Free 160 Acres Western Canada Farm Lands. Where And How And All About It. Information And Facts For The Prospective Settler

HON FRANK OLIVER

Publication: Privately printed, n d (ca 1905), Ottawa

28" x 21" sheet, one side opens to a color map of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and part of Alberta, surrounded by 7 margin illustrations: Genboro, Manitoba, a typical western town; Dauphin, Manitoba, showing grain elevators and mills; and 5 pictures of typical Western Canada homes. The other side has 24 panels of illustrations and information. Illustrations include vegetables that will grow in the area, a Western Canada ranch, breaking the prairie with horse drawn plows, etc. A comprehensive section on questions about the area such as: Where are these lands? Are the taxes high? In those parts which are better for cattle and sheep than for grain, what does a man do if he only has 160 acres? Where can he get material for a house and sheds, and about what would it cost him? What does he do for fuel? Do people suffer from the cold? A very informative booklet for the prospective land owner. Cover panels are darkened along the edges, lightly chipped along the edges, one 7" split along one fold, and a bit of light wear to a few fold points, else a good copy.