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small tenant farmer, if he is a shrewd hard-working young man, well 

 up in the working of land and the management and care of stock, 

 and with some capital, Nova Scotia offers an inviting field.' x 



After all, experience is the real test. From Englishmen com- 

 fortably settled in their farm homes such statements as the follow- 

 ing made to the writer carry weight. 



Says one : ' Many Englishmen with a fixed income of modest 

 dimensions could live in much greater comfort here than they can 

 in the old country.' 



Another writes : ' I am quite sanguine about the success of 

 farming in the (Annapolis) Valley, and believe that the right man 

 with the right methods can make as great profits as in the North- 

 west.' 



It must always be borne in mind that the impressions of a new 

 environment of one who has been comfortably situated in the mother- 

 land, and of another who has been ' down on his luck,' must of 

 necessity be widely different. To the latter emigration is likely 

 to. prove a relief, to the former a hardship. Many a man has left 

 Great Britain who has saved a wreck of his fortune, or who has got 

 together a little money by risk and hard work. He comes to 

 Canada, works for wages for a year or two, places his money in a 

 bank, and presently becomes a landed proprietor ; feels he can 

 amount to something in Canada ; becomes pleased with his greater 

 freedom of movement and the general friendliness and sociability 

 of his neighbours, with the diminished pressure of class prejudice ; 

 and finds the climate, though severe, a tonic to his whole physical 

 and moral nature. All these benefits he has gained without re- 

 nouncing his flag or changing his language. To him emigration 



1 Mr. John Howard, Agent-General for Nova Scotia, sent to the Canadian 

 Gazette of October 17, 1907, the following note on opportunities in Nova 

 Scotia for a certain class of settlers : ' There are at present opportunities 

 for buying good land cheap on what is called the North Mountain, which 

 is only a small elevation with an extensive plateau. It lies between the 

 Annapolis Basin and the Bay of Fundy, and much of the land can be bought 

 at extremely low prices, less than a year's rent in England. " I wish," 

 says the Nova Scotian writer, " that I had 500 good farmers from England, 

 Scotland, and Ireland with a little capital to settle on this land and show 

 what can be done. I am certain the land is good, and only needs to be worked 

 with intelligence and patience. It is a great place to raise sheep, all products 

 of which bring good prices now, and prospects of better. A great many 

 varieties of fruit grow here to perfection, and with the improved methods 

 of marketing it has great possibilities in store." Nova Scotia may well 

 claim more attention among British immigrants. There are many excellent 

 chances in the Maritime Provinces for the small holder ; cost of living is com- 

 paratively low, social conditions well developed, and there exist no great 

 extremes of temperature.' 



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