Departmental Publications 



Any of the following publications will be 

 sent free on request. 



Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. A descriptive 

 statistical booklet on the three prairie provinces 

 with full information on the West. 



The Park Lands of Central Alberta. Descriptive of 

 the area tributary to the Calgary and Edmonton 

 line of the Canadian Pacific Railway in Alberta. 

 History, description of soils, development, lands 

 open for settlement, and information for settlers. 



Irrigation Farming in Sunny Alberta. Full descript- 

 ion of Alberta's irrigated lands,- their progress, 

 production and possibilities. 



Business and Industrial Opportunities in Western 

 Canada. Full listings of industries existing and 

 business openings in the provinces of Western 

 Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and 

 British Columbia. 



Canadian Pacific Reserve Farm Lands in Lloyd- 

 minster and Battleford Districts. Information 

 of Canadain Pacific lands in these districts, 

 history, farming information, progress, and poss- 

 ibilities. 



Canada's System of Government. Canadian govern- 

 ment briefly outlined to portray its democratic 

 traits. 



The Story of Canadian Nickel. History of the 

 nickel mining industry. 



Canadian Oil Exploitation and Prospects. An ex- 

 pert engineer's history of Canadian oil develop- 

 ment and future possibilities. 



Canadian Water Power Development. Authoritative 

 and exhaustive survey of water power reserves 

 and possible development. 



Paper Pulp from Flax Straw. An investigation 

 engineer shows the possibility of the development 

 of a new industry in the West. 



A Canadian Grain Handling Plant. How Canadian 

 giain is stored and shipped. Authoritative article 

 on Canadian elevators. 



Value of a Settler to Canadian Railroads. Computa- 

 tion from reliable statistics of a farming settler's 

 revenue-producing worth to Canadian railroads. 



Bituminous Sands of the Athabasca Region. 



Description with known values, and possibilities 

 of development of the widely known tar sands of 

 Northern Alberta. 



The New Canadian Oil Field. Dealing with the 

 Arctic oil region of the new strike. 



Water Powers of the Maritimes. Authoritative ar- 

 ticle on the undeveloped power system of the 

 Eastern provinces. 



Water Powers of Manitoba. The water powers of 

 this province dealt with exhaustively. 



Oleomargarine. History of oleomargarine in Can- 

 ada and its future prospects. 



Lignite Utilization Board of Canada. Descriptive 

 of the primary operations leading up to the 

 production of briquettes from Saskatchewan 

 lignite. 



Taxation in Western Canada. A comprehensive ex- 

 planation of the systems of taxation existing 

 throughout Western Canada. 



Synopses of Natural Resources. Forty-five pamph- 

 lets dealing briefly but concisely with Kaolin or 

 China Clay, Oil Shales, Mica, Fluor-spar, Asbes- 

 tos, Molybdenum, Magnesite, Fruit, Flax, Fibre, 

 Nickel, Coal, Clays, Salt, Copper, Zinc, Gold, 

 Pyrites, Iron, Potash, Talc, Feldspar, Platinum, 

 Phosphate (apatite), Manganese, Graphite, Ce- 

 ment, Barytes, Gypsum, Irrigation, Petroleum 

 and Natural Gas, Corundum, Sulphates of Sodium 

 and Magnesium, Timber and Pulpwood, Fish, 

 Fur, Peat, Grazing Lands, Mineral Waters, 

 Building and Ornamental Stone. Whaling, Sealing, 

 Wheat, Oats and Barley, and Water Powers. 



Motion Picture Films 



A print of each of the following films issued 

 by this department is deposited with the rep- 

 resentatives listed on the back page. These 

 are available upon application for use by 

 schools, theatres, clubs, societies, boards of 

 trade, and other associations and organizations. 



Homemaking by Irrigation. Irrigation farming in 

 Southern Alberta, the various operations and their 

 results. 



The Land of Promise. Featuring the well-known 

 agricultural section of Battleford, Saskatchewan. 



Opportunity. Illustrative of Western Canadian 

 opportunity, more specifically in the district of 

 Lloydminster, Alta. 



Livestock and Dairying. The fine status and re- 

 markable progress of this industry in Western 

 Canada picturized. 



Taming the Last West. Depicting the evolution of 

 the Canadian West from 'buffalo range to a 

 modern agricultural area. 



The Sunny Side of Rural Life. The farmer on holi- 

 day, showing that life in Western Canada is not 

 all work. 



The Evolution of a Grain of Wheat. The life of 

 wheat seed from the time it is sown until its 

 progeny enters into the composition of a loaf of 

 bread. 



Apple Growing in Evangeline's Land. Orchard cult 

 in the region Longfellow's poem made famous. 



The Apple Harvest of the Okanagan. Gathering 

 and shipping apples in the beautiful British 

 Columbia Valley. 



Curing Fish in Nova Scotia. Depicting the various 

 phases of curing and smoking fish in the Mar- 

 itimes. 



The Canadian Sardine. The sardine caught, canned 

 and distributed. 



Some Water Powers of Eastern Canada. The beau- 

 tiful and powerful waterpowers of the Eastern 

 Canadian provinces. 



The Silver Fox Industry of Canada. The domestic 

 ranching of silver foxes in Prince Edward Island. 



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