Informative promotional booklet issued under the authority of Hon. Frank Oliver, Minister of the Interior, containing information intended for prospective settlers regarding Western Canada, specifically the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta.
Manitoba:
The City of Winnipeg; Other Cities, Towns, and Villages; Profits to Be Realized; Mixed Farming Pays; Stockers; The Homeseeker's Opportunity; Rainfall - Water and Fuel; Manitoba Wheat Production in Comparison; Schools and Churches; Law and Order; Notes on Manitoba.
Saskatchewan:
Southeastern Saskatchewan [Rivers and Smaller Streams; Some of the Districts; Fuel; Possibilities]; Southwestern Saskatchewan [Ranching; Fuel; Climate]; Central Saskatchewan [Rivers; Free Homesteads; Lands for Sale at Low Prices; Climate; Stock Raising and Ranching; Dairy Farming; Soil, Water, and Fuel; Development Rapid and General; Moisture]; Northern Saskatchewan.
Alberta:
Southern Alberta [Fuel; Supply of Water; Ranching; Conditions Changing; Spring Cereals; Beet-Root Growing; Fruits; Alfalfa; Towns]; Central Alberta [Scenery; Educational Facilities; Game; Sanitary Conditions; Towns in Central Alberta; Rivers; Mixed Farming, Ranching, and Dairying].
Also includes:
Who Will Succeed in Western Canada? [How to Get Experience; Married Men Without Children; Young Men With $250 or Less; What Can Be Done With $500; The Man With $1000; Capital Means Opportunity; Special Attention; The Time to Emigrate; Cost of Tools and Livestock; What to Bring; Woman's Help Needed; Intrinsic Land Value in Western Canada]; Winter Wheat [The Points That Favor "Alberta Red"; Marvelous Increase in Acreage Soon; Winter Wheat Not Confined to Any Locality; Growing Winter Wheat Has Passed the Experimental Stage]; Railway Facilities [Railways in Manitoba; Railways in Central Saskatchewan; Railways in Southern Saskatchewan; Railways in Central Alberta; Railways in Southern Alberta; Precipitation [in Alberta, 1885-1905]; The 1906 Crop Yield is Satisfactory [The Prairies of Western Canada; Grain Elevators; Results for the Farmer; The Lure of the West]; Questions and Answers; Census Figures [Manitoba; Saskatchewan; Alberta]; Immigration Returns Show Satisfactory Results; Winter Wheat Crop; Temperature in Western Canada; United States Agents; Dominion Land Offices; The Following is a Plan of a Township; Entry; Homestead Duties; Application; Freight Regulations; Quarantine of Settlers' Cattle.
Photographs:
"New Baptist Church, Edmonton"; "Queen Ave. School, Edmonton"; "Country School House and Stable near Moose Jaw"; "Cutting Wheat, Killarney, Manitoba"; "Starting out to Thresh"; "Old and New Homesteads"; "Edmonton, Capital of Alberta, Canada"; "A Threshing Scene near Rosthern"; "A Splendid Stand of Wheat Ready for the Thresher"; "900 Horses being driven into the Corral, Cypress Hills"; "Parlor in a farmer's home near Roland, Man."; "Elevator Street, Rosthern, Sask."; "A Splendid Dairy Herd in Manitoba"; "Town of Indian Head showing Elevators and Wheat Farms in the Distance"; "A Comfortable Home in Western Canada".
