1916-17 DEPAETMENT OF LANDS, FOEESTS AND MINES. 97 



There were 728 people who took up land in Northern Ontario last year as 

 compared with 641 the year before. This is wonderful, considering the retarding 

 influences of the war, especially its complete prevention of emigration from the 

 other side of the Atlantic Ocean. 



Exhibit at the Canadian National Exhibition, Touonto. 



" The old log cabin has for many years l)een a landmark for exhibition visitors, 

 but to the modern young men the new log cabin of the Northern Ontario Coloni- 

 zation Department will })rovide a greater amount of interest. The building itself 

 is of timbers from this north country, hewn around Timiskaming, and within is a 

 choice exhibit of grain, grasses, vegetables and small fruits which are produced 

 in the same district. 



A continuous stream of interested visitors passed through the building while 

 W. G. Nixon, head of the Government Demonstration Farm at Monteith, dispensed 

 information on the soil and possibilities of Northern Ontario in general. 



International Highway — Port Arthur to Duluth. 



Here is a country, he said, during an interview, which is pretty well 

 settled in the southern portion. In the most northerly part the old settlers who 

 have made their money out of the rich timl)er lands are gradually giving place to 

 the modern and ambitious young farmer. There is already a direct line of settlers 

 straight up through this country as far as Cochrane, but with abundance of room 

 for newcomers. The Government is offering every facility to prospective settlers 

 in the shape of cheap transportation, which includes settlers' efl^ects, and 160 acres 

 of land are offered to each settler at a reasonable sum, subject to the usual con- 

 ditions." 



Grown to Perfection. 



Practically all grains are grown to perfection in this district, fall and spring 

 wheat, oats, barley and peas attaining a prolific crop, especially the latter. The 

 soil is pretty uniform all through, a clay foundation, rich in carbonate of lime, with 

 a top covering of muck, which varies from six inches to two feet, this combination 

 providing the nitrogenous food, phosphates and potash, necessary. 



A big source of the wealth of Northern Ontario lies in its timber, the whole 

 region being heavily wooded with spruce, white balsam and pulpwood, the timbers 

 fetching from $6.50 to $7.00 per cord loaded on the cars. 



