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TO-DAY'S OPPORTUNITY IN NOVA SCOTIA 



' r I \HERE are a great many people of moderate means living in 

 A Great Britain to-day who would emigrate if they knew 

 of the capabilities of Nova Scotia/ These words were said to the 

 writer only the other day, by an Englishman, who for many years 

 past has resided in the pretty little rural village of Hebron, Yar- 

 mouth County, Nova Scotia. He lives in a tidy farm-cottage, and 

 is bringing up and educating satisfactorily a healthy promising 

 young family. 



Another, who is not a Canadian and can therefore give an inde- 

 pendent opinion, writes as follows : 



* Undoubtedly Nova Scotia offers many attractions as a place 

 of residence to men of small or moderate incomes, who are fond of 

 sport and outdoor life, and who from lack of means are unable to 

 gratify their tastes in Great Britain, owing to the increasing cost of 

 all field sports, shooting, hunting, fishing, in a thickly populated 

 country. 



' There are opportunities and openings for the rising generation 

 which an old and thickly populated country like Great Britain 

 cannot now offer. 



' Nova Scotia is, I may say, with possibly the exception of 

 British Columbia, the most " English " part of Canada, so many 

 people from the " old country " having settled in it, and any one 

 going there from Great Britain would very soon feel himself at 

 home and amongst friends. 



' A man can buy a farm for what he would often pay in rent for 

 a year in Great Britain. Some of his land might be rough and 

 require considerable work before it could be brought to a pro- 

 ductive stage. However, it being his own farm and all improve- 

 ments made being for his own benefit, this fact becomes a great 

 incentive to a man to work hard and improve his own property. 

 From an agricultural standpoint the peculiar value of Nova Scotia 

 is for the man of moderate means, who has a good practical acquain- 

 tance with farming in its various branches. To the son of the 



