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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



The cost to make entry for a homestead 

 on Dominion lands is $10 for a quarter 

 section of 160 acres, and no person is al- 

 lowed to homestead more than this amount. 



Persons coming into Canada from the 

 United States or other foreign countries 

 do not require to become naturalized in 

 order to take up a homestead or buy land 

 in the Dominion. At the end of three 

 years and before a patent or deed for their 

 homestead can be granted, they will require 

 to become naturalized. In all other cases 

 a deed may be procured at the time of pu.- 

 cluiie. 



etc. The taxes on an ordinary farm of 

 160 acres in the most thickly settled dis- 

 tricts, where the best school privileges are 

 enjoyed and the best road and general im- 

 provement work is canied on, is about $5- 

 on the quarter section. These statements 

 speak for themselves and appeal to the 

 average farmer who has been handicapped 

 in so many cables by the excessive taxes 

 imposed. 



The climate here is all that can be de- 

 sired, as it i< blossed with a beautifully 

 clear sky and dry, bracing atmosphere. In 

 the spring, which generally opens about 



POTATOES GROWN IN MOOSE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT. 



The public school system is all that can 

 be desired, as according to the laws of the 

 northwest territories in any community 

 where there are seven children between 

 the ages of six and fifteen years a school 

 can be demanded, and the government pay 

 70 per cant of the cost of maintenance. 



The northwest territories of Canada is 

 perhaps the lightest taxed country on 

 earth. There is absolutely no personal 

 tax, road tax, no tax on bonds, mortgages, 



the first of April, the days are most delight- 

 ful. The heat of the summer season is 

 much alleviated by the calm, cool nights. 

 In the winter the thermometer sometimes 

 drops down below zero, but with the 

 bright sun the cold is not distressing. 

 Persons coming from the Southern States, 

 Eastern Canada, .and even from the Brit- 

 ish Isle?, do not find the climate disagree- 

 able. Horses graze on the prairie all win- 

 ter and are brought in about March in 



