These men, from past experience, are Cully aware of the great oppor- 

 tunities in connection with newly opened territories and are accustomed to 

 pioneer development. There are two ways in which immense profits 

 may be reaped, one by the natural rapid increase in value of the land 

 owing to the settlement of the country and the other by the actual crops 

 from it, which are enormous in the case of such prolific and fertile lands as 

 those of Western Canada. 



DO NOT BE DECEIVED 



While the Government reports show millions upon millions of open 

 lands, do not be deceived by taking for granted that they are all good, 

 first-class farm lands. With the large immigration, choice wheat lands 

 will soon be comparatively scarce and you must lose no time in selecting 

 your land. A proof of this is the fact that the average price of land has 

 more than doubled in the last three years all over the Canadian West. All 

 those who have given the Xorthwest the most practical investigation are 

 convinced that the great wheat country runs diagonally in a northwesterly 

 course across the Territories of Assiniboia, Saskatchewan, Alberta and 

 into Northern British Columbia. The extreme western portion of Assini- 

 boia and Southern Alberta are generally given up to ranching and grazing 

 purposes. Northern Manitoba and Eastern Saskatchewan are available 

 for mixed farming on account of the heavy timber and brush found in these 

 sections. This wheat belt is, comparatively, a narrow one. It is ac- 

 counted for, perhaps, by the fact that the chinook wind currents, after 

 passing north to a certain degree, meet with the north current and are 

 shifted more to the east and gradually turned in a southerly course. And, 

 again, this wheat belt contains many streams and lakes. At all events, 

 there is more moisture in this strip, which is usually termed the wheat belt. 

 Therefore, those who contemplate purchasing a farm should bear these 

 facts in mind, since they are material in determining the productive value 

 of land. The eastern and northeastern portions of Assiniboia produce 

 the GREATEST YIELDS AND BEST QUALITY OF SMALL GRAINS. 

 These facts can be readily .verified by Government reports and the testi- 

 mony of all old settlers, 



THE SASKATCHEWAN VALLEY 



In the Saskatchewan and Qu'Appelle valleys it has been demonstrated 

 by practical farming for over twenty years past, that this section of country 

 enjoys most advantages, viz. : The soil is not so heavy as to cause a 

 rank slow growth, but is a deep black clay loam, with the celebrated 

 friable chocolate-colored clay sub-soil, which is filled with root fiber and 

 loaded with phosphates ; it is surrounded by and has within its area 

 several beautiful, deep and clear-water lakes, in which great quantities of 

 fine fish are found. 



A HIGH TRIBUTE 



The highest possible tribute was paid this district by John Macoun, 

 F.L.S., Dominion Field Naturalist and Botanist, and for nine years 

 Government Explorer of the Great Northwest, in his great book, " Mani- 

 toba and the Great Northwest," published in 1882, when he said on page 

 75, chapter II., " Long or Last Mountain Lake lies in a depression that 

 has a gentle descent from the east, extending over at least ten miles 

 The waters ot the lake are sweet and pleasant to the taste, quite 

 clear and of great depth. Multitudes of fish are caught here every fall by 



