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be desired for the ingathering of the fruits of the soil. Prices of grain are 

 good, and farmers are doing well." — Peter Ferguson, Gladstone. 



" I would recommend settlers to get oxen for breaking the soil. Horses 

 cost much more to keep, as they require grain. Oxen can be worked on 

 the <*rass. I am more in the stock line, and I can say the country is well 

 adapted for stock-raising. The pasturage could not be better. Abundance 

 of hay all for the cutting ; and with a little care cattle winter well and 

 come through in good condition." — D. F. Knight, Ridgeville. 



" Would advise new settlers to buy oxen instead of horses, as they can 

 be fed cheaper and can do more work if well treated and fed on grass and 

 wood hay." — James D. Stewart, Cook's Creek. 



" I would advise any young man with good heart and $300 to come to 

 this country, for in five years he can be independent." — Joshua Appleyard, 

 Stonewall. 



" I like the country well, and would not change." — Jno. Kelly, Morris. 



" I have found the cold in winter no worse to stand here than in 

 Ontario, because it is dry." — Wm. Green, St. Agathe. 



" The weather in April and May is usually dry and clear. A good 

 deal of rain in June, followed by very dry, fine harvest, which usually 

 begins in the second week in August. Have, grown buckwheat success- 

 fully. Have seen good crops of flax among the Mennonite settlers. 

 Timothy and clover also do well. Planted twenty apple trees two years 

 ago which are growing very well." — Arthur J. Moore, Nelsonville. 



" I cultivate wheat, seldom seeding with other grains. This season I 

 commenced seeding on the 10th April; season being backward did not 

 finish seeding till 5th May, and had then eighty acres under crop. Com- 

 menced harvest on 9th August, expect an average of thirty bushels, and a 

 better sample than any since 1873. Have broken up one hundred acres 

 more this season. A prompt attention to fall ploughing is absolutely 

 necessary for success. I am so well satisfied with my experience of farru- 

 ing here that I intend opening up two other farms the coming season." — 

 F. T. Bradley, Emerson. 



" Bring your energy and capital with you ; leave your prejudice behind 

 you. Do not bring too much baggage. Buy your implements after you 

 arrive, they are quite as cheap and better suited to the country. Be sure 

 to locate a dry farm. Break your land in the rainy season (June), when 

 it plows easy and rots well. Sow wheat, oats and potatoes. Barley don't 

 do well on new land. Take advice from old settlers." — Isaac Casson, 

 Greenridsre. 



