. The visit of the tenant-farmer delegates to Canada in 1890 [microform] : the reports of Mr. George Brown ... on the agricultural resources of Canada, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, the North-West Territories, and British Columbia. Agriculture; Agricultural resources; Agriculture; Ressources agricoles. 46 The Atji'lcultimd Jlesources of Canadit. is in Canada a wide field open to all who are willing to avail themselves of the opportunity offered—whether it is the farm labourer possessing nothing more than his pair of hands, after his passage out ha
. The visit of the tenant-farmer delegates to Canada in 1890 [microform] : the reports of Mr. George Brown ... on the agricultural resources of Canada, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, the North-West Territories, and British Columbia. Agriculture; Agricultural resources; Agriculture; Ressources agricoles. 46 The Atji'lcultimd Jlesources of Canadit. is in Canada a wide field open to all who are willing to avail themselves of the opportunity offered—whether it is the farm labourer possessing nothing more than his pair of hands, after his passage out has been paid for him, or the capitalist with several thousands of pounds to invest. Both can readily lind employment—the one for his labour, the other for his cash—in this vast territory, extending some 3,000 miles from oast to west, and 1,500 from north to south. Of course the emigrant who has capital will have the better chance, though we were frequently told—and we found many instances of it—that a man accustomed to work the land often does succeed without having the advantage of possessing any money of his own with which to commence operations. Instances are numerous in which men brought up on the land have gone to Canada with only a few pounds in their pockets (just enough to suj^port them till they can settle down), have taken a free homestead with borrowed money at 8 per cent., and hav(^ paid oft' their liability in three or four yeai's, so that they " owed not any ; Kemember that such a settler, or farmer, has no rent to pay, and no tithe-rent charge to hand over to the parson ; while the taxes are nominal— only a few dollars per annum. A farmer's son who has a few hundred pounds, and does not mind work, and a somewhat rough life, can without doubt turn tliem to good advantage and profit by farming in tlie North-West. AVith i;300 he could well work 160 acres of land, which he would get as a free grant; and if he should he able to extend his area
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