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Read—Think—Act! 
HTHE world-wide demand for 
more food is bringing wonder¬ 
ful prosperity to the wheat and cat¬ 
tle raisers of IVestern Canada. 
More than half a million former 
United States farmers , who have 
settled in this u Last West" have 
found happiness and independence 
in this favored region. “ Selected" 
farms along the lines of the Cana¬ 
dian National Railways in the 
heart of the richest wheat and cattle 
country in North America can be 
bought for $15 to $40 per acre on 
long time easy payment terms. 
Mail Free Coupon below for the 
greatest farm offer ever made. 
Own a Selected Farm 
in Western Canada 
Make Bigger Profits ! 
T HE most wonderful opportunity in the world today for Business Farmers 
who are seeking greater rewards for their industry is in Western Canada 
along the lines of the Canadian National Railways. In this marvelously fertile 
section, farming yields a big profit on the investment, because the land can be 
bought at low prices and wheat and cattle reusers operate under ideal con¬ 
ditions with a big, sure demand for their products at a high level of prices. 
“Selected” Farms 
When you buy a “selected” farm in 
Western Canada along the lines of the Cana¬ 
dian National Railways, you get the benefit 
of special knowledge of farming conditions 
acquired through years’ of close study by 
experts representing over 14,000 miles of 
railways, whose impartial advice and practical 
assistance are of great value to settlers and 
farm buyers and entirely free of cost to them. 
You do not purchase merely a “farm” but 
in fact and reality a carefully Selected Farm, 
chosen to meet your needs from the cream 
of the richest wheat farming and cattle rais¬ 
ing country on the North American continent. 
You Will Find a Friendly Welcome 
in Western Canada 
The boundary line between the United 
States and Western Canada is purely imag¬ 
inary. When j’-ou settle on a “Selected” 
Farm along the lines of the Canadian Na¬ 
tional Railways, you will find yourself sur¬ 
rounded by the same living conditions that 
you are used to—the same friendly neighbors, 
speaking your language and thinking your 
thoughts—helpful friends eager to welcome 
and aid you to achieve the greater prosperity 
and happiness that await you in Western 
Canada. 
Your harvests will be greatly increased— 
your animals will thrive better—the cost of 
cattle raising will be less—your profits greater 
—on your Selected Farm in Western Canada. 
You will enjoy every benefit that you for¬ 
merly enjoyed and many advantages that you 
could not get from higher priced land else¬ 
where. 
Big Profits in Wheat 
With the world-wide call for “more wheat,” 
and the big problem of feeding the nations 
pressing for solution, it is safe to assume that 
for years to come this great food staple will 
continue to command high prices. 
Western Canada is famous for its big wheat 
yields. “Selected” Farms along the lines of 
the Canadian National Railways average more 
than 20 bushels of wheat to the acre. Under 
specially favorable conditions a yield of 50 to 
60 bushels per acre is not uncommon. 
Fortunes from Beef and Dairy Cattle 
Stock raising in Western Canada is ex¬ 
tremely profitable, as conditions are ideal for 
the purpose. Probably in all the world no 
section can match the great advantages of¬ 
fered by this region for the highly profitable 
business of raising beef and dairy cattle. 
Cattle, horses, hogs and sheep thrive wonder¬ 
fully well on the prairie grasses, which cure 
standing and make fine hay in many sections 
along the lines of the Canadian National 
Railways. 
Cattle and horses range the prairie during 
most of the winter, requiring only natural 
shelter, frequently bringing the highest prices 
without expense for grain feeding. 
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Fine Schools Located in 
All Farming Districts 
The school system of Western Canada 
offers splendid advantages to settlers along 
the lines of the Canadian National Railways. 
It requires only four families with a mini¬ 
mum of 12 children to secure a primary 
school, and the government is active in build¬ 
ing schools in farming districts and assisting 
them by money grants. 
In Saskatchewan, for example, during the 
nine years from 1906 to 1915. 2,335 schools 
were established—an average of one for each 
school day! There are now nearly 4.000 
school districts in the Province of Saskatch¬ 
ewan alone and this favorable condition is 
also substantially true of Manitoba, Alberta 
and British Columbia. 
Settlers on these “Selected” Farms there¬ 
fore will find every educational advantage 
for their children that they could enjoy in 
the most favored farming section in any 
country. Western Canada believes in educa¬ 
tion and backs its belief by every possible 
aid in perfecting an ideal school system. 
Taxes Are Low 
Western Canada encourages settlers in 
every possible way, and shows its hospitable 
spirit by adopting a taxation system that 
falls very lightly on the farmer. A small tax 
is levied on the land, but buildings, improve¬ 
ments, animals, farm machinery and personal 
property are all tax exempt. 
Easy Payment Terms 
“Selected” Farms along the lines of the 
Canadian National Railways may be pur¬ 
chased on remarkably easy'terms. In many 
instances, only 10 percent of the purchase 
price need be paid down, balance in small 
payments extended oyer a period of years. 
It is no uncommon thing for a settler to pav 
for his Selected Farm in full with the profit's 
from a single crop!/ 
Special Rates to Homeseekers 
Canadian National Railways invite voui 
personal inspection of the farm that thev'will 
assist you in selecting along their lines'. To 
this end they offer special railway rates for 
home seekers and their effects. 
Send for full particulars of railway rates, 
and complete information about this won¬ 
derful Selected Farm offer, including “just 
the things you want to know” about Western 
Canada and its big, money-making oppor¬ 
tunities. 
All the facts will be furnished free on re¬ 
quest and without obligation to you. 
Mail Coupon or Write Today to 
DEWITT FOSTER, Superintendent of Resource* 
CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS 
Dept. 3634, Marquette Building, Chicago 
Cut Out and Mail 
This Free Coupon 
DEWITT FOSTER, 
Superintendent Resources. 
Canadian National Railway) 
Dept. 3634, Marquette Bids., Chicagc 
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obligation to me, complete informa¬ 
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