Plate III 



THE BEGINNING 



With the exception of patches containing a few square feet, there is no soil on this prospective 



farm that approaches a loam in texture. It is mostly gravel and sand. Trent Watershed, Ont. 



THE END 



One of the many abandonod farms in the Trent Watershed. Tho amount of human energy expended m 

 attempting to make a living from such areas has been, and still is, enormous. Under pro 

 schemes of development this land would be absolutely closed to settlement. 



n Treni Watet ■ i 



