COLONIZATION AM) IMMIGRATION 

 The Farm Hand. 



:k. ami no nun need* u> beg * brother 

 trih to KUC him leave iu toil. The province docft not call 

 !erk ui (he professional nun lie i m* wanted, tsnle** able 



aixl .V:;::M- :.. do manual work It > .c Unit 



Kapidl) gr c% and town 



hca\il> u|Min country produce The lure of the city, the 



ui. I the wanderlust draw away the farm band, ooc 



lus advantage. So that the farm wanu the worker. And 



>tc men, whether experienced or not. are welcome. 



ago ami good food. Their training in entitled 



inctly valuable, should they aim or finally desire to 



grapple \\jth the pioneer work .i tl Northern 



1 'iitai;.. 1'. 1 what is equal to a farm in 



educated < >1<I Ontario? A few years' savings, a 



es. will enable the farm hand to rent one for 

 the aim of having it finally as his own. 



I h. i ... 



-rea: inducements to the tenant farmer of 



tlu TC him i> the opportin. eft ling down 



\\here the rough experience of the pi. ;4t. Improved land 



may be purchased at fi.-m $30 to $100 per acre, the value of build- 

 ings being included in the higher Farms may be purchiaed 

 $500 4o $50,000. In the IIM of unproved farms for sale 

 (see ** Farming Opportunities in < >marm." published by the Ontario 

 the pn the farm includes land and build- 

 stock <>r implci: iless mentioned. The farmer 

 will usually accept a -h with mortgage securit) 

 The price i* n.t f..r leasehold but for a sale in fee 

 simple Th. 1 ly the Government but by the local 

 munuipality. an-: isonable. amounting usually to about 

 50 to 6' ii the $100 of propcrtN i'here are varioit* 

 reas. -ile. In many cases farmers* 



rthern Ontario or the Northwest 



attracted to the town* and cities, leaving 



:ly dejendrm nn hired -lenVient. 



and .|ii:.-kcning the desire to retire from acme life In other cases 



men engaged in bustne* rent their farms. 



whi .illy mean* a falling off in attention and fer 



a consequent u i*h to -ell. and in other* tl *o reaKt* 



a g c . Some of the*c farms are offered at vame, others at 



np the opportune of a splendid m\e*tment to the m^ 



ital wh a healthy independent life. With expand- 



