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small truant farmer, if he is a shrewd hard-working young man, well 

 up in the working of land and the management and care of stock, 

 .m<l with some capital, Nova Scotia offers an inviting field.' l 



After all, experience is the real test. From Englishmen com- 

 fort, ihly settled in their farm homes such statements as the follow- 

 ing made to the writer carry weight. 



Says one : ' Many Englishmen with a fixed income of modest 

 dimensions could live in much greater comfort here than they can 

 in the old country." 



Another writes : ' I am quite sanguine about the success of 

 farming in the (Annapolis) Valley, and believe that the right man 

 with the right methods can make as great profits as in the North- 

 west.' 



It must always be borne in mind that the impressions of a new 

 environment of one who has been comfortably situated in the mother- 

 land, and of another who has been ' down on his luck,' must of 

 n essity be widely different. To the latter emigration is likely 

 to pn.ve a relief, to the former a hardship. Many a man has left 



.it Britain who has saved a wreck of his fortune, or who has got 

 together a little money by risk and hard work. He comes to 

 Canada, works for wages for a year or two, places his money in a 

 bank, and presently becomes a landed proprietor ; feels he can 

 amount to something in Canada ; becomes pleased with his greater 



lorn of movement and the general friendliness and sociability 

 of his neighbours, with the diminished pressure of class prejudice; 

 and finds the climate, though severe, a tonic to his whole physical 

 .'.ml moral nature. All these benefits he has gained without re- 

 nounring his flag or changing his language. To him emigration 



1 Mr. John Howard, Agent-General for Nova Scotia, sent to the Canadian 



Gazette of October 17, 1907, the following note on opportunities in Nova 



Scotia for a certain class of settlers : ' There are at present opportunities 



for buying good land cheap on what is called the North Mountain, which 



is only a small elevation with an extensive plateau. It lies between the 



Annapolis Basin and the Bay of Fundy, and much of the land can be bought 



trcinely low prices, less than a year's rent in England. " I wish," 



tlu- Nova Scotian writer, " that I had 500 good farmers from England, 



ui'l. and Ireland with a little capital to settle on this land and show 



^ h.it can be done. I am certain the land is good, and only needs to be worked 



A itli intelligence and patience. It is a great place to raise sheep, all products 



Df which bring good prices now, and prospects of better. A great many 



.irirtir^ of fruit grow here to perfection, and with the improved methods 



>i m.irkcting it has great possibilities in store." Nova Scotia may well 



ilaim more attention among British immigrants. There are many excellent 



thanccs in the Maritime Provinces for the small holder ; cost of living is com- 



ivt ly low. social conditions well developed, and there exist no great 



\ticun-N of temperature.' 



