''"'"■"'I of ,x,r- and to husbaml their resource/. ZTe i a;!,1 1? f'"' "'"I'l"' "," ""^" «""■ **<■"' ooncludeH his letter by saying that "as 1 f , ""'Collected a nice litlle her.l of claim to be a successful N,^ .wester '"■'"" '"''"' V,'^'^'"'^"- ^'"' "''i'"''!" ''"v<- would be pleaded and mo.t I . to Le '1"'!' "'' "''" "? "*'' "'^"1'' '" '•^''^■'''"d advice and information to i_, ',,. ,iL set- ".I .'i 1"^ '"u"' '"'"^1'" ."^ l'^ can provMe tiers free ' now of llosebank Kami, Crystal C.ly, left t.,ml,ll,urn. ii. the County of Carle.on Unlario in llie spring ol IKSO to try his luck in the Cann.han Norih-West. He broiikdit with him $M00. He hoiiiesieaile.i ai„l r,re- emi.led ;i20 acres. He ha.s now 100 a'les under cultivation, a snug house, three h.-irses and other sUnik, an,l allogellier he advice an^ iufo'rmaliorto 'i_, ■." r,^1.'eV^ "'"', '"^ ""V,"^' '■'■elter a^ l,e can provi.i; "''"'■.'^ '"- l"-"l>'".v m *4,0«0, or li>e tiii,e« 'g «'''• lor them. He can get plenty of hay, and ' """■«"'^' '^"P""'- -Mr. McKertnck has MR D N niirMMM-T .Ihe cattle do as well on it is tney do on 'T'" «■■"""'« '"^'' "i ",""•""■"' "f |800 a Pin, VMM I ^' failure in England. The climaEe suits : rj'"' "'"«* ''» «-'H'='l i" the Caiiadiau Elm Valley, Manitoba, formerly of Blan- '"'"i" every wav. His health is e'xll '^"'•^''-Wesl. don, Uxou. Englaad, after four and ahalfi»"J he ,loe.s not feel the winter to be verv MR THOMVS ni TViM* years residence m the back woods of On- ' «""«■ U« "avs he travelled twenty imlei „ tlUMAS OLIVER. ■ ■■ " !*'"'»? ox 'earn in the worst blizzard that I V ■^'i!"''^' '■""'='''"'*■'' ''J ""' t:ana,lian I came aM winter, when the thern.omeier f;'^';"':West from Dumfries Township, showed 4, degrees below zero. He has ^.^i I'j" J""" "'" capital amounted to plenty of >vater on his farm, but wood i.-, *.,:i ,"'« f""" iJonsjst.s of , ■120 acres, of but he will beabh' ^ I has lo-t tario, emigrated to Manitoba. He had very little money to make the fresh btart with, only two hundred ilollars. In 18H' he settle,l on a farm of IGO acres w:..ich ho . . - ..,.. values now at a $1,200. He has ha,I many : ''« ""V^ . getting scarce j but he wi ditticulties to jiicet but he has surmounted '" K'"' ""»' before il is gone. He ^.....-,.,t.^n uo lueci out ne uas surmounted '" Ket cjai i;etore il is gone. He has lo-t tliem all. He i.< well pleased wilh the ""''V'*? ^-y *-uiiiiuer frost, and he does not quality of the land and believes that at i ''""'"'"« ibere is auy danmr from frost present manure would do it more harm ' ^ copa sown reasonably" earlv He re- tliangood. He believes that, with industry V'"'"'"^" having seen frost in K'n,'laud in anil economy, a settler cannot fail to do : J,"'y. but no one thinks of lud^iui: the, MK I W PAWivn well. If a p.^,r man now wants to earn : "'""""e of tiiat country by such a"n e1,cet Uft n^Jn i ^^■„^^^.^^^^ money he can always get employment at t'onal occurrence. A,,' acre of lanJ ran ("i^ v ... ""^ County, Ontario, on the 8tli of I ■ I , — ^^...i.r-i,.-, o, ,jiu acres, Ot which he has now 150 acres under culti- l'*""'»,;nn '"?" !""'^ " ''0''^''. "I'ieh CBst him $500, an,i he has two horses and twel eheadof cattle. Mr. Oliver values his farm at $0,000. This is an extraordin- ary increase in seven years. MR. ,1. W. FANNING money he can always get employment at t'onal occurrence. A„"ac"re of Fan,! canTe from $25 to $.15 a month. He thinks that ^'"c^f^u in eight hours by a team of oxen a man from England or anywhere else ''V"'S " »t early morning and evenini?' would do well to bring out with him a,'',"'"*? "f l'"" l"'"^ with gar,leninL' ic' good eel of curpKiiter's tools. . There is no lack of employment in win* Kill liriV mt-rtwm-, Ullll I liuviu ■> atn I • MR, WM. REID and ihere are iiit nter. April, t,ut f,.rgets to say m what year He lia,t with him $.400 lo commence with He sellleil on .T20 acres .,f land. He built a bouse and purchased two hors"s. He values his farm now at t'^.OOO. It U evi. .r«..o;^j:i;r-.„..:=~izS.H^ ♦.<■ '*'( doinfulii! hlr, (or tie coiicIuiIch Inn lrll*r with tbin inolfHt, and, iindfr (lie circiim- »l«ncep«, »ery natiirtl rerjiiFiit : "Ifjron havp ariir iirowii-iip (lkti|{lit<-r», nend them i«Jon){." Perlivpn wjtiie jrouDff Imly in the EacI, where elijiilile young men are becoin- inu HI lainentalily ccaroe, mar take pity on Mr Fanninjj'H military and CMtiifortleM ixin- dition anil Ix-uoine the iharer of bin rapidly growing proHperity. MR. RODEttICK McRAB, of MiniittloHa, Man,, emigrated from Briioe CouMly, OnUrio, to the Canadian North WeKt in April, IHHl. H in capital amounted to the magnilleciit nuni of ten dollarH, He liuiiie«teailed ItiO acres. lie hm now foity acreH of hin farm under cullivation, twenty-live of which are tinder wheat. He built a log houHo, and he owub h yoke of oxen anil two cowh. He valued liin farm i at two thou-and dollarn. For ten dollar- to Kwell lu two tliDU-Hnd in little lietter than three yeiirH HcoinH to lie an iiiii)OHni- •■ility, liul, ft" .Mr. Kmlerok Moltae hIiuwh, there in nolliinf; iiiiiKi^Hihle ulioul it— in the Canadian Norlli-W eHt. Mil. A. R.8TEEU3, i who livfH in Oriswolil, Manitoba, and who caiiio there froiii the tciwn o' Alexundrin, in the Slate of Miimenota, savH about tiie : Canadian North- WeHt;— " I i;on»ii|pr Ihii the grandest grain uro- ducing country ill the world without any exoepiion ; nnd a" I have haniiied cos- dilerulile utock here 1 know that thcv pay well. Lii,«t upring I noM one Htalile of ciUlle f .r jllOO per head for bulcheriug. My sheep Imvc paid well, milch cowh iFo very well, iinil also [Hiultry, and in fact everything I have tried. No man need fear this coiifltry for producing anything except tropical fruit." Yet Mr. SpeerH oumiiienued with a capital urtfi,000 and hecoonldera hix farm at the end of the year after he eettled upon it worth |.1,H40. Mr. Hp«erii' iitock con- iiirtn of 6 humee and 2fi heail of cattle. Ht addii, " I winlereil HO cattle and 60 nheep lakt winter. They did well, and realiseil "even centu per pound live weiglit for 40 h«ad. I fattened on th« Ifit June lact." MR. JOSEPH LAWRENCE, who came from Reetrouguet Farm, Hylor, Cornwall, England, in 1870, to Ontario, where he reinaineit nine ream, and then went farther went to Clear Water, Manilolia, thuH conrludeH his letter to Mr. llegg: " I might my, in concliin'on, there ha« been a lot xaiil about thix country thin part year that might sound very etraoge to an outMiiler, but It d»e« not eeem strange tons : here, as there are men in this countrv as in every other iMiuntrv who are tim fazy to work, and lind it much easier to slander the country witli llieir tongues than follow the plough for Iheir daily briad. I hope' to see miiiiy of my EnaliBh friends out here next vear, as there is any amount of Caniiilian I'acilli' lundn yet if the Canadian I'uoific Railway would only put it on the niiirket for sale." Mr. Lawrence hut not done badiv at all, consiilering the short time he has been in the Canadian Nortlj-West. He came to it with a capital of $3,000. honiesteaded, ' pre-empted, and purchased 1,540 acres of land, built a house on it al the co-t of |1,000. and has 200 acres under culliva- ' lion. Ilis stock roni-ists of live horses and ' iKinies, thirty head of cattle, and 40 pigs. He esliiiiales his farm worth from $12,000 to $15,000. Taking the lower esliniale as the true one, Mr. Lawrence has increased his capital just four hundred per cent in' four yeiirs. MR. THUMA8 BOWER who hM Ueo a resident of Moocomin, AuiDniboia, since April, 1883, aayn — " I consider every man eecureo a hom« in this country iawell off. The la«t yearn I spent in Ontario I farmed and grate!) one thousand acres of land, and 1 was raised on a farm of 700 acres, and fariiie<l all my life, and I have never ti'en so well pleaeeil I with crops as I am in the Canadian Norlh- I West I and as far ax the soil is concerned I never saw itH rqual in any countrv." Mr. Bohier Is from El«m County, Onl. He and his two sons settled in (heCinadian Norlh-Wesl with a cipital of 17.000 ii) cash. They took up in all 1,2N0 acre*. He hail this year 170 acres under crop, lOOof which is wheat. He built an ex- cellent house, and has a large stock. The old n. rifleman values his own half section, stock and in.plenienls at $6,000. MR. TnOMA.S ROOEItS, who went to the Canadian Nortli-West from Ixindnn, Ontario, eighteen months auf«, and who seems to have kept his even anil his wits aliout 'lim, says ; — " 'J'o any intero.,tini! settler or to anyone wishing to make a cninforlable Imme for himself to live a life of freedom from hinil- lorilism the CaDadian Nortli-\Vei.t otlerfl such a home. We work hard seven months of the year, but we plav the re- mainder. What is required is a man who will wirk during the busy months, and he will not fail to reap his reward. The agri- cultural prospects or the countrv lire not to be suriift-sed. The more the 'land is cul- livnleil the lietter it will he. I have been in the Dominion of Canada seven vears. I emigraled eleven years ago from England, but 1 only wish I had been here (en vears liefore this. There is bitter yet in (-tcre for UH." The Settlers named above, and hundreds of others, may be livritten to for further particulars. For further information, Maps and Pamphlets, apply to J. H. McTAVISH, Land Commissioner Canadian Pacific Railway Company, MANITOBA. HI Kit of lluoaomJa, Hi, »ty» — Riirfii 4 home The IkJit rr*ni •nd Kniril one 1 wkK r»i»fd rariiiH nil my K> wfll |ilr»f<><l kntdiku North- i» eoncerneil country." Ooiinly, Onl, D llirC'tiiRiljan or t7.0U0 ii) 1,2H0 kcrfn. iimler crop, liuilt %a ex- (f ptoclc. The n hdlf iectioti. 000. 1 North-WMt lilfcn iiionlhd kept hJN evM r or to anyone iblf Imnip for am from laml- h-WcHt otiera Imrd Hfven ' play tlie re- Ih a man who oiithn, uuil he ni. The agri- itry lire not to p land JH ciil- I have heen Bven vear". I mm tingland, Pre ten Vfar'i et in (-tore for nay be OBA.