To the Reader 



? so much of it that one cannot generalize, and 

 i my observations were confined to one district 

 '■, where I lived and worked. 



' Now, it seems to the writer that while there 



I are plenty of books dealing with past history 



j and telling of rapid growth in modern days, 



\ also many interesting travellers' tales and some 



1 good works of fiction, there is plenty of room 



I for more details of the actual life of the thou- 



I sands who annually leave our shores and settle 



down to pioneer farming on the open prairie, 



and it is the experience of such that I wish to 



describe. 



Come then, one and all who care to read these 

 pages, and let us try in imagination to visit or 

 revisit a tiny bit of that wonderful new land and 

 the true-hearted men and women who are doing 

 their part in laying the foundations of a great 

 new nation. 



