Agriculture -- Prairie Provinces; Northwest, Canadian -- Economic conditions
Settlers' cattle must be inspected at the boundary. Inspectors may
subject any cattle showing symptoms of tuberculosis to the tuberculin
test before allowing them to enter. Any cattle found tuberculous to be
returned to the United States or killed without indemnity. Settlers'
horses are admitted on inspection if accompanied by certificate of
mallein test signed by a United States Inspector of Bureau of Animal
Industries, without which they will be inspected at the boundary free of
charge by a Canadian Officer. Settler should apply to Canadian
Government Office for name of Inspector nearest him. Certificate of any
other Veterinarian will not be accepted. Horses found to be affected
with glanders within six months of entry are slaughtered without
compensation. Sheep may be admitted subject to inspection at port of
entry. If disease is discovered to exist in them, they may be returned
or slaughtered. Swine may be admitted, when forming part of Settlers'
Effects, but only after a quarantine of thirty days, and when
accompanied by a certificate that swine plague or hog cholera has not
existed in the district whence they came for six months preceding the
date of shipment; when not accompanied by such certificate, they must be
subject to inspection at port of entry. If diseased to be slaughtered,
without compensation.
UNITED STATES AGENTS.
=M. V. MacINNES=, 176 Jefferson Ave., Detroit, Mich.
=C. A. LAURIER=, Marquette, Mich.
=J. S. CRAWFORD=, 301 E. Genesee St., Syracuse, N. Y.
=W. S. NETHERY=, Room 82, Interurban Station Bldg., Columbus, Ohio.
=G. W. AIRD=, 215 Traction-Terminal Bldg., Indianapolis, Ind.
=C. J. BROUGHTON=, Room 412, 112 W. Adams St., Chicago, Ill.
=GEORGE A. HALL=, 123 Second St., Milwaukee, Wis.
=R. A. GARRETT=, 311 Jackson St., St. Paul, Minn.
=FRANK H. HEWITT=, 5th St., Des Moines, Iowa.
=W. E. BLACK=, Clifford Block, Grand Forks, N. D.
=J. M. MacLACHLAN=, Drawer 197, Watertown, S. D.
=W. V. BENNETT=, 220 17th St., Room 4, Bee Bldg., Omaha, Neb.
=GEO. A. COOK=, 125 W. 9th St., Kansas City, Mo.
=BENJ. DAVIES=, Boom 6, Dunn Block, Great Falls, Mont.
=J. N. GRIEVE=, Cor. 1st and Post Sts., Spokane, Wash.
=J. E. La FORCE=, 29 Weybrosset Street, Providence, R. I.
=J. B. CARBONNEAU=, Jr., Biddeford, Me.
=MAX A. BOWLBY=, 73 Tremont St., Boston, Mass.
=J. A. LAFERRIERE=, 1139 Elm St., Manchester, N. H.
=F. A. HARRISON=, 210 North 3d St., Harrisburg, Pa.
[Illustration: THE LAST BEST WEST
THE CANADA OF OPPORTUNITY]
The present demand for food stuffs and the expense of their production
on high-priced lands make it seem that Western Canada, with its
opportunity for meeting this demand, came into notice at the crucial
period. Its millions of acres of land, easily cultivable, highly
productive, accessible to railways, and with unexcelled climatic
conditions, offer something too great to be overlooked.
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