1916-17 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS AND MINES. 



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*' Settlers who were burnt out last year got 100 pounds of grass seed free, suffi- 

 cient to cover 10 acres, and the Government loan system will enable them to pur- 

 chase other seed required. 



Farmers in the lower district, from New Liskeard to Englehart and Charlton, 

 have made a success of it, and there are just as abundant opportunities in the 

 northern portion. 



Climatic conditions, changing with the clearing of the country, redound to 

 the benefit of the settler, and there is no reason why farmers as far as Cochrane 

 cannot be equally successful." — Toronto ^yorl(l. 



Stock Farm, Niortli of New Liskeard, Timiskaming. 



ExiimiT AT Tin: Central Caxada Exiiibitiox, Ottawa. 



" One of tlie new features at the Exhibition this year that is attracting much 

 favourable comment is the Northern Ontario Settler's Home. Situated near Howick 

 Hall on the left of the entrance this piece of enterprise by the Department of Lands, 

 Forests and Mines, at Toronto, is part of a campaign to bring the advantages of 

 Northern Ontario before the people in an effective and vigorous manner. The 

 home is tastefully laid out with two large fireplaces to insure comfort in winter, and 

 it is one of the charms of these log buildings that, while exceedingly comfortable in 

 the cold weather, they protect against the intense heat of summer. 



Each in possession of a corner of the living room is a representative from one 

 of the districts of Northern Ontario, proud in friendly competition with his rivals 

 in telling of what has been achieved in agricultural production. 



Kenora, the farthest west and north of the four main districts, despite the 

 handicap of a late season, has a number of shocks of grain giving evidence of pro- 



