WHAT WINS IN CENTRAL CANADA
The adaptable and friendly man going into Canada will find a welcome awaiting him. There is room for everybody. The man already established, the railways, and the Government are equally anxious to secure further immigration of the right kind. The new man is not looked upon as an intruder but as a producer of new wealth, an enricher of the commonwealth. The new man should buy his tools as he needs them. Until he has more than thirty acres under crop he can work with a neighbour, in exchange for the services of a binder. He may not need to build a granary for two or three years. A cow is a good investment, and a vegetable garden easily pays its own way.
A few broad general suggestions might be made to the settlers who come in with varying capital at their command.
The Man Who Has Less Than $300.—This man had better work for wages for the first year. He can either hire out to established farmers or find employment on railway construction work. During the year, opportunity may open up for him to take up his free grant or make the first payment on a quarter-section that he would like to purchase.
The Man Who Has $600.—Get hold of your 160-acre free homestead at once, build your shack, and proceed with your homestead duties. During the six months that you are free to absent yourself from your homestead, hire out to some successful farmer and get enough to tide you over the other half of the year which you must spend in residence upon the land. When you have put in six months' residence during each of these years and have complied with the improvement conditions required by the Land Act, you become the absolute owner.
The Man Who Has $1,000.—Either homestead a farm or purchase one on the installment plan, and get to work at once. A small house and out buildings will be required, with horses or oxen, a plough, a wagon, etc. Working out in the harvest season will be needed to bring in money to tide over the winter and get the crop sown in good condition. As the crop grows, opportunity is given to make the house comfortable, to look around and plan ahead.
What $1,500 Will Buy.—No farmer should come expecting to make a homestead pay its own way the first year. He needs buildings, an equipment, and money for the maintenance of himself and family, until his first harvest can be garnered. After securing his land and putting up his buildings, $1,500 will give him a fairly good equipment to begin with. This will probably be expended as under:
| 1 | team of good horses | $ 450.00 |
| 1 | harvester | 165.00 |
| 4 | milch cows at $65 | 260.00 |
| 1 | seeder | 113.00 |
| 1 | strong wagon | 94.00 |
| 4 | hogs at $25 | 100.00 |
| 4 | sheep at $8 | 32.00 |
| 1 | set strong harness | 35.00 |
| 1 | rough sleigh | 37.00 |
| 1 | disc harrow | 36.00 |
| 1 | breaking plough | 25.00 |
| 1 | mowing machine | 60.00 |
| 1 | stubble plough | 20.00 |
| 1 | harrow | 20.00 |
| Other smaller tools | 40.00 | |
| Barnyard fowls | 40.00 | |
| Total | $1527.00 |