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218 DON MIIIS RD., TODMORDEN, TORONTO, Dec. 25, 



! lauded here June Mth and began work June i8th, and have been em- 

 ployed steadily ever since here with Mr. Da vies, Todmorden. 1 would not 

 return to England under any consideration that is to stay there, I find 

 since coming to Canada that sober, willing and industrious men can get 

 plenty of employment and good wages, and there is no question as to their 



future 



WM. GORDON. 



< r address Thurnly. nr. Leicester. 



Care W. DIXON, WARREN P. O., NORTHERN ONTARIO, Dec. 2, 1912. 



I am duly in receipt of your favor of the 2O.th ult., and in reply would 

 say that owing to my limited experience any information that I could give 

 you would carry little or no weight with it, and be of small value to those 

 who are discontented with their lot in the Old Country, but who hesitate 

 i.i leave it owing to their ignorance of the conditions existing in Canada. 

 However, I have pleasure in giving you my impressions as far as my six 

 months' experience is concerned. 



I arrived at Quebec toward the end of May last, thence travelling by 

 rail to Toronto, where I was met at the station by a representative of the 

 Immigration Department, and I should here like to express my gratitude 

 for the courtesy extended to me by the officials of the Immigration Depart- 

 ment. I had not the slightest trouble in obtaining a situation in fact, the 

 demand for hired help on farms was far in excess of the number supplied 

 both for experienced and inexperienced hands. 



In this part of New Ontario the country affords great prospects (especially 

 to those who have a little capital) to persons intending farming. The 

 country is quite new and requires opening out and developing, and this is 

 slowly but surely being done. The soil is virgin, is especially suitable for 

 producing oats, barley, potatoes and hay. Cattle raising is also carried on 

 to a large extent Then, again, there is an abundance of thick bush, thus 

 providing a large quantity of timber for building purposes and fuel, which 

 is, of course, a great asset. 



If a person comes here from the Old Country, with the strict intention 

 of working hard and adopting Canadian methods, he or she will be assured 

 of Miccess, but to those individuals who hear stories of this country being 

 the easy man's place and who purpose coming over on the strength of the 

 nice things they have, I would advise them to dispel all such ideas, and if 

 they are of modest means be prepared to accept the first offer that is made 

 on arrival here. I find Canadian people to be very industrious and hard 

 working, and it is only natural that they expect persons from the Old 

 Country to be the same. 



J. FAIRHURST. 

 Formerly of Cheetham, Manchester, England. 



Box 201, ST. CATHARINES, ONT., Dec. 8, 1912. 



In reply to your letter of the 28th inst., asking for my opinion of Ontario 

 in regard to agriculture, would say I consider from my experience both in 

 Victoria County and in the Niagara Peninsula, that with land obtainable 

 in the north at a small sum per acre, a man with a little capital or even 

 without, providing he has " sand " can make good. I consider Ontario offers 

 facilities unequalled in the Dominion or elsewhere both to the stockman 

 and the farmer, and also to anyone wishing to start farming. 



LLOYD JONES. 

 Late of Burley Fields, Yorkshire, England. 



