end who has
a farm on the plains. His house is five miles from the railway.

2. My friend met me at the station with a motor car, and drove me over
rough roads between huge fields. There are no hedges in this part of the
country. The fields are divided from each other by fences.

3. This farm is much larger than any farm which you have seen in
England. The house is built of wood. All round it is a pretty garden.
Not far away are the stables and the barns.

[Illustration: {Large farmhouse}]

4. I am sure you would like to hear something about the farmer's
children. There are three of them--a girl and two boys. The girl is the
youngest, and she is about eight years of age.

5. All the children make themselves very useful in the house. Servants
are hard to get in Canada, so people must learn to help themselves. The
boys clean the boots and chop wood. The girls think nothing of helping
to scrub the floors.

6. After breakfast the children trudge off to school, which is three
miles away. They take their lunch with them. When they return in the
evening they have many odd jobs to do.

7. In the playground of their school you will see many young trees
growing. There are very few trees on the plains, and far more are
needed.

[Illustration: {Canadian schoolhouse}]

8. On one day in each year the children make holiday, and plant trees in
the school grounds. The teacher tells them that when they grow up they
must plant trees on their farms.

9. Harvest is the busiest time of the year. Then the children rise at
half-past four, and work all day long in the fields. Every one who can
work at all must do so at harvest time.

10. There is also plenty of work to be done in the autumn. Everything
needed in the house must be brought in before the snow begins to fall.

11. Winter is the real holiday time. No work can then be done on the
land. The rivers and lakes are frozen, and everywhere there is plenty of
skating. The wheels are taken off the carriages, and runners are put on
instead. Horses draw them very swiftly over the frozen snow.

12. Look at the picture post-card which I send you with this letter. It
shows you how Canadian boys are dressed in winter. On the ground you see
a pair of snow-shoes. The boys can travel very quickly on these
snow-shoes without sinking into the snow.

[Illustration: Boys of Canada in winter.]

13. In the picture you also see a toboggan. It is a small sledge. The
boy drags his toboggan u