Horse and Stock Raising 



do not require at the local store, if there is one, 

 or sell to those who are " baching " it ; and yet 

 Canada is said to import much butter, and the 

 article from far New Zealand is sold in parts of 

 British Columbia as high as ninety cents per 

 pound. 



Now here (it seems to the writer) is just where 

 the need for women's work and scope for their 

 energies come in, and where the country is suffer- 

 ing much for lack of it. While it is true that 

 single women may not homestead at present, 

 there are any amount of homesteads to be bought 

 at very reasonable prices, many of them being 

 much more suitable for the occupation of, say, 

 a couple of single women with a love for animals 

 and an aptitude for country-life, than an original 

 homestead as offered by the Government, such 

 being usually far from railroad communication. 



A short description of one such quarter sec- 

 tion, particularly known to the writer, may serve 

 as an illustration. It was occupied, about five 

 years ago, by a young man who resided part 

 of the year with some relatives near at hand; 

 but as it was necessary for him to put in what 

 are called residence duties during part of the year, 

 he built a nice little shack of poplar logs cut in 

 the neighbourhood, filled these in with sods, and 

 made a small cellar for storage of vegetables 



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