EA S T E RN T OWNS H I PS Q U E B E C A g ro up o f t h o ro ug h bre d s o n an E ast e rfi T o wns h ip s Dal ry F ar m I S S UE D B Y TH E A U T H O R I TY O F TH E M " INI STER OF COL O NI ATION MINES A ND FI SHER IE S — QUE B EC 1 91 2 A g ro u p o f t h o ro u g h br e d s o n an E ast e rn T o w nsh ip s Dai ry F arm I S S UE D B Y TH E A UTH O R I TY O F TH E M "A INISTER OF COL ONI TION MINES AND FISHER IES — QUEB EC 1 91 2 TABL E OF CONTENTS P A G S E . OPPORTUNITIES I N EA ST RN TOWNSHIPS —— E — To Farm Workers w TO Farmers w h Ca a To o n . it pit l y u g Women for D om ic S er e est vic . WHA T TO DO A T QUEB E C; ' ' Nece r I nf rm fi r f ar s ssa o a i Tab e o F e et c . y o l , OMPTON OUNTY C C . Jz . 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THE EAS TERN TOWNS HIP S OF THE P ROV INCE OF Q UEBEC : v.43 1500 MILES NEARER Ehfi ligAND THAN THE CANADIAN fWEST L N TAB E OF D I STA C E S . —2 6 0 mil e Liverpool to Quebec , 5 s . — i t o 1 6 . Liverpool Toronto 3 , O m les — 2 mil 2 u es. Liverpool to Winnipeg 4, 4 o Liverpo l to Calgary miles . Liverpool to Vancouver miles . Unexcelled Opportunities fo r the following classes Farmers . “f Farm ork ers . Domestic Servants . Eastern Townships Immigration Agents meet all fo r o f . boats at Quebec , the port landing People the k 1 2 Eastern Townships are forwarded to Sherbroo e , 5 m iles south , the heart of the Eastern Townships , e has e where the Gov rnment a distributing, d pot , whence they are sent out to their various destin t i a o ns . A railway trip o f three or four hours from t he port o f landing brings the settlers to a beautiful region o f e rich farming country , wh re they can find homes and employment amongst a people and in a country which is far more homelike and congenial than that of the - bare prairies of the North West , thousands o f miles away . K TO FARM WOR ERS . Perhaps the greatest immediate demand in t he Eastern Townships o f Quebec is for good farm labor er s . The man w ho understands farming in the Old Country can soon ac custom himself to Easte rn Town and mm . c o and ships methods the highest wages . ’ VVa es a dditiO io g , in n board and lodging , range from $ 1 0 er to p month , according to the s o f t h m n u efulness e y a . Hundreds o f farmers ‘ throughout the E astern Townships would greatly in “ crease their o pe rati bris if they could Obtain suitable . OSit io ns fo r help Immediate p h are available several f n thousands o farm aha ds . As soon as they accustom themselves to E aSterII Townships farming methods ’ c o mmari they would d the highest wages . r v a Mixed farming p e ails here s in England . Many farm workers from“ the Old Country have come to w s . the Eastern To nship "during the last few years Those who have taken up their work seriously and ar a e proved industrious e h ppy and content d , enjoying a w m a . good homes , and co m nding remunerative ges a A certain farmer in Warwickshire , Engl nd , where the country looks a good deal like the Eastern Tow n e r ships , paid over p acre annual rent for his farm . The taxes which he also had to pay were just ten times what a farm o f the same si z e has to pay in the Eastern Townships . He could purchase a farm here for the price paid for five or six years ’ rent and a o w n and t xes Of an English farm , be his mas ter make more money L TO FARM ER S WITH CAP ITA . Eastern Townships farmi ng closely resembles that 1 0 t o 0 0 in B ritain . The best farms Of from 5 3 acres range I n price s from to Farming here - w as t o . never more remunerative than day , and many —4 Old Country farmers are already established in this territory . ‘ There is no g eneral des ire o n the part o f East e rn Townships far me rs to part with their holding s . is to Agriculture o profitable here . Dairying yields constant cash returns . Maple sugar industry is an asset peculiar to this territory . Eggs , butter , pota toes , and other produce command the highest prices o n ° 0 th b local and foreign markets . Farms in the o f o f hands young men , who have plenty help to carry o n their operations , are held tight and cannot be purchased . There are many instances , however , of farmers advanced in years who have grown independ h re ent through the profit o f t e soil . They desire to tire t o the village for their declining years . They h ave no sons to succeed them . Their farms are for . e o f sale There are scor s g such instances , and they ‘ ’ i ‘ include some Of the best farms of the Eastern To v v n ships . Here is a the farmer with small ’ n e . capital . He need o t f pga y down the entir price With an investment of a few hundred pounds he may pos sess an estate which would be the p ride of a I ord i n be > as k ed dO Eng land . It may w"hy not the native sons take up these oppor tunities The answer is that the agricultural populat ion of the To wnships is too small to meet the d emands o f agriculture . Many farms should be divided . The Eastern Townships could sustain do ubleftheir present agricultural po pula tion and such a pop ulatio n could more than double the ’ f t is t agricultural output o h territory . The farmer wi h ‘ th o u li lie tw o capital , even g may have only one or the hundred pounds , should investigate Eastern 7 o w ns hi s p before going elsewhere in Canada .