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entirely different system of going to work from the 

 outset. 



With £500 to £1,000 a very fair start could be 

 made with cattle or sheep, and even horses if due 

 economy is observed, but in the latter case it is more 

 of a waiting game for the profits that accrue. 



Should a combination of stock-raising and various 

 branches of farming be desired, I know of no better 

 locality than that north of Calgary, on the Calgary 

 and Edmonton line, as far as, and all roxmd the 

 neighbourhood of, Edmonton in Alberta. Here, 

 however, the herd laws are strictly enforced, owing 

 to its particular suitability as a farmer's country, 

 large tracts being under cereal and other crops, 

 which would be seriously damaged by roving herds 

 of cattle and horses. Manitoba is now being so 

 thickly settled by farmers that ranging of stock is 

 quite out of the question. 



Roughly speaking, the area devoted to ranching 

 extends from the southern bank of the Red Deer 

 River, as it flows from the foothills of the Rocky 

 Mountains, in a straight line east, to the western 

 bank of the Southern Saskatchewan River at about 

 latitude 52°. This is the northern boundary. Practi- 

 cally the whole country south of this as far as the 

 international frontier is grazing land (approximately 

 300,000 square miles), so it will readily be seen by a 



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