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women and children, had so en- 

 tered. 



Thus, reckoning on the moderate 

 sum of thirty dollars spent there by 

 each person, it was found that fully 

 fifteen million dollars were left by 

 these pleasure-seekers in that state 

 in one season alone, spent by them 

 throughout the state and that in lo- 

 calities where most needed and 

 where it would do most in develop- 

 ing the country. 



Now the output of silver in Co- 

 balt and gold in the Yukon together 

 for 1907 amounted to but $14,600,000, 

 and moreover a great part of this 

 went out of the country to foreign- 

 ers who own the mines. The other 

 remains in the country. 



When we consider that Ontario is 

 about five times the size of Maine, 

 and contains far greater attractions 

 in its many thousands of beautiful 

 lakes and rivers, with their invigor- 



ating air, all originally teeming with 

 fish, and its woods with game, and 

 that it is more easy of access than 

 Maine is to the wealthy millions to 

 the south of us, and, moreover, with 

 the exception of Maine and the 

 Adirondacks, there is no field what- 

 ever east of the Mississippi River to 

 attract tourists at all comparable to 

 what Ontario furnishes, it can be 

 readily seen that we have conditions 

 in Ontario to secure yearly an im- 

 mense influx of wealth eventually far 

 exceeding what now goes into Maine 

 and of greater value to us than all 

 our gold and silver mines. Is it then 

 not worth while? 



It is not only the amount of money 

 brought into the country by tourists 

 but it is money spent largely in re- 

 mote parts where it will do most 

 good while the whole province pro- 

 fits thereby. 



Planning a Farm Homestead* 



By A. Mitchell, Forest Nursery Station, Indian Head, Sask. 



When the farmer is making his 

 plans for the summer's work, the 

 laying out of his permanent premises 

 — shelter belts, garden, orchard and 

 so on — must receive some attention 

 and the following suggestions may 

 be helpful. 



In arranging for permanent works 

 such as buildings and plantations, it 

 is very important to allow for every 

 contingency which may arise, for if 

 a mistake is made at the beginning 

 it usually is not very easy rectify- 

 ing it. 



Leave Plenty of Room. 



An error often made in laying 

 out the farm grounds is to have them 

 too small — sufficient perhaps for 

 present needs, but allowing no room 

 for expansion. 



This is a great mistake. Land is 

 plentiful and an acre or two extra 

 inside the main shelter belt will 

 never be missed. It may, indeed, be 



made to produce its crops of roots 

 or seed grains, or be used as a run 

 for young stock, so that it may be as 

 profitable a piece of land as is on the 

 whole farm. In fact, it can be utiliz- 

 ed for anything that the needs of 

 the owner and the expansion of his 

 business may suggest. 



The shelter belt should be wide 

 and the trees close together, as this 

 arrangement enables the trees to 

 shelter one another and shade the 

 ground better and more quickly, and 

 so lessens the work of cultivation. 

 Besides, a broad belt will provide 

 more and better posts, poles, etc., 

 when thinnino-s come to be made. 



In arranging the plantations they 

 should be kept far enough away from 

 the buildings so that there will be 

 no trouble from snowdrift in winter; 

 a distance of about thirty yards is 

 pretty safe. 



The accompanying plan, while not 



