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RHILJMHY LHNDS.

^HE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY have for sale
a number of Choice? Farms in the Brandon District, shown on the
accompanying Map, on the foliowing easy terms:—

^ TERMS OF PAYMENT.

^ // paid for in full at time of purchase, a Deed of Conveyance of the land will
be giuen ; but the purchaser may pay c 's-tenth in cash, and the balance in payments
spread ouer nine years, with interest at six per cent, per annum, payable at the end of
the year with each instalment.

Price Lists can be obtained on application to the Company's Land

Commissioner, Winnipeg.

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LAND COMMISSIONKR.

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CANADIAN NORTHWEST.

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TWO HUNDRED MILLION ACHES.

Twi) litindrod million acres is llie (.'stiinatccl area of fertilo lamls in the Canadian Ni)rtiiue.-.t. Ii cm well he
imagined that, in a territory so vast, localities can be fmiid thai jiosse-^s special characteristics for the growth of
wheat. Broadly speaking, farming as practised in this pmiion of (!anada is of three kin Is: Wheat giowing, mixed
farming, cattle and iiorse raising. l''or iiisiaive, the l'ro\ iiice of Manitoba, which is the banner wheat Province, raised
in one season thirteen million l)nshels of wheat, while the District of Alberta and Western Assiniboia snj^ported la^t
year, entirely on their natural grasses, 150,000 cattle, 15.000 horses, and 50,000 sjieep. It is the ]nirpose of this
jiamphlet to give the farming e\])erience of a Scotchman who has been eminently successful in following that brancii

of agriculture known as wheat raising.

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JiuANDox, .MANirom, December, lS^v.
Mk. 1,, .\. Hamii 1X)N, Land Commissioner, Canadian Pacific Railway, Winnii)eg, Man.:

Jliiir Sir, .\s the time for my departure for Scotland ap[)r()aches, I feel iliat it will be impossible to give yon an
extended and det:iiled a<'couni of my experience as a farmer in ihis magnificent (-(juniry, but I enclose you for

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jnililiiMliun, if you approve, ji sliurt skctcli, wliicli w.is written from notes taken of an interview with mo some time
ago, in wiiicii tlie f.u is are as therein stated, ami whieii covers tlie ground fully and well, and presents brielly the
jioints that I think would be of interest to those asking for informanon about farming in Manitol)a on a large scale,
as seen from the standpoint of an actual farmer. It may also bo of interest to you to know the result of my last
season's work.

I have now in my farm 2.500 acres, and of this I had under crop 800 acres, over 700 of which was in wheat,
which yieldid 17.000 bushels. The result, considering the unusually dry season, was highly satisfactory to me, giving
a hand>ome pmht on the season's work.

I commenced seeding about the 26th of March, harvesting on the 8th of .August, and had the whole croj) not
only cut and threshed, but delivered av the Brandon Elevator ready for shipment by the middle of .September.
The wheat turned out a splendid sample, nearly the whole of it grading No. i hard and No. 1 extra,

I have 1,750 acres fall jjloughed and harrowed, so that I can take advantage of the fir.-.t opportunity in the
spring for seeding. I think it of the greatest importance that the farmer should not only ])lough in the fall, but
harrow as well. It is largely to this that I attribute my unvarying success.

I send you cojiies of some jihotographs, made this year, of (iirming scenes taken at my home. They will give

you a belter idea of farm life than I can do by writing a descriptive article. In the article enclosed there is only an

outline of the method I have adopted, but I will be glad to answer any letters received from tho,e deMring

information about Manitoba farming that may be addressed to me at IJiandon, Manitoba,

J. W. .S.\N1)I,S().\.

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THE STORY TOLD.

It is often noted b)i(iliser\eis tiial Manitoba has its greatest admirers ainongit those who live wiiliiu it>. bonleis,
while its detractors are almost invariably cither lazy-bodies, who have lacked siirficieiit imhistry to succeed, or else
nitjn who never lived in the riovince at all.

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1( i- dill) wiiliiii icioiil )'t.Mis tli.ii Mil' III' iiMiiv iii^t.iiHr.i I' \v!,,i' a III. Ill can aiinm|ili>li iIk'ic, wIhi lia-. ;mliisliv.
al)ilily, Jiusli and gnoil jiuij^iiU'iii. Iia^ <.iiin' liLt'iiix- ilic ]iiil)lir. Rcfori'iici' i^ Iutc inadi' to Mr. J. W. Samlisdii, wli.)
is the successful iiroprictur nf a laij;' wlnai (arm, suiuc four miles fmm niaiulDii, ami wlio has actually iinilir
cultivation j.ooo acros.

The story of his expciiciue in Maniloha, as tnUl l>y hiinsoir is one wliicli is full of I'liciuiraj^eiiK'nt Id younji
men of industrious habits and good ca])al)i!ities, intending to take up then- aiiode in that liml.

Mr, Sandisoii is a Scotchman, who, after having had a good experience in farming in tiie ( )ld Country, came
lo Canada. He f.iinied in Ontario for a coiijile of ye.irs, and in i,SS^ resolved to try Imw a he.illliy experience
and industry would ]>r(ifit him in M.miiolia.

Thither, then, he weiii, without capital, relyinj,' solely on his own iiidividu.il efforts, and his career, as will he
seen, has been remarkably successful.

He commenced liis Western life by hiring out on a f.irin for one year at $2C) (about ^5 5s.) a month, Tlu' f.iini
was situate iie,ir J5randon, and w.is a good one. While working as an employe, he hail a good opportunity ol
examining the farming system in the country, and gathering some information, which has proveil of extraordinary
\.diie.

After (juitting woik as an employe, Mr, Sandison resohx-d on trying it on his own hook. .\t first he look a
h miestead some lifty miles from the (Jaiiadian I'.icitic R.iihv.iy, but he soon gave th.it uj), concluding th.it to rent 01
buy a farm near the line was much more jirofitable. So, in the second year from In., leaving Ontario, he rented a
f.irm of 3^0 acres wiihin four miles of the C. 1'. R , and near Brandon,

He concluded that, in Manitoba, land of the higlu-t jiricc was the cheai)est in all cases, and that a man can
within two or three years own land for which he has paiil $10 or $15 {j/^2 to ;^,;) an acre, within five to fifteen miU ■>
of a railway, while a mart working a farm as f.ir back as thirty miles from the line, will practically be able to do
noiliing.

He found that a great many jieople in Manitoba made a mistake in buying say 3^0 acres of land, and, instead of
making every foot contribute .1 return, only working a little of it at first, and thus be paying interest on land which

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A Sicih II l.\k\lhK> vl(LKhS IN nil'. CANAhlW MiKlllUI 1.

w,is yicUliiig iid imilil.or oilu'rwi^c have his iiidikv lyiny idli' in llic lami He wurkcd i>\\ the ilicory above ciuiiirMicil.
ami in ;i very short lime was the o\v..it of lii, land.

( )ii another |poiiit he showed his j;ood iudgmeiii. A^ soon a^ lie was able, he houylil the best horses he could
procure. This he I'oumI more iMofitable than imrchasing inferior or worn-out animals.

Having got eoiiiiol of ImIi' .i ^eciioii, 1k' broke it u|) .it once, .lud in ide it |),iy tor itself ; then he bought a section,
following ihc same method wiih it, .iiid now, according to his estimate, the v.ilue of capit.d he has lying in labor alon!>
is equal to $10,000 (^.',000), .1 pretty goml showing, indeed.

Another point regarding farming in .Manitoba which .Mr. S.iiulison brings forward i> that the country is
particularly adapted to fanning on a large scale. It is, or should be, the ambition of every farmer to increase his
holdings and the acreage of his cro|i, and he is perfectly right in this, so long, of course, as he has the labor and
machinery to harvest the crops he sows.

in .M.initoba the land is generally level, the fields are siiuari'. the furrows .1 mile or Ii.ilf ,1 mile long, .md
ronse<iuenlly the farmer can make a correct estimate of the (ost of his labor, since each man i-. reipiired to do a like
.imoimt of work at the plough.

.\ccording to Mr. Sandison's idea, fanning is much easier in the Prairie I'rovince than in either the Old Country
or Ontario, ami, as h. is been already said, he speaks from actual experience. In the first jilace the cost of the land
is at least one tenth less in .Manitoba than in cither of the above-mentioned older countries. 'I'lien, on the whole,
the land is more productive, and a superior article is produced, and especially is this so in reg.ud to whe.it.

In .Manitoba it is not no ^s.iry to invest money in large b.iriis to house the c-ops. U is not lui ess.iry to invest
money in underdrainiiig, as in older countries ; neither does the firmer h.ive to jirovide fenciiii;, excejit on hi^
permanent pasture. Kspecial attention should be given to these ficts above stated. He also contends that the l.iiul
is much easier to work, as one-thud or one-half more can be ])re[)aied iu ,i day than in these older counlrie.s,

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THE YOUNG MAWS CHANCt:.

Spc-aking of the luosin'cis of \ount; iiK'ii yning out to Manitol);i, Mr. Sandison says llicrc is im tlillicullv in
getting on, if tlic emigrant is williiiL^ to work Iiarcl and lias a level head ; hut he is particularly enii)hatic in advising
no one to go there without capital who i-; not ready to put his whole ])owers of labor into the work. I''or the fust
two years lie workcil very hard himself at nuinual labor, but now he fnuls his time fully occujiied in managing his large
f.uin.

I le is convinced that Manitoba is destined to be the agricultural country of the I )ominion ; and, even now, people
undervalue the vitality of the soil, as he considers it i.s much stronger than the general juiblic imagines. From his
own experience he is of the opinion that the muchtalked-of summer frosts will be comparatively harmless, as soon
as the inhabitants come to thoroughly understand the climate, and those parties who have, so far, suffered thereby
h.ive been themselves to blame in not doing their work in the proper season.

GOOD MARKETS.

There is no l.u:k of a market, anil the comi)elilion among the buyers is very keen.

The Manitoba farmer has this advantage : His wheat is worth ten cents a bushel more in the Kastern Nfarket
than that of his Ivistern com])etitor, and this advance in price goes a long way to coimterbalance the extra cost to

the Manitoban of transportation.

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MADE MONEY EVERY YEAR.

Referring to his own business affairs and his success, Mr. S.indison s.iys that there h.is not been a year since
he went to the country that he did not m.ike money, and if ho were to be api)roached with an offer of $10,000 for the
chance of his profits in 1S90, he would not feel at all inclined to take it.

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A MciUM KAKMI-.k ,■!. t)l'CCK>S IN IIIK LANADIAN NUKlllWI.;

After having fanned in Ontario antl Main'toba, lie i> convinced tliat he conid nut liavc accomplisheil the same

results in any uf the dlder ]irovinees.

BRANDON DISTRICT.

This district forms i-art of the central luairie reyivin, extending \tv\n Carbery. on the main line of the (Canadian
I'acilic Railway, westward to Moosejaw. a distance cf 300 mile-;, embracing a solid block of fully twenty-tive million
acres t)f the richest wheat raising lands. The soil is generally a clay loam of varying deinh. not so lieavv or stickv
as the lands of the Red River vailey ; conse'iuently, more easily worked, and jjossessing all the food that the wlieat
]ilaiu rei|uires I'ur its successful growth. 'Ihe district is well watered by the Assiniboine, Little .Saskatchewan, Oak
and Souris risers, all of whicli streams are timbered .ilong their banks. 'I'he prairie level is broken south of the track
by the IJrandon Hills. ,1 group of hills dotted over with clumps of timber, .ind iiUersectetl \)y m.my sm.iU lakes. 'I he
limber lining these ri\ers and covering the hills, along with that in the wooded district east of the .\ssiiiiboine Kiver,
furnishes a fuel supply t'l'r the farmers. lirandon. 1 )ouglas. Chater, Keiimay. Alexander and (Iriswold. as m.irket
towns. di\ide the business of the district , each of these places lioasts of one or more elevator--, .inil have their (luot.i
of grain buyers. Br.mdon is the c-ounty tf)wn. and ne\t in si/e and importan<c of the towns of N[anitob.i to \Vinni|ieg
\\'est of r.raiulon. the ccumtry in i.^Si w.is prailic.illy ,1 wilderness, ihere bring onlv one old >t-ttler on iKe north bank
of the Assiniboine. l!ui «-ith the s])ring of iS.S:: the boom beg. in. and tin- disirii 1 w.is virlu.ill) ovenun with neu
I'omers — speculators in gre.it part, lint as the line adwmced westward, only the sie.idily indusiriou^ settlers rem. lined
to form .1 soliii nucleus for the I'uture cii\- and district.

.\mong thii>e who en^aued e\lensi\el\' in firiniii'.; were Messis. McJJuriiie. wlm todk

:n piiiximiu t'

the town, and spent o\er $100. oco (^jo.ooo) in iin|irovemenls ; .Mr. U'hitehe.id. who \)i\[ 50J ,u re-^ iu gr.iin ; tin

Hon. J. \\. Sit'ton and others, wlui iiuested largely in f

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d stock. The whole dislrici i-. well ad.ipted t<

mixed farming — cattle raising and d.iirying. ,is well a^ the culture of cere

.Sever.il si.ilioiis east and west of tli

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ciiy air iiilmtaiy to liiandon. (Ir.iwiiii; tlicir cliuM' sii;i|ili,''. iVniii ils l)anks and sti)ii.-s. ( )! mImdN and cliiirrlu's \\\crv
is 111) lack. 'I'axcs are inoilt'ialc. Roads ai'c easily m,iiii;,ii;u(l.

'I'lio surrouiuliiig counlry is laid out in counties, iniiiiieiiialiiies. iu\vn> and villaj^es, sueii a-, uku lie t'oiiMd in the
older ]. unions ol' the Eastern Provinces. The country is siir\e_\ed into sections fit" 640 acres, halt' sections and (juaiter
sections, and t"or iiiiies distant from ISrandon an average of a settler (Mi every section, and less, may be found pursiuiig
their callings jii-t as if they h.id been located on theii possessions for a quarter of a century. The coimtrv is every-
where dotted with schoolhou.ses, churches, i)ost olfice--. etc. ; the roads are excellent (owing to the nature of the soil);
and there is e\ery convenience that could be expected in a coiuury of many times its age. 'I'he County of Brandon
comprises six municii)alities — Elton. Daly, Cornwallis, Whitehead, Oakland ;tnd (denwood — each consisting of six
townships six miles square, with Brandon City in the centre, five railway outlets and inlets radiating from that centie,
as well as good roads, post office routes (stage lines), going in every direction. In 18S0 the po])uI,ition of this entire
county was less than 3.000, with about as many more in the city towards the close of the year, and tochiy the county
(city included) lias a ce-.sus of i .;,ooo people, and com])rises aboe.t 160,000 acres under croj). The laiul throughout
is mostly undulating, thus affonling good jjasturage, ample grain soils, good water, and all that is reipiiied by iiatuie
to make the home of many thousands more of a hajjpy and iirosjjcroiis people. As the Brandon and Souris R. R. is
to reach t!ie .Souris coal fields, abiut 85 miles distant, this fall, where there is an inexhaustible su])ply of fuel, the
fuel question of the West is solved, and henceforth coal of good ([uality will be had from .$4 50 to $5.00 a ton,
'i'liis should also settle the manufacturing question for Brandon, as it will keeji coal, and widi it niechanics" wages, at a
very moderate I'lgure. The city has all the advantages found in progressive centres of the east, while schools,
churches, post officcSj and all the conveniences for farm, life are to be found at reasonable disianres throughout the
county, and, in fact, throughout the entire j-irovince. The coiintrv is steadilv developini:, and is undoubtedly destined
to become one of the most iirogressive and prosperous districts in th.' Can.idi.n Confederation.

'I'he City of Brandon numbers between three and four thousand people. It is growing laiiidly, and is one of the
plcasantest of western towns. Aw idea of its trade m iv bj gained from the fact tli.it i:i the spring no less than eighty
self binding harvesters, machines which cost from $jod to $.'50 (/,'to ti ^^o) apiece, were sent out from ils

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imiilcinoiu agencies in a single day. 'I'iie trade of lirandon extends to a great distance southward, in whicii direction
is the largest jiart of tlie population, and where, after the Brandon Hills have been crossed, is found as good s il as
anywhere in the Assinihoine or Souris valleys. Five hundred acres in a single tleld of wheat is not an uncommon
sight in this neighborhood. The city lias six grain elevators. These received as much as one million bushels of wheat
in one season. In addition to the main line of the C. P. R., railways are now built or under construction south-east to
the Tiger Hills District, south-west to the Souris coal fields, north-west into the Little Saskatchewan country. The
Dominion (iovernnient, after making most exhaustive enquiries, selected ]>randon District as the site of the Manitoba
Experimental l'"arin. It is admirably situated on the north slope of the Assiniboine, the location having been selected
by Prof Saunders, of the Central I'arni, near Ottawa, as jiossessing every requisite advantage. It is flivored with a
go(/d supply of water, plenty of timber, a sutticient diversity of soil, and an excellent situation, as well for
agriculture as or the fine pros])ect (including the city) which it affords. Such an institution is invaluable to the
farmers, sujiplying every information based on experiments and tests, conducted with regard to the soil and climate
of the district. 'I'he whole of the district is well settled. All the homesteads, free grant lands, within a reasonable
distance of Brandon, have been taken up. 'i'he Railway Company have a number of desirable sections for sale.
These are shown colored on the accompanying maps. I'ree grant lands can be obtained in the district comprising
the western portion of the ma]). Kntries for these can only be made at the Dominion Lands Office, Brandon.
Settlers who have sufhcient means arc advised to weigh well the advice given by Mr. Sandison to purchase lands
near to the railway, rather than go some distance from the track, tempted to do so by the offer of free land ; but those
who have not the means to buy and are desirous of getting homesteads, free of cost, cannot do better than take up
land in the western part of the Ihandon district.

We close this ])amphlet with several of the many letters received from actual settlers residing in the Province
of Manitoba. Is there any other know.i country where such results can be obtained?

•' In the spring of iSSj I lii->t seltled here, being a Siotcliin.in from Monar 15imu1\', Ross -ihiie. uiiere 1 woiked
on ,1 firm. 1 i.iini' lu-rc to lielter m)''-^clt', ,nid have done so a good de.il. lla\ing only ^^ i - lo begin wiili. 1

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I Hl;l.-(ll\i, iki.M Mil ~h„iK \\h hl.;\'Al\(, \<\u\i i h, \i\kKI I.

A Si'ilCII I'\U\1M:S sr.'t I.SS |\' I'llK I'ANAMIW Ni lU ni\\l-.> I .

Iiome^li^ulou, and it i^ ni)\v woiili, ilie l.uid aloiK'. ^-'oo. I am iioitt-clly ^ali^lucl wiili this ( (iiiiuiy. ! wouldn't
wisli for a better fur farming or sloc^k raising, and wi^li hundreds ot' farmers in the ( )ld ( ountry only knew it.

••Krin\iew. I.\rni,,\\ con IK."

•■ I am fiont Muirkiik. Ayrshire, Scotlaui,!, and seltU'd in M.uiiiulia in 1S7S. I was a 1 jowmaii and liad no
rapital, hu' now tiwn O40 acres, worth $S,ooo, urV,i,()Oo sterling have liiree horses and 40 iioined rattle, and havi'
160 aeres under tuDp. in iSSj 1 had j.ooo liu^hels of wheat, which sold at $1 per busUel. besides (joo busiiels i f
oats and 500 of b.irley. I do not use ininire; use barb wire tencing, costing eighty f.v.) cents pei' rod with
jjosts. I have l)ettered m\' ('ondition l)y coming here, and am satisfied with the (■ouiitry and the iirospects, Settlers
arriving heie in Nfarch can easily rent a pieie of (-ultivated land and put in crop, and if he takes a liomestead or
buys land afterward he can bre.ik ii ready \>'r the iie\t ye.ir.

• I'(Ula-e !a I'rairie. IIIOMAS M( CAR I'X K\. '

'• r unuld in^t --a\' ih.il if this ^.hould re.ich any of my I lighl.nul frientU in the ( >ld Counliv . and if they w.nit any
inform. ilion lo \\i'\iv me. I am well satisfied with Manitoba, and so is eveiyone who tries to get along. 1 came lu re
ia 1.S77 tVom Ont.irio with $2,500. and iiomcsteaded and ]ire-empled :,20 acres, which is now worth $S.ooo. 1 h.i\e
i(>o acres in crop, liave thirty horses and cattle, and h.ive bettered myself ten-told by coming here.

••Mor.Un. I). .McCn-ll •

'• .\ri X ANiiKK SrAiioN. Mwrrui'.A. October, iSScj.
'■ i take liie lib/ily of giving _\ou souse of m\' own i-xperieiice as a Manitoba I'armer. 1 :.i;sed my fust cro[i in
iSS^ iVom l.ind broken kite in the season of iSSj antl ba'.kset in the spriiig of iSS_^, aad had f.om 5 'j acres sown.
M>(> bushels wheal No. r hard. in 1SS4. had .p acres rented to another party that yieliied j,2 bushels per acre. In
1SS5. tlie vield was _vi bushels jier a<:re. In 1SS6 (another dry season), the vield was 20 i)ushels jier acre. In 1SS7,
iCio a<'res \ielded (>,()on busiiels, an a\er.ige of | ', bushels per ac.re. In iSSS, the .iverage was ;j bushels [)er acre.

^^ 1 ' 1 1 II I \k\|l' U s sli I l^3■^ IN I III. I ANA I 'I \N \i ii: I iiu I - I .

In liic int'SLiil _\c.ir ilic a\c'ra{;c was 15 1)us1k')s jicr acre on

?o acii's snw 11.

I h.ul

los thai )icliK'il JO buslicl

.r acre ; tlic lialance, on accoiml of a sci v liard stuhlilc, iilnwcd uiulcr LinI tall, and llic season being dry, only

ielded 10 Iiii>liels per acre.

fur llic seven ye

1 I

)a\e liai

1 eroji, the average fur wheal was jy bushels per

aire, and oais 43 bushels. And for fi\e years liie average of l.>arley lias been 25 bushels per acre, wilh the exception
(if 18S7, when oats ranged 75 busliels ; aiul tlie jireseiU season at 12 l)ushels, the geieral average was 50 bushels jier
acre. Mine is not an cNceiilion.d ease. Tliere are plenty of others wlu) have as good a record as mi le, and sonie
better. The i>re>enl dry season may be discouraging to new coiners, yel it woukl be unf.iir to judge oui counir\ bv
the iireseiit dry one, and it convinces me that our soil with proper fanning will raise a fiircrop, under almost any
ciicumstances. My crop tin's year had almost no rain, as not an inch fell from seeding to harvest. 1 came here
fiom near (lueljih. Ontario, witli a capital of about $700 (^140), and iiowlune a fuin of about 1,000 acres of
land, 450 under cultivaiioii ; will sow 350 acres next spring and break 100 more. 1 ha\e 1 1 horses, 3 good colts
rising two years old, 4 colts rising one year, 12 head of cattle and 20 iiogs, in all worth $2,500 (^500). Imiilemenis
worth $1,000 (;^25o). Dwelling house, granary and stable, cost $1,500 (^^300), Now, it would have taken me a
long time in Ont.uio to have gathered this much together on my caj'ital. The difference with me between there and
here is, six good crops and one jioor one in seven years in Manitoba, and one good crop and six jxior ones in seven
vears in Ontai! 1. I mu>t sa\' I am well pleased with the country and the i)rospects before me, and think th.it any
one wh.o is abl-.- and willing to work, and who has some capital to start on, c.m do well in this new country a gre.it
deal easier than in an older country. I can point you to huiuheds of settlers who seven years ago had hardly money
enough left after coming here to buy a yoke of oxen, who today have a good half section (320 acres) of land, two
good teams and everything needed to work their farms, and li\e comfortably. I would say to new settlers, don't be
discouraged, but jmt in all the crop you can the coming season. Jt may be a repetition of iS,^;. as the ground is
better ploughed this fall than I ha\e ever seen it before. In conclusion, I would say that you are at perfect liberty to use
this letter or any ])an of it, if of use to you in the interests of emigration, as the statements I have made can be
corroborated by plenty of niy neighbors, who have done just as wi'll as I have, and some of them better. . . » .

• • A L !•: .\ . N I c Hai^\ ; \ V >■ t s' y

" Reeve of Whitehead, Countv of Brandon, .Mexander Station, M.initoba."

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ULATIONS.

ig 8 and 26, open for home*

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e local land office in whicK
lomesteader desires he may,
erior, Ottawa, or the Com-
J, receive authority for soma
•y for him. Entry fee, $i».

ties may be performed in

nee, during which period
han six months in any one

o miles of the homestead
r to application for patent
3use erected upon it. Ten
:ntry, 15 acres additional
to acres to be in crop the

he first two years, in th«
>ing said 5 and breaking
ousc. The entry is for-
e expiration of two years
er must reside upon and
iths in each y? ar for tiire«

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FOR SALE?;^^iLAND OFFICE'^i CANADIAN PACI

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III ilic iiK'sciil MMr tlic a\i'i,i^(.' w.is 15 l)ii
|iiT acre ; lliu l).ilante, on a( co'iiii of a si
\ icldcd 10 liiislicis per aire. NdW, \\ty tl
ai re, aiul oais 45 IjusIrIs. And for lac j
(if 1S.S7, wlion (Kiis rangi'd 75 llu^lR■Is ; ar
acre. Mine is nut an exceiitinii.d case.
Ijtlter, 'I'iic pivseiU diy scasdii may l)e d
llie present dry one, and it coiuiinx's nu
( iicunistani es. My crop this year had
fiom near (iiielpli. ()niaii(>, with a capi
land, .)50 iiiukr iniltivatiiin ; will sow jc
rising two yeais old, 4 (olts rising one ye
worth $i.oco (^-\=;c). Dwelling house,
long time in Ontario to have gathered thi
here is, six good crops and one poor one
years in Ontario. I must say I am well
one wl;o is able and willing to wi^rk, and
deal ea^ier than in an older country. I «
enough left after coming here to buy a ;
good teams and everything needed to wc
iliscouraged, but put in all the crop you
better jilonglied this fall than I have ever
this letter or any ])art of it, if of use ti
corroborated by i)Ienty of my neighbors,

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CanadiariR^

TERii

If paid fur in full al
will Im! given ; but tha
lift l>alance in paymen
per cent. |ier annum
Jnitalment.

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All sales are subjec

1. All improvemerf
tained thereon until ft

2. All taxes and aa
improvements to lie ■

3. The Comjxiny I
mineral and coal lan(
'•tone, slate and mar
and tracts for town s

4. Mineral, coal
trolling water-|)ower
persons giving satisfi
-atilixe the same.

Lilieral rates for t
■Company over their

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•nment Lands.

3TEA0 REGULATIONS.

sections, excepting 8 and 26, open for home-

•^ ENTRY.

personally at the local land office in which
ituate, or if the homesteader desires he may,
inister of the Interior, Ottawa, or the Corn-
Lands, Winnipeg, receive authority for soma
to make the entry for him. Entry fee, $1*^

DUTIES.

.w homestead duties may be performed in

vation and residence, during which perioii
present for more than six months in any one
his entry,

0 years within two miles of the homestead
erwards next prior to application for patent
•.hs in a hal)itable house eretred upon it. Ten
he first year after entry, 15 acres additional
1) the third year ; 10 acres to be in crop the
res the third year.

ide anywhere for the first two years, in th«
n the second cropping said 5 and breaking;
Iding a habitable house. The entry is for-
ot commenced at the expiration of two year*
Thereafter the settler must reside upon and
d for at least six months in each year for thre«

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Railway Lands for sole m

Correch.d to Decl'as:' 1889.

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