ILLUSTRATIONS 



Sheep Husbandry in British Columbia - - Frontispiece 

 Hastings County, Ontario, Losing 3,138 in Rural Popu- 

 lation in a Decade 17 



In Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Losing 26.5 per cent, in 



a Decade 27 



In Prince Edward Island, a Township Losing 37 per cent. 



in a Decade 37 



Presbyterian Church, Spencerville 60 



Church at Shanly, Ontario 61 



Finest of Forest Land, Unfit for Husbandry - - - 73 



Pasture on an Unoccupied Farm 81 



Prize Field of Oats, 87 Bushels to the Acre. World's 



Average, 28 97 



Fruit Lands, Grimsby, Ontario 105 



Loads of Grain from Equal Plots, with Clover and 



Without 113 



Hayfield on the Klondyke, Sub-Arctic .... 125 



The Hired Man in the Home 130 



Unnecessary Toil — Water from the Well - - - 130 



The Country Child with Few Playmates, Few Games - 135 



Schoolhouse in Edwardsburg, Ontario .... 139 



A Flower-Loving Farmer, Indian Head .... 142 



Homestead Garden, Indian Head, Sask. . . . . 142 



Public School, Vineland, Lincoln County, Ontario - - 153 



Macdonald Consolidated School, Guelph, Ontario - - 163 



"Look Here, Upon this Picture, and on This " - - 178 



The Country Needs a Vision of its Own Felicity - - 178 



Rittenhouse School Gardens, Lincoln County. Ontario - 189 



Rlttenhou.se School. Lincoln County, Ontario - - - 193 



Macdougall Hall and St. Paul'H Church, Ormstown. Que. 195 



Mormon School, Taylor Slake, Raymond, Alberta - - 199 



Danlsti HomcBtead 232 



DanlHti Farmyard 232 



