Show FARMING IN WESTERN CANADA the gat fertility of the set boll la i wn and od alberta ulias wi has deen bea doo done by br r greenway flim sell a leading farmer hon thomas greenway premier of the province of 0 manitoba one of 0 the foremost farmers of 0 western canada writes an excellent article to the press from which the following extracts extracts exir acts are ara made the no writer came to manitoba from ontario in the autumn of 0 1878 and has ever since been engaged in agricultural pursuits from the day nearly twenty two years ago when he selected hla his homestead he has had unbounded faith in the country as a place where farming can be successfully carried on it pursued upon proper lines there la is a large number in this province who should rather be called wheat growers I than farmers far mcra un on account of the facilities natural natura I 1 advantages vall and therefore ther etore cheapness with which villear ft heat can be grown no doubt many have done exceedingly well by raising wheat only still it la is far from ideal farming arming not only will such a course if 1 persisted in have the effect ot of causing the land to run out as ag has been the experience 0 of those who pursued the same plan in the wheat producing prairie states to the south 0 of us but it Is far from being the most profitable course to adopt this fact Is already already being demonstrated in manitoba let the tanna farms in this western co lentry be managed upon the lines which were successful in the eastern astern BB provinces and much more carl can be dode here in given time than was ever done in the east the proba bulluss bil itkes ol of failure are practically nit nil uron upon the farm there should be found horses borses cattle sheep hogs and poultry according to the ability of the farmer fa with respect to his means and the extent of his holding the wanton waste which has hitherto been practiced by many inacy farmers that ot of burning vast quantities ot of excellent fodder after threshing Is 13 done should cease it II should all be used upon the farm and converted into the old ren sible kind of fertilizer manure and afterwards atter warda be returned to the soil so that what has been taken from it by the crop nay may be restored although admitting that the great natural fertility of the soil boll in manitoba and the success that has attended the he growing of 0 wheat after wheat for years upon the same land have a tendency to make such a course as the one mentioned tempting yet it continued wheat growing upon the same land year alter after year Is undoubtedly a mistake the writer knows of no country that offers advantages so great to the agriculturist as does manitoba tile the various branches ot of farming can be carried on successfully as twenty two years ot of practical operations and observations ions of 0 what others are doing have proven to those desiring to malce make new homes for themselves the low price of some ot of the best landa in the world although rapidly advancing in price this year offers still great to io all such the invitation I 1 Is cordially given to come and see there need be no poor people here there Is land for all who choose to come land upon which happy homes can be established and irom from which ample resources can be gathered against old age all that a man needs to achieve competence in this domain is common sense and industry indus try with these qualifications he is bound to succeed for information regarding free homestead lands apply to any agent ot of the government whose advertisement appears elsewhere in these columns |