. Canada : a descriptive text book . about the life which are hard tofind elsewhere—its freedom and indepen-dence make up for much. The feeling ofequality with all ones neighbors, and par-ticularly the knowledge that the land isones own is worth a great deal. The Westhas its special pleasures too, of which ridingis not the least. Every boy has a pony andrides a great deal. There is good shootingalso, for prairie chickens (grouse), ducks,geese and other wild fowl exist in large num-bers. Even the young boys become capitalshots and get many a bag of prairie chick-*ens. In the fall there is deer
. Canada : a descriptive text book . about the life which are hard tofind elsewhere—its freedom and indepen-dence make up for much. The feeling ofequality with all ones neighbors, and par-ticularly the knowledge that the land isones own is worth a great deal. The Westhas its special pleasures too, of which ridingis not the least. Every boy has a pony andrides a great deal. There is good shootingalso, for prairie chickens (grouse), ducks,geese and other wild fowl exist in large num-bers. Even the young boys become capitalshots and get many a bag of prairie chick-*ens. In the fall there is deer hunting inmany parts, and an occasional coyote huntbreaks the monotony of the winter. One thing worthy of special notice in country life is the way in whichfarmers help one another. There is a system of mutual help, quitenecessary in a new country, but which, besides enabling the farmers toget their work done better, leads to much kindliness and good fellow-ship. If a man has a particularly hard bit of work to do, he holds a bee,. Winter Sports. 22 CANADA. and all come to help. The fall threshing and barn raisings as carriedon in Eastern Ontario are good examples of how this works. All theneighbors go to the farm at which the work is to be done and help theowner. He does the same for the others, and so on it goes. Thesebees are often very jolly affairs, although much hard work is done. Thedinner in the middle of the day is quite an event. While the men workat the barn the women are busy within doors preparing a huge and cakes and a big baking of bread have been prepared of potatoes and vegetables are put on to boil and great joints ofbeef put to roast in the oven. Long tables are set on trestles and ladenwith substantial good things. When all is ready one of the womenblows a tin horn, and work ceases at once. Then the fun begins andthe place rings with talk and laughter. But the desire to help oneanother is best seen when trouble comes. The farmers s
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