RESEARCH QUESTIONS ON SASKATCHEWAN 



< \n outine suitable for Saskatchewan will be found with the article "Province.") 



How can you tell whether the Saskatchewan River was named for the province 

 or the province for the river? 



In what very important agricultural product does Saskatchewan rank first among 

 the provinces of Canada? 



What proves the unusual excellence of this product? 



What is there curious and interesting about the boundary lines of this province? 



How can it be, since the eastern and western boundaries are meridians, that the 

 northern boundary is so much shorter than the southern? 



How does the greatest altitude of this province compare with those of the 

 provinces which bound it to the east and west? With those of the states of the 

 American Union upon which it borders? 



What state of the United States does this province most closely resemble in 

 area? (See list in article UNITED STATES.) What country of Europe? (See table 

 .-.: page 2092.) 



How do these political units which it resembles in size compare with it in popu- 

 lation? 



What stand did Saskatchewan take on the liquor question during the War of 

 \~ations? 



Why are the winters in the southeastern section warmer than winters elsewhere 

 in the same latitude? 



How does the province compare in density of population with the Dominion as 

 a whole? With the provinces to either side of it? 



Is Saskatchewan largely a "city" province or a "country" province that is, do 

 the majority of the people live in towns or under rural conditions? 



In what way does the southern part of the province resemble in its surface fea- 

 tures Illinois or Iowa? 



What large lake lies partly in Saskatchewan and partly in Alberta? How large 

 is it? How many lakes in Canada have a greater area? 



What are the most favorable features of the climate? What is the most unfa- 

 vorable, from the point of view of the farmer? 



Why have strict game preservation laws been necessary? 



What animal which used to be plentiful in the southern part of the province is 

 no loniriT to bp seen? 



What advantages has the southwestern section which fit it especially for the 

 raising of cattle and the making of buttrr? 



How does the government help the fanners to dispose of their butti 



What, "extension" work does the College of Agriculture do to help the farmers 

 r homes? 



Who was Lou What part did he play in the history of the province and 



of Canada as a whole? 



What is the railroad mileage of the province to < ach hundred square miles of 

 area? How does it compare in this respect with the provinces and states upon 

 i it bor<!< li Canada as a whole? 



Why was this region first entered by th<> white men? When waa the first 

 manent settlement made in this western region? Was that settlement within tho 

 present limits of Saskatchewan? 



