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TO-DAY'S OPPORTUNITY IN NOVA SCOTIA 



THI.RK are a great many people of moderate means living in 

 Great Hritain to-day who would emigrate if they kn \v 

 of tin- capabilities of Nova Scotia.' These words were said to the 

 writt-r only the other day, by an Knglishman, who for many years 

 jKist has resided in the pretty little rural village of Hebron, Yar- 

 mouth County, Nova Scotia. He lives in a tidy farm-cottage, and 

 is bringing up and educating satisfactorily a healthy promi>ing 

 young family. 



Another, wlm is not a Canadian and can therefore give an inde- 

 jK-ndrut opinion, writes as follows : 



' I'ndouhtedly Nova Scotia offers many attractions as a pla 

 of residrmc to men of small or moderate jncomes, who are fond 

 >jHrt and outdoor life, and who from lack of means are unable to 

 gratify their tastes in (ireat Hritain, owing to the increasing cost 

 all field sports, shooting, hunting, fishing, in a thickly populat 

 country. 



There are opportunities and openings for the rising generation 

 which an old and thickly populated country like Great Britain 

 cannot now offer. 



' Nova Scotia is, I may say, with possibly the exception of 

 British Columbia, the most " English " part of Canada, so many 

 people from the " old country " having settled in it, and any one 

 going there from Great Britain would very soon feel himself at 

 home and amongst friends. 



' A man can buy a farm for what he would often pay in rent for 

 a year in Great Britain. Some of his land might be rough and 

 require considerable work before it could be brought to a pr 

 ductive stage. However, it being his own farm and all impro 

 ments made being for his own benefit, this fact becomes a 

 IM entivc to a man to work hard and improve his own pro 

 From an agricultural standpoint the peculiar value of Nova 

 is for the man of moderate means, who has a good practical acquai 

 tancr with farming in its various branches. To the son of the 



