The Prairie Provinces of Canada : their history, people, commerce, industries, and resources . g of stock, the cutting anddrawing of fuel from the woods, and thepreparation of seed grain for the followingyear. The winter on the Northern andWestern farm is also a good season forrecreation. Many of the better class offarmers take long journeys to Ontario orBritish Columbia, where they visit oldhomes and friends. Some of them visit theOld Country. The life of the prairie farmer is anexceedingly active one, and his successdepends very largely upon his own skilland not on the skill or experience of
The Prairie Provinces of Canada : their history, people, commerce, industries, and resources . g of stock, the cutting anddrawing of fuel from the woods, and thepreparation of seed grain for the followingyear. The winter on the Northern andWestern farm is also a good season forrecreation. Many of the better class offarmers take long journeys to Ontario orBritish Columbia, where they visit oldhomes and friends. Some of them visit theOld Country. The life of the prairie farmer is anexceedingly active one, and his successdepends very largely upon his own skilland not on the skill or experience ofothers. The days labour is a long onein summer, but it is compensated by ashorter day in the winter, and is intermixedwith many pleasures and is always the assurance of a com-petence, and in many cases fortunes aremade, even though the new settler startedwith exceedingly small capital. Finally, the life is a healthy one, andthe farmer has the satisfaction of knowingthat every item of improvement to hishomestead results in direct benefit tohimself and his family. j 1 ?/.. ?mi A WESTERN CANADA FARMER VISITING HIS CROPS. 130
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