Farm Lanps AND NaturRAL RESOURCES. 37

LANDS IN HORSEFLY LAKE AND BEAVER LAKE
SECTIONS.

Good Rich Soil and Growth.

There are lands in the Horsefly Lake region in the southerly part of
the Cariboo Division which will undoubtedly have a strong appeal for the
practical settler who inclines to the business of dairying, mixed farming,
and stock-raising. Some of the best areas here lie about 45 miles distant
from Williams Lake Post-office. In the vicinity of Horsefly Lake there
is a considerable amount of good land available, and one surveyed block
covers some 20 miles south of the westerly end of the lake. While the
settlers are scattered in this section to some extent, a strong community
spirit is developing, and all are a unit in proclaiming it a most valuable and
productive piece of country.

HAY-CROP IN CARIBOO.

Oats, hay,-and garden produce do well here, and many fine tracts are
devoted to dairying and small stock ranches. The soil in most places is
a loam of considerable depth and the natural rainfall is sufficient to obviate
the need of irrigation. Summer frosts are comparatively rare, only the
lower places being affected to any extent. There is a rich growth of natural
grasses, peavine, and vetches, and sheep, as well as cattle, find most con-
genial conditions throughout most of the country. The district has good
communicating roads to other centres.

No better evidence of the high esteem in which the Horsefly section
is held could possibly be cited than extracts from a communication from
Mr. John Warner, a successful rancher and mixed farmer of twenty years’
standing and now a Justice of the Peace in this district.

He says in the course of his letter: “ There is plenty of room here for
a large number of settlers of the right type—that is, people who will put