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Title: Canada: the resources and future greatness of her great North-West prairie lands, with information for all. Of interest to the intending settler and the capitalist seeking profitable and safe investments.
Year: 1886 (1880s)
Authors: Spence, Thomas, 1832-1900
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Publisher: Ottawa, Dept. of Agriculture
Contributing Library: Fisher - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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, etc., of the Great Canadian North-West 3 to 9 Chapter III — Progress and Development of the North-West, Manitoba, Assiniboia, Alberta and Saskatchewan 9 to 10 Chapter IV.— The Advantages of Prairie Lands to the Settler.—Cost of Farming, with useful Hints for future Guidance 10 to IG Chapter V.— Water and Fuel. Rivera and Lakes, Game, Fish, Fruits, etc 16 to 20 Chapter VI.— Wheat Growing.—Labour-Saving Machinery and Implements.—StockRaising.—Sheep and Wool Growing.—Dairy Farming and CheeseMaking 20 to 23 Chapter VII.— Testimony of Settlers—Their Experience.—Evidence of Eminent Menfrom Practical Observation of the Productiveness of the North-West 23 to 29 Chapter VIII.— Emigration Arrangements.—Who Should Emigrate to the CanadianNorth-West.—The Best Time.—Advice and Suggestions to Emigrants... 29 to 30 Conclusion 30 to 32 Entered according to the Act of Parliament of Canada, in the year 1886,by Thomas Spence,in th? Office of the Minister of Agriculture.
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THE GREAT NORTH-WEST PRAIRIE LANDS. INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER. fANADA, with its great expanse of territory, larger than the United States, isnow knit together by the iron bands of her great national highway, fromthe Gulf 01 St. Lawrence to the Pacific Ocean, so that the vast fertile Prairie flands of the Great North-West are now available to the world. England andFrance, with onlyone-fifth the fertile area of Canada, support eighty millions of people, while Canada has a population not exceeding five millions. TheCanadian people felt with Emerson And what if Trade sow CitiesLike shells along the shore,And thatch with towns the prairie broadWith Railways ironed oer ;They are but sailing foam-ballsAlong Thoughts coursing streamAnd take their shape and sun colorFrom Him that sends the dream. So it was with a far reaching foresight that the Canadian Government undertookby its vigorous policy the successful prosecution of that great national highway theCanadian Pacific Railway, the wisdom of whiccanadaresourcesf00spen

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