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who could not, or had not, made money. The fair 

 conclusion therefore is, that with energy, skill, and 

 prudence three qualities always possessed by much the 

 smaller number of persons in all countries labour 

 may be profitably employed by the New Brunswick 

 farmer in other words, that capital employed in 

 raising agricultural produce will yield a fair profit to its 

 owner. 



Of course opinions will differ as to what is a fair 

 profit, and so long as more can be made more easily, or 

 in less time, by employing the same capital in other 

 ways, it will not find its way into the land. If people 

 have been accustomed to realise anything like 50 per 

 cent for their money as my Canadian friend hinted 

 had been the case among speculators in the lake-border 

 ing countries it will of course be some time before they 

 will feel satisfied to descend to the humbler but more 

 certain perennial profits of farming. 



In considering the capabilities and agricultural con 

 dition of this province, I often asked myself, &quot; Who are 

 the parties that ought to emigrate to this colony?&quot; 

 The provincials themselves are not the safest men to 

 trust upon this point. Every able-bodied man or woman 

 who is willing to work, every child even, is a positive 

 money-gam to the province. It is so much labour 

 added to the permanent productive capital, and so much 

 to the annual revenue, through the consumption of 

 West India and other foreign produce. It is natural, 

 therefore, that the arrival of immigrants should be wel 

 comed and encouraged. 



The climate is very healthy, but no person ought to 

 select New Brunswick as a future home who is afraid of 

 the severity of a cold winter. Then no one ought to go 

 to any of these new countries who is tolerably comfort 

 able at home, unless he has a large family to provide 

 for, on whose behalf he is willing to encounter the 



